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In cooperation with international partners, RTU will implement sustainable innovations in the entire textile production chain

With the cooperation of 15 strong European research institutions and industry partners from eight countries, including world-famous companies such as Adidas and academic partners such as Aalto University, the CELLFIL project of the European Union (EU) program Horizon Europe will develop sustainable…

Riga Technical University

August 23, 2024

Will develop artificial intelligence solutions for monitoring EU fund projects

The Latvian Science Council has announced a competition for project applications for a new national research program "Analysis of the suitability of artificial intelligence methods in the field of European Union fund projects" for 2024-2025. Within the framework of the competition, one project will…

The Latvian Science Council

August 22, 2024

The European Social Survey invites five applicants to join the newly established Research Ethics Board

The European Social Survey (ESS) is inviting five applicants to join its newly established Research Ethics Board (REB), which is the body responsible for advising the ESS on all matters related to ethical issues that arise from conducting a large-scale cross-national survey. A newly appointed Board…

The European Social Survey

August 22, 2024

With the participation of Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, the European Space Agency probe Juice is on its way to Jupiter

The probe "Juice" of the European Space Agency made a flyby of the Moon, on the night of August 20 to 21, it made a flyby of the Earth. Such a flyby is the first such maneuver in the history of space exploration and is an important step on the way for Juice to the Jupiter system, which is planned t…

Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

August 21, 2024

Jana Kukaine's monograph on feminist art in post-socialism is published

Jana Kukaine's book "Visceral Aesthetics: Affects and Feminist Art in Postsocialism" is an innovative and at the same time exhaustive research in feminist aesthetics. The author provides an answer to the question of how to think about feminist art in a post-socialist situation, thus also in the con…

The Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the LU

August 21, 2024

Institute of Electronics and Computer Science – Quantum research

Since The Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI) and the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding on “Developing Quantum Technologies in Latvia”, EDI is already conducting research in the field of quantum technologies. The Horizon Europe project A-IQ Rea…

The Institute of Electronics and Computer Science

August 20, 2024

The first international professional doctorate summer school is taking place in Stāmeriena

This week, from August 19 to 22, the first international professional doctorate summer school jointly organized by the Latvian Academy of Culture (LKA) and the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater (LMTA) is taking place in Stāmeriena. Latvian and Lithuanian doctoral students will meet internatio…

Latvian Academy of Culture

August 19, 2024

Unexpectedly high participation in RSU, Cēsu County Council and "Roche Latvija" survey of the people in Piebalga

In order to find out the development and changes in the physical structure of people, the first anthropological research project of the inhabitants of Piebalga took place 87 years ago under the leadership of Professor Jēkabs Prīmanis. At that time, more than 4,000 residents of Vecpiebalga and Jaunp…

Rīga Stradiņš University

August 19, 2024

BAFF broadcast: Paula Elksne, educational innovation researcher in the USA

"Beyond BAFF" is a series of broadcasts exploring the journeys of Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (BAFF) alumni. In this episode, you can listen to a conversation with Paula Elksne, an educational researcher who wants to promote fairness, equality and happiness in her work, as well as strives fo…

Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (BAFF)

August 16, 2024