NAME Raivo Vetik BORN November 21, 1957 FAMILY Married in 1985, 3 children POSITION Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Political Science INSTITUTION Tartu University COUNTRY Estonia
1. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Bachelor Diploma cum laude, the Faculty of Law of Tartu University, 1981.
- Ph.D of the Institute of Law and Philosophy of Latvia, 1989.
- Member, International Political Science Association.
- Member, Estonian Political Science Association.
- Member, Estonian Association of Philosophy.
- Member, Finnish Society of Semiotics.
- Foreign Member, Hungarian Society of Semiotics.
2. ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS HELD
- Doctoral scholar and part-time lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Tartu
University, 1985-88.
- Lecturer in Political Science, Department of Philosophy and Political Science,
Tartu University, 1989-91.
- Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Department of Philosophy and Political
Science, Tartu University, 1991-93.
- Head, Department of Political Science, Tartu University, 1993-1995.
- Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, from 1995.
- Coordinator, EC TEMPUS project 'Political Science in the Baltic States', Tartu
University, 1992-1995.
- Coordinator, EC EUROFACULTY project 'Public Administration Program', Tartu
University, 1993-1995.
- Director, SOROS FOUNDATION project 'Public Administration Program', Tartu
University, 1994-1995.
- Director, USIA joint project of Tartu University and the University of
Connecticut 'Public Administration and Public Opinion Program', 1994-1995.
- Director, Institute of International and Social Studies, Tallinn University of
Educational Sciences, from 1998
3. PhD DISSERTATION
- 'Methodological Problems of Theory of Social Justice', Institute of Law and
Philosophy of Latvia, 1989.
4. OTHER EXPERIENCE
- Lieutenant, Soviet Army, 1982-1984.
- Visiting Scholar, Institute of Political Science, University of Oslo,
August-December 1991 and August-December 1992.
- Departmental Visitor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala
University, January-February and August 1993.
- Fulbright Scholar, University of California, Irvine, September 1995 - June
1996.
- Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut,
June-August 1996.
- Vice President, Estonian Political Science Association, since December 1993.
- Member of Editorial Board, 'Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences,
Humanities and Social Sciences', since 1993.
- Expert on Political Science Research, Estonian Science Foundation, since
December 1993.
- Expert on Public Administration Training, EC TEMPUS Office in Bryssels,
October 1994.
- President, Estonian United Nations Association, from April 1994 to August
1995.
5. PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
- Prize of the Academy of Sciences of Estonia, Social Science Publications
Competition, 1994.
- Prize of the Academy of Sciences of Estonia, Social Science Publications
Competition, 1995.
6. PUBLICATIONS
- The Conception of Social Justice and Perestroika in the Soviet Union, in ACTA
ET COMMENTATIONES UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS, No.829, 1988, pp.138-145.
- Rational Choice Theory in Rawls' Conception of Social Justice, in ACTA ET COMMENTATIONES UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS, No.862, 1989, pp.28-50.
- Liberty contra Equality, in RADUGA, No.10, 1989, pp.84-88.
- Equality of Nations and a Theory of Political Self-Determination, in RADUGA, No.3, 1990, pp.92-95.
- Information and Democracy During the Transition Period, in ACTA ET COMMENTATIONES UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS, No.923, 1991, pp.74-89.
- Logical Constructions in Rawls' Conception of Social Justice, in ACTA ET COMMENTATIONES UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS, No.933, 1991, pp.21-31.
- Inter-Ethnic Conflict in Estonia, in Jan-Еke Dellenbrant, Ole Nцrgaard, Helle Willumsen (ed.), THE POLITICS OF TRANSITION IN THE BALTIC STATES, Aarhus University, 1992, pp.107-126.
- Platonism in Juri Lotman's Semiotics, in AKADEEMIA, No.10, 1992, pp.2044-2059.
- Russia and Democracy, in EUROPINION, No.1, 1992, pp.67-71.
- The Nationality Issue in Estonia, in EUROPINION, No.2, 1992, pp.51-55.
- Semiotics of Culture and Some Problems of Perestroika in Russia, in ACTA SEMIOTICA FENNICA I, Proceedings from the ISI Conference in Imatra, July 1990, Imatra 1992, pp.179-183.
- The Ethnic Issue in Estonia, in Gabriela Brеss-Reiter (ed.), NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE BALTIC REPUBLICS AND YUGOSLAVIA, Universitetet i Oslo, 1992, pp.66-69.
- Ethnic Conflict and Accomodation in Post-Communist Estonia, in JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH, vol.30, No.3, August 1993, pp.271-280.
- Platonism in Juri Lotman's Semiotics, in SEMIOTICA, vol.99, No.1-2, 1994, pp.67-79.
- Russians in Estonia: New Development Trends, in Marika Kirch and David D. Laitin (eds.), CHANGING IDENTITIES IN ESTONIA. SOCIOLOGICAL FACTS AND COMMENTARIES, Tallinn 1994, pp.72-80.
- A Strategy for Ethnic Conflict Accommodation, in ABSTRACTS TO THE XVIth IPSA WORLD CONGRESS, August 21-25, 1994, Berlin.
- Changing Attitudes of Russians in Estonia, in ABSTRACTS TO THE XVIth IPSA WORLD CONGRESS, August 21-25, 1994, Berlin.
- Social Science Research in Estonia in 1990s, in SOCIAL SCIENCES IN TRANSITION: SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION NEEDS AND PROVISION IN A CHANGING EUROPE. Proceedings of a European Conference in Berlin, November 11th-13th, 1994, Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften, Bonn, 1996, pp. 129-137.
- De Baltiske Russere ved at tilpasse sig, in FN ORIENTERING, no.6, November-December 1994, pp.17-23.
- Inter-Ethnic Relations in Estonia, in Jan Ake Dellenbrant and Ole Norgaard (eds.), THE POLITICS OF TRANSITION IN THE BALTIC STATES. DEMOCRATIZATION AND ECONOMIC REFORM POLICIES, Umeе University, Department of Political Science, Research Reports, 1994, no.2, pp. 55-72.
- Changes in the Identities of Estonian Russians in the Post-Communist Era, in THE THIRD EUROPEAN EXPERT MEETING: OVERLAPPING CULTURES AND PLURAL IDENTITIES, Vienna 1995.
- Der Baltische Plan: Lohnende Investition, in NORDEUROPAforum, no.1, 1995, pp. 56-58.
- Identity Development and Political Adjustment in Estonia: A Research Note, in WORLD AFFAIRS. A QUARTERLY OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, vol.157, no.3, Winter 1995, pp. 147-148.
- Political Science in Estonia, in Proceedings of the Second Conference on East European Political Science, Informationsyentrum Sozialwissenschaften, Bonn/Berlin 1994, pp. 71-77.
- Invariants in Semiotics, Proceedings of the Finnish-Hungarian Semiotics Conference, Helsinki 1995.
- Estonia and Estonians, in Graham Smith (ed.), THE NATIONALITIES QUESTION IN THE POST-SOVIET STATES, Longman 1996, pp.129-146.
- Estonia, in R. Blom, H. Melin, J. Nikula (eds.), MATERIALS FOR BALTIC MODELS OF TRANSFORMATION: NATIONAL REPORTS, Tampere University Press, 1996, pp. 1-65. (together with P. Kenkmann etc.)
- A Typology of Cognitive Strategies in Semiotics, in Bernard, Jeff (gen.ed.), SEMIOTICS OF CULTURE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, vol.1, Amsterdam-Philadelphia: Benjamins, 1997, pp. 286-296.
- On Relationship between Ethnic and Security Issues in the Baltic States, in R. Kanet, ed., POST-COMMUNIST STATES IN THE WORLD COMMUNITY, Selected Papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Macmillan Press, 1997, pp.191-199.
- A Semiotic Model of Ethnic Conflict, in Anton Steen, ed., ETNICITY AND POLITICS IN ESTONIA; LATVIA AND LITHUANIA, Research Report no.2, 1997, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, pp.23-40.
- A New International Security Aspect, in Katlijn Malfliet and Ria Laenen,
eds., MINORITY POLICY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: THE LINK BETWEEN DOMESTIC
POLICY, FOREIGN POLICY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, Garant Publishers: Leuven,
1997, pp.78-87.