Council and the Board of Trustees
Council of the Centre for Ethics
Head of the Centre – professor Margit Sutrop
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Professor of Church History Riho Altnurme and
- Associate Professor of Ethnology Ene Kõresaar
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Research Fellow of Developmental Psychology Anni Tamm
- Professor of Legal History Marju Luts-Sootak and
- Associate Professor of Management Anne Reino
Faculty of Medicine
- Junior Lecturer in Medical Ethics Aime Keis
- Professor of Exercise Physiology Vahur Ööpik
Faculty of Science and Technology
- Professor of Cell Biology Toivo Maimets
Student representative
- Philosophy PhD student (Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics) Jay Allen Zameska
The Board alongside with the Head of the Centre is responsible for managing the activities of the Centre. Members of the Board are appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, based on a proposal by Heads of participating units. Membership of the Board should be made up of professors and scientists active in ethics-related research and teaching. A representative of the students should also be a member, appointed for two years. Other members are appointed for five years. A chairperson will be elected amongst the members of the Board.
International Board of Trustees
International Board of Trustees of the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu has been appointed as follows:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittelstrass, University of Konstanz, (chairman)
Prof. Dr. Timo Airaksinen, University of Helsinki
Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen G. Backhaus, University of Erfurt
Prof. Dr. Ruth Chadwick, University of Lancaster
Prof. Dr. Jüri Engelbrecht, Estonian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Dietrich von Engelhardt, Lübeck Medical University
Prof. Dr. Dr. Eric Hilgendorf, University of Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Dres.h.c. Otto Kaiser, University of Marburg
Prof. Dr. Rait Maruste, European Court of Human Rights
Members of the Board of Trustees are appointed for three years by the Rector of the University of Tartu, based on the proposal by the Head of the Centre. The Board consults and advises the activities of the Centre and the members are entitled to receive information about the Centre from the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, the Head of the Centre and the Board of the Centre.