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3 Technology Governance students defend their theses

The following 3 students of the Technology Governance curriculum will defend their theses on 9 September (Akadeemia tee 3, room X-322):

Olga Mikheeva (at 10.00), thesis title "Evolving developmental state: liberalization-led and post-crisis transformations in East Asia. The case of South Korea"

Supervisor: Erkki Karo, Research Fellow, Chair of Public Management and Policy, PhD

Co-supervisor: Rainer Kattel, Professor, Chair of Innovation Policy and Technology Governance, PhD

Opponent: Dr. Ramkishen Rajan, George Mason University (USA)

Thomas Leo Brand (at 11.00), thesis title "Throw Sand in the Wheels of European Finance: The European Union Financial Transactions Tax and the Law of Unintended Consequences”

Supervisor: Jan Kregel, Professor, Chair of Governance, PhD

Opponent: Ringa Raudla, Senior Research Fellow, Chair of Governance, PhD

Artur Talihärm (at 12.00), thesis title "Technology transfer in low-tech industries: the case of biotechnology and aquaculture industry in Estonia"

Supervisor: Piret Tõnurist, Junior Research Fellow, Chair of Innovation Policy and Technology Governance, MA

Opponent: Aleksandrs Cepilovs, Junior Research Fellow, Chair of Innovation Policy and Technology Governance, MA