Marju Lauristin#
| Membership Number: | 5891 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Affiliated section(s): | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ESTONIA |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 University of Tartu, Professor emeritus
- 2018 - 2021 University of Tartu, Professor of social communication
- 2014 - 2017 European Parliament, member
- 2004 - 2014 University of Tartu, Professor of social communication
- 1999 - 2003 University of Tartu, Professor extraordinarius of political communication
- 1999 - 2003 Riigikogu (Estonian parliament) member
- 1995 - 1999 University of Tartu, Professor of social policy
- 1992 - 1994 Minister of Social Affairs
- 1990 - 1992 Estonian Respublic Supreme Council, vice-speaker
- 1976 - 1990 University of Tartu, Assistant professor of journalism
- 1970 - 1975 Researcher, University of Tartu, Laboratory of sociology
Fields of Scholarship
- Transition studies
- Media in democratic and totalitarian society
- Social and cultural changes in postcommunist societies
- Political culture in postcommunist societies
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Commander of the Order of the Three Stars (Latvia)
- 2006 Second Class Order of the National Coat of Arms (Estonia)
- 2006 Honorary Doctor of the University of Helsinki
- 2003 Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 1998 Third Class Order of the National Coat of Arms (Estonia)
- 1998 Democracy and Civil Society Award (US Government and European Commission)
- 1995 Johann Skytte Medal (University of Tartu)
