The School of Governance, Law and Society, doctoral thesis defence of Rafaela Lehtme

On January 19, 2026 at 18.00 Rafaela Lehtme from the School of Governance, Law and Society will defend the doctoral thesis "Bird's Nest Parenting as a Child-centred Approach to Shared Parenting: A Phenomenological Study About the Experiences of Children, Parents, and Child Protection Workers".

Public defence will take place in Tallinn University hall M648.
The wider audience can follow the defence and ask questions from the degree applicant in Zoom.

Supervisors are Karmen Toros, Professor at Tallinn University and Merike Sisask, Professor at Tallinn University.

Opponents are Edward Kruk, Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia and Dagmar Kutsar, Associate Professor at the University of Tartu.

The doctoral thesis is available in Tallinn University Digital Library ETERA.