The School of Governance, Law and Society, doctoral thesis defence of Sanan Abdullayev

On October 15, 2026 at 15.00 Sanan Abdullayev from the School of Governance, Law and Society will defend the doctoral thesis "Parental leave and continued childbearing: Analysing the 2004 policy reform and its aftermath in Estonia".

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 Allan Puur, Professor at Tallinn University and Martin Klesment, Associate Professor at Tallinn University.
Opponents are Anna Kurowska, Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw and Mare Ainsaar, Associate Professor at the University of Tartu.

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