Dr Tiia-Triin Truusa

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Education


Tiia-Triin Truusa, Doctor's Degree, 2022, (sup) Avo Trumm; Judit Strömpl; Kairi Kasearu, “The entangled gap: the male Estonian citizen and the interconnections between civilian and military spheres in society”, University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Social Studies

Tiia-Triin Truusa, Master's Degree, 2010, (sup) Judit Strömpl; Kris Clarke, “Media Analysis of Deployment-related Stress. Ideas for developing Estonian military social work”, University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Sociology and Social Policy

Main research areas

  • Conscription and Military-Societal Relations
  • National Defence Attitudes and Security
  • Military Human Resources and Personnel Management

Institutions and positions

2025  Baltic Defence College, Dean
2022 University of Tartu, Research Fellow in Military Sociology
2020-2025 Baltic Defence College, Manager of Academic Activities
2014-2020 University of Tartu, Junior Researcher and Project Manager 
2013-2014 Editor of Journal “Sotsiaaltöö” (Social Work) 
2003-2008 Women’s Voluntary Defence Organisation, regional instructor 

Research and development-related managerial and administrative work 
 2025President of the International Society of Military Sciences
2025
 Estonian representative to NATO SAS-ET-GF "Willingness to Defend as a Dynamic Concept - Civilian and Military Perspectives" 
2024
 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies member of the editorial board 
2022
 Reviewer for the Estonian Journal of Military Studies 
 2019-2023  President of the European Research Group on Military and Society
2015−2019

Estonian representative to NATO HFM 263 "The Transition of Military Veterans from Active Service to Civilian Life".  

Awarded HFM Panel Excellence Award for extraordinary scientific contribution rendered to the research group. 

Voluntary contribution 

2002Member of the Women’s Voluntary Defence Organisation
2000Member of korp! Filiae Patriae