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Juhan Kivirähk (born 2 July 1957 in
Juhan Kivirähk (born 2 July 1957 in Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
) is an Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
n sociologist.
Kivirähk is the older brother of writer Andrus Kivirähk. In 1980 he graduated from Tartu State University in economic cybernetics Economics is one domain in which cybernetics has had application and influence. In the Soviet Union
The Great Soviet Encyclopaedia defines Economic cybernetics as a scientific field wherein cybernetic approaches are applied to economics. It facili ...
. From 1984 until 1988, he studied at the Estonian Academy of Sciences
Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to ...
at the Institute of Socioeconomic Problems.
He is one of the founders of two Estonian poll companies: AS Emor (established in 1990) and OÜ Uuringukeskus Faktum (established in 2002). 1998-2002 he was the vice-director of the poll company Turu-uuringute AS. He has also worked on International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS).
Awards
* 2001: Order of the White Star, V class.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kivirahk, Juhan Living people 1957 births Estonian sociologists Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class University of Tartu alumni People from Tallinn