BFM - Key Persons


Aija Sakova

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Manager of Business Cooperation and Knowledge Transfer

Aive Viljus


Alar Pink

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Alessandro Nani

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Crossmedia

Alexander Norta

Job Titles:
  • Research Fellow

Anastassia Zabrodskaja

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Intercultural Communication

Andre Kruusmaa

Job Titles:
  • Specialist of Research Management
  • Specialist of Research Management / Research Administration Office

Andres Avarand

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Emeritus

Andres Kõnno

Job Titles:
  • Research Fellow

Andris Feldmanis

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Screenwriting

Anneli Ahven

Job Titles:
  • Film Production

Anneli Kasesalu

Job Titles:
  • Study Counsellor and Specialist
  • Study Counsellor and Specialist / Haapsalu College

Anneli Levertand

Job Titles:
  • Controller in the Capacity of Financial Manager

Antonina Korepanova

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Anu Soojärv

Job Titles:
  • Senior Treasurer

Arabella Neostus

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Arko Olesk

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Research Communication

Arvo Pärenson

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Design

Astrida Konstante

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Cinematography of the Audio - Visual Media

Auri Niilo

Job Titles:
  • Concert Assistant

Avo Ulvik

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Sound Design, Music and Multimedia

Birgit Poopuu

Job Titles:
  • Research Fellow, Sociology, School of Governance, Law and Society
Birgit Poopuu, research fellow, Sociology, School of Governance, Law and Society: feminist and decolonial perspectives in peace and conflict studies, intersectionality, gender in conflict resolution, the UN resolution 1325 "Women, peace and security", feminist and decolonial approaches to peace and anti-militarism, feminist and decolonial theories and methodologies in international relations.

Birgit Rosenberg

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Birgit Vilgats

Job Titles:
  • Director of the School

Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Crisely Apri


Darja Dorving

Job Titles:
  • Senior Specialist

David Truusa

Job Titles:
  • Technician

Diego Alejandro Barajas Riano

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Dirk Hoyer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Audiovisual Arts

Dr. Andres Jõesaar

Job Titles:
  • Media Policies
Dr. Andres Jõesaar has a long experience in the media and telecom industries, especially on the management, content side and media research. In the 90s he was one of the founding members of the private television channel RTV and the general director of the commercial broadcaster TV3. From 2000 - 2011 he was the director for the content services in the Estonian branch of the Tele2. Between 2000-2012. Jõesaar has been the chairman of the Council of the Estonian Public Broadcasting. He has been a member and chair of several Council of Europe's and OSCE expert groups. During 2011-2018 he was head of media research department at the Estonian Public Broadcasting.

Edna Vahter

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Art Teaching Didactics

Eduard-Emanuel Leahu

Job Titles:
  • Lighting Storage Technician

Elari Lend

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Elen Lotman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Film Arts

Elena Stern

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Elle Pilviste-Kalm

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Elo Tootsi

Job Titles:
  • Keeper of Collections

Emili Põldsaar

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Specialist

Erki Russow

Job Titles:
  • Fellow
  • Senior Researcher

Ermo Säks

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Research Fellow

Esta Kaal

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Research Methods

Eugen Tamberg

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer

Eve Kiiler

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Art Education Methodology

Eveli Ojamäe-Veider

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Manager

Gerhard Bruno Erich Lock

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Musicology and Multimedia

Gerli Põder

Job Titles:
  • Financial Manager

Hagi Šein

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Professor of Television Culture

Hain Hõlpus

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer

Hanna Jemmer

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Heddi Reinsalu

Job Titles:
  • Junior Lecturer of Musics Didactics

Heidi Luik

Job Titles:
  • Collection Keeper / R10 - 206

Heikki Pauts


Heili Einasto

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Dance Theory

Heili Lindepuu

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Helen Arov

Job Titles:
  • Junior Lecturer of Art Didactics

Helen Joost

Job Titles:
  • Academic Affairs Manager

Heli Kaldas

Job Titles:
  • Director of the College

Indrek Ibrus

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Media Innovation

Indrek Treufeldt

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Television Journalism

Ingrid Hinojosa

Job Titles:
  • Incoming Mobility Senior Specialist

Irina Pähn

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Ballet

Irita Kallis

Job Titles:
  • Collection Keeper
  • Collection Keeper / R10 - 208

Jaana Davidjants

Job Titles:
  • Student in Cultural Theory, School of Humanities
  • Visiting Research Fellow

Jane Remm

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Art Didactics

Julia Kuznetski

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of British Literature, School of Humanities
Julia Kuznetski, Associate Professor of British Literature, School of Humanities: ecocriticism, ecofeminism, ecofeminist science fiction, transsectionalities, LGBTQ+ studies, trans studies, transecology, non-binary perspectives on gender, transcorporeality; women migrants, international mobility, gender and migration; gender, race, ethnicity, nationality and diaspora; gender and the body, female bodies; memory and trauma from a gender perspective, Herstory, mythology and symbolic language from a gender perspective, feminist perspectives on fairy tales.

Julia Voinova

Job Titles:
  • Study Counsellor and Specialist

Juta Lass

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Emeritus

Jüri Peets


Kadri Aavik

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Gender Studies, School of Governance, Law and Society
Kadri Aavik, Associate Professor of Gender Studies, School of Governance, Law and Society: sociology of gender, intersectionality, critical studies of men and masculinities, gender and work, gender and the neoliberal university, critical university studies from the gender perspective, vegan ecofeminism, critical animal studies, LGBTQ+ studies, feminist methodology and epistemology, qualitative methods.

Kadri Täht

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Governance, Law and Society
Kadri Täht, Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Governance, Law and Society: gender and the reconciliation of work and family life, gender, work and labour market participation, mobility in the labour market from a gender perspective, gender and time use in families, institutions (education, labour market) from a gender perspective, quantitative research methods.

Kaia-Liisa Jõesalu

Job Titles:
  • Specialist of Doctoral Studies and Project Coordinator

Kaie Viigipuu-Kreintaal

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Head

Katri Loik

Job Titles:
  • Director 's Assistant
  • Director 's Assistant / Haapsalu College

Katrin Iisma

Job Titles:
  • Specialist of Doctoral Studies

Katrin Niglas

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Rector for Research

Katrin Saks

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Rector for Development

Katrin Sigijane

Job Titles:
  • Continuing Education Project Manager
  • Visiting Lecturer

Katrin Tiidenberg

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Social Media and Visual Culture, Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School
  • Professor of Participatory Culture

Kaur Kokk

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor of Film Projects

Krista Aren

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Design

Krista Simson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Visual Arts

Kristel Abel

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of PR Studies

Kristi Klaasmägi

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Rector for Educational Innovation

Kristi Tasuja


Kristiina Oppi

Job Titles:
  • Curator - Collection Keeper of the Museum / Marketing and Communication Office
  • Museum Project Manager

Kristiina Raud

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Kristjan Alliksoo

Job Titles:
  • Senior IT Infrastructure Specialist

Ksenia Shmydkaya

Job Titles:
  • Student in Cultural Theory, School of Humanities
Ksenia Shmydkaya, PhD Student in Cultural Theory, School of Humanities: women writers, gender and women's history (interwar period in particular), Eastern European feminisms, feminist literary criticism; historical genre, postmodern historiography, and literature/history relationship; digital humanities.

Kädi Lepp

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Health Behaviour

Külli Roosna

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Contemporary Dance and Creative Technology

Külli-Riin Tigasson

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Journalism Studies

Larissa Barbosa Curi

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Laura Hein

Job Titles:
  • Teacher of Communication Design

Lembi Lõugas

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Senior Research Fellow
  • Head, Senior Researcher Fellow

Liesel Ets

Job Titles:
  • Head of Studies

Liina Maldre

Job Titles:
  • Fellow
  • Researcher

Liina Viiret

Job Titles:
  • Teacher of General Academic Competences

Liis Jõhvik

Job Titles:
  • Student, School of Humanities
Liis Jõhvik, PhD Student, School of Humanities: history of women and genders; the construction of memory and genders in Soviet Estonian home videos and amateur films.

Liis Nimik

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Liis Soon

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Liisa Lahtmets

Job Titles:
  • Communication Manager

Lina Žuravskaja

Job Titles:
  • Study Counsellor and Specialist / V - 403

Linda Kardna

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Emeritus

Maaris Raudsepp

Job Titles:
  • Senior Researcher, School of Governance, Law and Society
Maaris Raudsepp, Senior Researcher, School of Governance, Law and Society: gender and environmental psychology; gender, power and group relations (majority-minority relations, differences in perspectives etc.); gender in science and research: gendered research careers and research organisations.

Madis Järvekülg

Job Titles:
  • Research Fellow

Madli Lääne-Metsalu

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Editing

Mahendra Mahey

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager of FILMEU

Mailis Štrik

Job Titles:
  • Training Specialist

Mait Mäekivi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Cinematography

Mar Canet Sola

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Margit Lillemets

Job Titles:
  • Specialist of Research Management

Margus Nigol

Job Titles:
  • Teacher of Traffic Management

Mari-Liis Posti

Job Titles:
  • Database Administrator

Maria-Silvia Kaarep

Job Titles:
  • Study Counsellor and Specialist / V - 403

Marianna Kaat

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Documentary

Marion Pajumets

Job Titles:
  • Migration Expert, School of Governance, Law and Society
Marion Pajumets, Migration Expert, School of Governance, Law and Society: sociology of gender, gender and migration, critical studies on men and masculinities, gender in academic organisations and research, qualitative methods in social sciences, reconciliation of work and family life, sociology of family, strategies of gender mainstreaming.

Maris Kirme

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Emeritus

Marit Mõistlik-Tamm

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Music

Marko Järv

Job Titles:
  • Technician

Mart Raun

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Audiovisual Arts

Mart Soonik

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of PR Studies

Martti Raavel

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Information Technology

Mauri Kiudsoo


Maximilian Günther

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor of Cultural Data Analytics ( ERA Chair )

Meelis Sirendi

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Administration

Mehmet Burak Yilmaz

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Meril Ümarik

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Fellow, School of Educational Sciences

Michael Andrew Keerdo-Dawson

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Mihkel Pulst

Job Titles:
  • Computer Network Administrator

Mikk Kasesalk

Job Titles:
  • Strategy Manager

Monika Reppo

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Natalja Larina

Job Titles:
  • Montage Centre Administrator

Nele Dobrõš

Job Titles:
  • Senior Specialist for International Studies

Niina Leika

Job Titles:
  • Cleaner

Oksana Tralla

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Ballet

Olle Mirme

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Contemporary Media / N - 518

Patience Gombe

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Paul Rüsse

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of American Literature, School of Humanities

Peeter Simm

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Film Directing

Pia Tikka

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Pille Ubakivi-Hadachi

Job Titles:
  • Student in Sociology, Junior Researcher, Lecturer of Sociology, School of Governance, Law and Society

Piret Laht

Job Titles:
  • Archivist - Collection Keeper

Priit Hõbemägi

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Journalism Studies

Raili Allmäe

Job Titles:
  • Fellow
  • Researcher

Raimo Pullat

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Raivo Hein

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Woodwork

Raul Lobanov

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Raul Talmar

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Choral Conducting

Raul Tõnurist

Job Titles:
  • Technical Specialist

Riho Västrik

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Documentary Film

Robert Graham McNamara

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Sandra Kaljumäe

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Sille Kapper-Tiisler

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Silvia-Kristiin Kask

Job Titles:
  • Research Communication Senior Specialist

Sirje Hiie

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Sirje Runge

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Liberal Arts

Sten Kauber

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Research Fellow

Sven-Sander Paas

Job Titles:
  • Production Assistant, Festival Distribution Coordinator

Taavi Tuisk

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Multimedia

Tanel Kadalipp

Job Titles:
  • Audio Engineer - Director

Tanel Toom

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research Fellow

Tarmo Rajaleid - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Technical Director
  • Lecturer of Editing

Tarmo Vanamõisa

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Traffic Safety Field

Tarvi Toome


Tatjana Kuzovkina

Job Titles:
  • Head

Teet Teinemaa


Thea Tael

Job Titles:
  • Media Archive Editor

Tiina Alasoo

Job Titles:
  • Training and Development Specialist

Tiina Andreas

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Sound Recording and Design

Tiina Hiob

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer of Advertising Theory

Tiina Selke

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer Emeritus

Tiina Tambaum

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Tiina Tootsi

Job Titles:
  • Archivist - Collection Keeper

Tiit Land

Job Titles:
  • Rector
Rector Tiit Land decided to award 21 TU employees and people outside the university who have done great services to the university with badges of merit.

Tiiu Kuurme

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Educational Sciences, School of Educational Sciences
Tiiu Kuurme, Associate Professor of Educational Sciences, School of Educational Sciences: gender in education, gendered socialisation, particularly in the school context, experiences of pupils from the gender perspective perspective.

Tiiu Maar

Job Titles:
  • Training Specialist

Toomas Sääs

Job Titles:
  • Production Manager

Triin Roosalu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Senior Researcher
Triin Roosalu, Associate Professor of Sociology, Senior Researcher, School of Governance, Law and Society: gender inequalities in the labour market.

Triin Tulgiste

Job Titles:
  • Student in Cultural Theory, School of Humanities

Triinu Rannula

Job Titles:
  • Specialist in History of Education

Tõnu Talpsep

Job Titles:
  • Technical Specialist

Tõnu Viik

Job Titles:
  • Rector

Uku Lember

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer and Researcher, School of Humanities
Paul Rüsse, Lecturer of American Literature, School of Humanities: ecocriticism, LGBTQ+ studies, gender and migration, diaspora studies. Pille Ubakivi-Hadachi, PhD Student in Sociology, Junior Researcher, Lecturer of Sociology, School of Governance, Law and Society: ethnic minorities from a gender perspective. Katrin Tiidenberg, Associate Professor of Social Media and Visual Culture, Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School: self-presentation and identities in social media, visual culture and social media and their intersections with body normativity, mononormativity and heteronormativity. Triin Tulgiste, PhD Student in Cultural Theory, School of Humanities: Estonian women artists' representations of the body 1970-2000; feminism and theories of the body, women artists.

Ulrike Rohn

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Media Management and Economics

Ursula Haava

Job Titles:
  • Senior Specialist of Doctoral Studies

Vaike Kiik-Salupere

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Vocal Studies

Veiko Vaatmann

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Lecturer of Film Arts

Vejune Zemaityte

Job Titles:
  • Research Fellow in Cultural Data Analytics

Veronika Varik

Job Titles:
  • Director

Villem Normak

Job Titles:
  • Archivist - Collection Keeper

Ülle Aguraiuja-Lätti

Job Titles:
  • Fellow
  • Researcher

Ülle Tamla

Job Titles:
  • Senior Treasurer