Peeter Vihalemm (born 11 September 1944) is an Estonian communication scholar, sociologist and social psychologist. He is professor emeritus at the University of Tartu and previously headed the university's journalism department (1989–1997).
His work has addressed media systems and media use in Estonia and the Baltic region, and he has edited research collections on Baltic media transformation.
Urmas Varblane (born 20 July 1961) is an Estonian economist and academic. He is Professor of International Business and Innovation at the University of Tartu and a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (elected 2009). In 2023, he became chair of the supervisory board of the Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank), appointed by the Riigikogu.
Märt Väljataga (born 30 March 1965) is an Estonian literary scholar, critic, translator, poet and editor. Since 1995, he has been the editor-in-chief of the cultural journal Vikerkaar. He has also taught literary criticism at the Estonian Institute of Humanities, later part of Tallinn University.
Gennadi Vainikko (31 May 1938 – 1 November 2024) was an Estonian mathematician known for his work in numerical functional analysis, approximation methods, and the theory and numerical solution of integral, integro-differential and operator equations. He was a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences from 1986 and served as one of its vice-presidents from 1990 to 1994. He was also professor emeritus at the University of Tartu. Vainikko died in Tartu on 1 November 2024 at the age of 86.