Current position

Project manager, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, Tallinn


Phone:  +(372) 7 422 002

E-mail:  krista_lillemets[at]yahoo.com

Personal History:  Born 06.12.1977

Education

2003 MSc in Environmental Science, Lund University
    Dissertation: "Exploring participation - two favelas of Rio de Janeiro".
2000 BA in International Business Administration, Estonian Business School
    Monograph: "Environmental cost accounting in Estonian companies".


Additional educational activities

2007 Studies of sociology, IUPERJ.
2001 Exchange student at Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Development studies.


Professional experience

2008 Visiting lecturer at the Institute of International and Social Studies of Tallinn University
2008 Organization of international conference "Comparative perspectives of development experiences in South
    America and Eastern Europe: Development and semi-periphery", Estonian Foreign Policy Institute
2007-2008 Assistant at Urban Reform Forum at the Federation of Organs for Educational and Social Assistance
    (FASE), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2006-2007 Consultant-researcher at UN Habitation Programme for localizing Millennium Development Goals at the
    municipal level in Nova Iguaçu, in Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.
2004-2005 Correspondent, Estonian Development Roundtable


Research interests

Political sociology
Modernity and modernization in "Latin America"
Collective identities and state-society relations.


Articles

Brasiilia maatamehed nõuavad valitsuselt endale maad. Greengate: 12.09.2004

Maailma Sotsiaalfoorum' 2006. http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-309

Boliivia - suurem kui koka. http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-300

Kaubandus peab teenima arengut! http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-296

ÜRO tippkohtumine peegeldab globaalsete huvide killustatust. http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-288

Tants ÜRO tippkohtumise dokumendi ümber. http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-283

G8 riikide relvaeksport aitab kaasa vaesuse süvenemisele ning inimõiguste rikkumisele. http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-270

Boliivia konflikt. http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-261

Ladina-Ameerika sotsiaalsed liikumised protestivad liidrite vastu ja nõuavad sotsiaalset õiglust. http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-257

Kas 2005. aasta läheb arengukoostöö ajalukku? http://www.terveilm.net/est/article_id-191


Grants

Grant by the Swedish Institute for MSc studies at Lund University


Language skills

Estonian - Mother tongue
English, Portuguese - Fluent in speaking, writing and reading
Spanish - Fair reading and understanding