Security through Education: Estonia’s Language Transition

The new ZOiS Spotlight 23/2025, ‘Security through Education: Estonia's Language Transition,’ has been published. In it, Félix Krawatzek discusses the initial findings of our 2025 survey in Estonia.

One-fifth of Estonians have Russian roots. To integrate this minority better, the government has decided to phase out Russian-language education. New ZOiS research looks at how this policy has been greeted across Estonian society – and particularly in the Russian-speaking community.

The full Spotlight can be found here.