CV - Marina Vahter

Work

2026
Visiting Lecturer
Tallinn University
2021
2026
Junior Researcher / PhD candidate
Tallinn University
2005
Independent contractor / web development
Upgrade OÜ
2001
2005
Head of Online Platforms
Lincona Konsult AS
1997
2005
Head of ERP Systems
Lincona Konsult AS
1997
2005
Head of Purchasing
Lincona Konsult AS
1994
1997
Accounting, sales and purchasing: specialist-level skills
Lincona Konsult AS

2026
September
An Ethos of Self-Creative Democracy
ECPR General Conference
Kraków
2026
May
From the Imagined to the Real: What Can Utopian Reasoning Reveal About Our Reality?
XXI Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference
Tallinn
2026
April
Beyond Feasibility: Toward a Constructive Relationship Between Utopian Political Philosophy and Empirical Political Science
ECPR Joint Sessions
Innsbruck
Workshop organiser (co-chair)
2025
August
Virtue Ethical Alternative to Realist and Moralist Theorising in Political Thought
ECPR General Conference
Thessaloniki
2025
August
Virtue Ethics for Political Realists
XX Estonian Annual Philosophy Conference
Tallinn
2024
August
Virtue Ethics and Political Realism: Friends or Foes?
ECPR General Conference
Dublin
2023
November
The underlying moralities of political rhetoric in Sweden
Symposium on Scandinavian Values
Tartu
2023
September
The Challenges of Liberalism in Confronting Populist Lies: A Meta-Moral Perspective
ECPR General Conference
Prague
2023
April
A conceptual approach to populist morality
ECPR Joint Sessions
Toulouse
2022
August
Why Do We Need a Critical Realist Approach to Morality in Political Science?
ECPR General Conference
Innsbruck
2022
April
Moral Rhetoric of Populism – The Case of the Sweden Democrats
ECPR Joint Sessions
Online
2021
May
Morality and moral emotions as a predictor of populist success? The case of the Swedish Democrats
The Second Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation
Online

2021
2026 Dec.
PhD, Government and Politics
"Virtue, Creativity, and Ethos in Normative Political Theory"
Tallinn University, Estonia
2018
2020
MA, Political Science
"The Use of Moral Foundations and Moral Emotions in the Discourse of Political Parties – the Case of Sweden"
summa cum laude
Tallinn University, Estonia
2015
2018
BA, Public and Business Management
"Ideational Factors in Poland’s Relations with the European Union in the Context of Europe’s Migrant Crisis"
cum laude
Tallinn University, Estonia
1982
1993
Tallinn Secondary School #49 (Arte Gymnasium)

Current Teaching
RIP7516 Political Theory and Methodology of Political Analysis (MA)
RIT8001 Social and Political Theories (PhD)
RIP7025 Migration and Integration Politics (MA)

Previous Teaching
YKI7005 – Master’s Seminar (MA)
YKI7001 – Qualitative Methods I (MA)
RIE6103 – Research Seminar for Liberal Arts (BA)