Merle Ojasoo

Merle Ojasoo is Associate Professor of Business Ethics at Tallinn University of Technology, School of Business and Governance, and a lecturer in nursing ethics at Tallinn Health University of Applied Sciences. Her research focuses on CSR, ethical leadership, gender equality and anti-corruption education, and she is nationally recognised for teaching excellence and research impact.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Tallinn University of Technology, 2014
• Post-doctoral studies in Ethical Leadership, University of Jyväskylä, 2018-2019
• MBA, Estonian Business School, 2003
• BA in Estonian Language & Literature, Tallinn University, 1989

Research interests:

Ojasoo investigates responsible entrepreneurship, organisational ethics and change management. She employs qualitative and survey methods to explore how ethical frameworks can be embedded in engineering and business curricula, how appearance-based discrimination affects young women, and how corruption risks can be mitigated through education.

Publication trends:

Since 2020 she has published extensively on CSR education, gender discrimination, nursing ethics and sustainable tourism, often in collaboration with Nordic and Baltic colleagues. Her work appears in European Journal of Engineering Education, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, and leading Estonian newspapers.

Scientific awards:

• Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper 2024
• TalTech Supervisor of the Year 2023
• TalTech Lecturer of the Year 2022
• EQAVET Quality Marks for e-courses 2021 & 2022
• Swedbank Business Ethics Grant 2012

Grants & projects:

• PI – Developing problem-based learning at TalTech, €20 000, 2022-2023
• PI – Curriculum analysis for Ministry of Justice, €7 896, 2020
• Co-investigator – Horizon 2020 project on South-East Asian transition economies, €958 500, 2017-2021

Academic citizenship:

She chairs the MSc thesis defence committee in Management & Entrepreneurship, serves on the board of Transparency International Estonia, and is track organiser for the Nordic Academy of Management conferences.