{"id":5257,"date":"2026-07-14T12:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/?page_id=5257"},"modified":"2026-09-10T15:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:01:06","slug":"studies-expert-assessments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/studies\/studies-expert-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Studies and expert assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.7%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the proposal of Riigikogu committees, the Legal and Research Department also commissions expert opinions and applied studies from universities and other institutions, to provide the background information that the Riigikogu needs in its work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list of studies and expert assessments can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/studies\/studies-and-expert-assessments\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All studies and expert assessments are in Estonian.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"my-6 max-w-[420px]\">\n                              <div >\n          <div class=\"flex gap-6 justify-between items-start\">\n      <div class=\"flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2\">\n                  <div class=\"h4 mb-4\">\n            Contact\n          <\/div>\n        \n        <div>\n          Margit Muul\n        <\/div>\n\n                  <p class=\"text-brand-neutral-60 mb-0!\">\n            Consultant, Legal and Research Department, Chancellery of the Riigikogu\n          <\/p>\n        \n                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\">\n            <phone-icon size=\"4\"><\/phone-icon>\n                          <a\n                href=\"tel:+3726316502\"\n                class=\"text-brand-neutral-90 no-underline! hover:underline!\"\n              >+372 631 6502<\/a>\n                      <\/div>\n        \n                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\">\n            <mail-icon size=\"4\"><\/mail-icon>\n            <a\n              href=\"mailto:margit.muul@riigikogu.ee\"\n              class=\"underline text-brand-neutral-90 hover:no-underline!\"\n            >\n              margit.muul@riigikogu.ee\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the proposal of Riigikogu committees, the Legal and Research Department also commissions expert opinions and applied studies from universities and other institutions, to provide the background information that the Riigikogu needs in its work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":5227,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5257","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Studies and expert assessments &#8211; 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