III.5.3. Opponent and peer reviewer

 


131. An internationally recognised researcher of the respective specialisation who holds a doctoral degree or equivalent qualification and does not have a conflict of interests upon performing the task can be appointed as an opponent or peer reviewer of a doctoral thesis. An opponent or a peer reviewer is considered to have a conflict of interests if they are connected persons to the doctoral candidate or the supervisor for the purposes of the Anti-corruption Act, have or have had a supervision relationship, or have published or submitted for publication joint publications or participated in a joint research project within the last ten years. At least one of the opponents of a doctoral thesis must be from outside Estonia, unless the rector decides otherwise based on a proposal of the council. A peer reviewer of the doctoral thesis can also be an opponent of the doctoral thesis.