Team

Marleen Pedjasaar is experienced with qualitative research methods and analysis, being a social scientist by education. A skilled moderator, she will help you understand your clients, target group or partners better through focus group or individual interviews. Strategic thinking and communication is her strength as a consultant and she will help you and your team ask the right questions when working on a (new) strategy.

You can contact Marleen by writing marleen@haap.ee

Karl Haljasmets earned his master’s degree in 2015 with a European Commission full-ride scholarship from the Central European University and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Pompeu Fabra University) joint programme in Public Policy. Previously, he graduated in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Government and Politics from the University of Tartu. He has also furthered his education at TU Dortmund and George Mason University, where he studied Economics. Throughout the years, Karl’s hobby has been journalism and in 2009 he was nominated for the European Young Journalist Award.

To date, Karl has 10 years of experience in raising funds for research and product development projects. He has managed to secure more thatn 40 million euros in grants from various European and Estonian funds for his clients. Karl mainly focuses on project management and projects related to the energy sector and development of new technologies.

You can contact Karl by writing karl@haap.ee

Katrin Olt graduated with a MA in Theology (Religious Anthropology) from the University of Tartu in 2012.

She has worked as a teacher, policy maker, programme and project manager in education, youth and social sector. She has also contributed to the activities run for young people as a volunteer. In addition, she has been involved in the IP industry. Katrin is adept at leading and managing people and processes. She puts effort into building and developing relationships and bringing out the best in cooperation. She has a keen eye for detail, and she is interested in the interplays between both policies and societal factors and in their connections to economic growth, welfare increase and personal growth of people. Katrin takes great delight in designing and moderating discussions. She is an attentive listener and an influential speaker. Due to the importance that Katrin gives to meaningful participation, she was given an award for excellence in public engagement by the State Chancellery in 2010.

In Haap, Katrin works as an analyst and project manager.

Contact Katrin at katrin@haap.ee.

Ly Lõhmus has a master’s degree in social anthropology from the University of Kent. As part of his thesis, he studied the environmental crisis and future visions of environmentalists in more detail, and he also wrote his bachelor’s thesis at Tallinn University on a similar topic. Previously, Ly has worked at SOS Children’s Village, Enterprise Estonia and published a book on beekeeping in cooperation with Tallinn University. Ly is an experienced anthropologist and qualitative researcher and is involved in all projects with social impact, focusing mostly on environmental issues.

Contact Ly at ly@haap.ee 

Linda Tarto has graduated with a BA in English language and literature from the University of Tartu and a Master’s in English literature from the University of York. She has also spent an exchange semester at the College of Charleston in the US and is an experienced translator.

As a consultant at Haap Linda writes for various projects, translates and edits texts, in addition to helping with research and analysis.

Contact Linda at linda@haap.ee

Kristi Uusmaa has trained as an environmental health specialist and obtained a master’s degree in applied behavioural science. She has experience both in private companies and in public sector work as an occupational health consultant, service manager, and advisor. All positions have been related to maintaining people’s health, but from slightly different perspectives. Kristi is passionate about flowers and horses, handicrafts, horror stories, and traveling by car. In travel photos, she mostly appears with Caffe Lattes. And since her work usually involves reading literature in foreign languages, she enjoys reading Estonian fiction in her free time on terrace cushions.

Contact Kristi at kristi@haap.ee