Team
Marleen Pedjasaar
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
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
Ly Lõhmus
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
Laura Kalda
Laura Kalda’s favourite topic is social impact. Laura has previous experience in strategic consulting as a portfolio manager at the Good Deed Foundation. In addition, Laura has worked as a project manager at Statistics Estonia and as a project manager and advisor at the University of Tartu.
Contact Laura at laura@haap.ee
Linda Tarto
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
Age Toomla
Age Toomla has graduated with a MA in Comparative Politics from The University of Tartu. She has prior work experience from both NGOs and government agencies. She has considerable experience in policy making, programme development and project management. She strongly believes that in-depth knowledge is an important prerequisite for making smarter decisions.
Contact Age at age@haap.ee