Application for The Use Of Data for Scientific Purposes
Completed by the Minstry of Culture
Kultuuriministeerium
Application number
Data
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE APPLICANT
Applicant details
Name University, institute or other Structural unit and position
institution
Laura Howells Princeton University PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science
Postal address
Fisher Hall, #001, Princeton, NJ 08544
E-mail Phone
[email protected] +1 (203) 822-3930
Other data users, or supervisors of the project* (NOT APPLICABLE)
Name University, institute or other Structural unit and position
institution
Postal address
E-mail Phone
*Include contact information for all data users, if necessary.
Requested research datasets1*
Name of the study or database
Eesti Integratsiooni Monitooring
The composition of the requested data (e.g. the survey year for which data is requested, list of questions or
list of chapters from the questionnaire, variables or databases).
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The Ministry of Culture does not disclose personal data to third parties. The personal data used in the research datasets that are
made available to the applicant have been anonymized in advance.
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ANONYMIZED DATA FROM THE FOLLOWING YEARS AND SECTIONS LISTED BELOW:
2011: TÄHTPÄEVAD, KUULUVUSTUNNE JA INIMSUHTED; SUHTLEMINE TEISTE RAHVUSTEGA; KOKKUPUUDE TEISTEGA;
„RÄÄGIME KODUMAA JA KODAKONDSUSE TEEMAL“; HARIDUS JA NOORED; „LÕPETUSEKS VEEL MÕNED KÜSIMUSED TEIST“
2015: TAUST I; KONTAKTID NING KEELTEOSKUS; HARIDUSSÜSTEEM EESTIS, VENEKEELSE GÜMNAASIUMI ÜLEMINEK
EESTIKEELSELE ÕPPELE; KODAKONDSUSPOLIITIKA; TAUST II
2017: TAUST I; KONTAKTID NING KEELTEOSKUS; HARIDUSSÜSTEEM ; KODAKONDSUS; TAUST II
2020: 1. TAUST; 3. VÕRDNE KOHTLEMINE JA LIGIPÄÄS TEENUSTELE; 4. KONTAKTID; 6. ÜLDISED LÕIMUMISALASED HOIAKUD
NING SEOS EESTIGA; 8. HARIDUSSÜSTEEM; 9. KODAKONDSUS JA POLIITILINE-ÜHISKONDLIK OSALUS; TAUST II
2023: 1. TAUST I; 4. VÕRDNE KOHTLEMINE JA LIGIPÄÄS TEENUSTELE; 5. KONTAKTID; 6. ÜLDISED
LÕIMUMISALASED HOIAKUD NING SEOS EESTIGA; 10. HARIDUSSÜSTEEM; 11. KODAKONDSUS JA
POLIITILINE-ÜHISKONDLIK OSALUS; 15. TAUST II
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Purpose of data use
Title of research, study, project or grant name
The Politics of Nation- and State-Building in Estonia
Duration of research, study or project: months or years (e.g. 12/2024–12/2025 or 2025–2026)
9/2023 —present (First phase of project to conclude upon dissertation defense in 2027).
A brief description of the research, study or project.
This project aims to shed light onto trends in public opinion prior to the transition to Estonian-language instruction related to
education, citizenship, and belonging. Data from the Estonian Integration Monitoring Survey from years 2011–2023 will
supplement public opinion survey data that I have collected in 2024 and 2025 about the transition.
Description of the use of the database(s), access rights, storage and destruction conditions.
I agree to faithfully abide by all data security provisions determined by the Ministry of Culture in terms of
data sharing and storage. In keeping with the ethics committee data protection standards at Princeton
University, all data received for this project will be stored in encrypted folders and on a password-
protected computer.
Planned Publications
Dissertation project (in book form); peer-reviewed academic articles
In what format should the data be transferred?
Preferred format (e.g. CSV, Excel, SPSS, TXT)
CSV, Excel or SPSS are preferred, but the researcher is grateful for delivery in any format.
*Files are sent as an encrypted email attachment after the application is approved (Estonian ID card required) or
through a secure data exchange environment. If necessary, another method of data transmission can be agreed
upon that complies with the requirements for secure processing of personal data.
Supporting documents and signature submitted with the application. The requested data may only be
used for the purpose specified in the application!
Applicant name
October 20, 2025
If necessary, other relevant documents might be requested. Please include the approvals of the Data Protection
Inspectorate or the Ethics Committee with attachments in the digital envelope.
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Laura Howells Yours: 20.10.2025
Princeton University
[email protected] Ours: 29.10.2025 No 1-18/1112-2
Integration Monitoring surveys data
The Ministry of Culture hereby grants you permission to use the anonymized raw data files of
the Estonian Integration Monitoring (EIM), in accordance with your application submitted on 20
October 2025 (Annex 1).
The Ministry of Culture provides you with the selected variables from the EIM survey years
2011, 2015, 2017, 2020, and 2023 in SPSS (.sav) format.
Please note that you are not permitted to distribute or share the datasets received with any third
parties. The right to use the data is granted solely for the purposes specified in Annex 1, within
the framework of the project “The Politics of Nation- and State-Building in Estonia.”
Annex 1. Application for the use of data for scientific purposes
Annex 2. EIM2023.sav
Annex 3. EIM2020. sav
Annex 4. EIM 2017. sav
Annex 5. EIM 2015.sav
Annex 6. EIM 2011.sav
Yours sincerely,
(signed digitally)
Eda Silberg
Undersecretary for Cultural Diversity
Karl Viilmann +372 6282246
[email protected]
Suur-Karja 23 / 15076 Tallinn, Estonia / + 372 628 2222 /
[email protected] / www.kul.ee / Registration No 70000941