Mart Veliste

Analyst



Mart has been working as an analyst at the Institute of Baltic Studies since 2018. At IBS, he has been involved in research projects in Estonia and the EU, focusing on entrepreneurship (including social entrepreneurship), innovation ecosystems, sustainability and smart cities, integration, education, regional cooperation, and program impact assessment. He holds a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Tartu and is highly skilled in qualitative methods, having designed and conducted surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

In addition to his work at IBS, Mart is a project manager at the Baltic Innovation Agency, where he focuses primarily on social entrepreneurship and innovation. He is also part of the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform team, serving as a thematic expert in the SMARTER and SOCIAL Europe fields.

In his free time, Mart enjoys spending time with his family, reading books, and playing board games.