The Board of the Estonian Academy of Sciences approved the updated composition of the Editorial Board of the Yearbook of the Estonian Mother Tongue Society (ESA) on 13 October 2026. Three new members joined the board: Geda Paulsen, Kristiina Praakli and Ann Veismann.

The renewed Editorial Board brings together linguists from different generations and research fields, helping to maintain the yearbook’s high academic standards and international visibility.

Geda Paulsen is a Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the Institute of the Estonian Language. Kristiina Praakli is Associate Professor of Estonian and Applied Linguistics at the University of Tartu, while Ann Veismann is Associate Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Tartu.

The following members will continue to serve on the Editorial Board: Riho Grünthal, Helle Metslang, Karl Pajusalu, Raimo Raag, Kristiina Ross and Lembit Vaba.

We thank the outgoing members, Cornelius Hasselblatt, Tuomas Huumo, Urmas Sutrop, Jüri Viikberg and Eberhard Winkler, for their contributions to the publication of the yearbook and the advancement of Estonian linguistics.

The Yearbook of the Estonian Mother Tongue Society is an annual, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly publication featuring linguistic research articles in Estonian and Finnish, accompanied by English-language abstracts. The yearbook is published by Estonian Academy Publishers.