Tiit Tammaru (2001, defended at University of Tartu), Linnastumine ja linnade kasv Eestis nõukogude aastatel (Urbanisation and Urban Growth in Estonia During the Soviet Period) (supervisor Örjan Sjöberg).
Anneli Kährik (2006, defended at University of Tartu), Socio-spatial residential segregation in post-socialist cities: the case of Tallinn, Estonia (supervisors Jussi Sakari Jauhiainen and Tiit Tammaru).
Kadri Leetmaa (2008, defended at University of Tartu), Residential suburbanisation in the Tallinn metropolitan area (supervisor Tiit Tammaru).
Ülle Marksoo (2011, defended at University of Tartu), Long-term unemployment and its regional disparieties in Estonia (supervisor Tiit Tammaru).
Kristi Anniste (2014, defended at University of Tartu), East-West migration in Europe: The case of Estonia after regaining independence (supervisor Tiit Tammaru)
Mari Nuga (2016, defended at University of Tartu), “Soviet-era summerhouses On homes and planning in post-socialist suburbia” (supervisor Kadri Leetmaa)