Faculty of Humanities in Kaunas

Faculty of Humanities in Kaunas

Sukurta: 30 August 2013

khf8 Muitinės, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 42 3222, fax 42 3222,
E-mail:
www http://www.khf.vu.lt

Dean – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kęstutis Driaunys

STAFF

87 teachers (72 holding research degree), 2 research fellows (1 holding research degree), 36 doctoral students 

RESEARCH AREAS

Business Environment Factors
Information Technologies for Business and Education
Poetics, Rhetoric and Linguistics: Fundamental and Applied Research into Literary and Non-literary Texts 

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2013

L. Niedzviegienė. On the metonimical and metaphorical conceptualization of emotions in the poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler and Salomėja Nėris.
L. Kravcova. Nouns identifying persons in contemporary Russian Language as a reflection of worldview (according to a descriptive Russian dictionary of the 21st century. Relevant lexis).
P. Danėnas. Support vector machines based classifiers in intelligent decision support system for credit risk evaluation.
J. Tekutov. Model of domain knowledge content updating based on management information interactions.
S. Stankevičienė. Natural Sciences language: comparative study of German and Lithuanian languages ​​lexical-semantic aspects.
A. Ramanauskaitė. The model of intellectual capital evaluation and presentation in financial statements.
J. Maksvytytė. Translation strategies when transferring names for realias from German to Lithuanian.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2013

International interdisciplinary conference TELL ME’13: Thought Elaboration: Literature, Linguistics and Media Expression April 11–12, 2013
16th international conference on Business Information Systems BIS 2013 Poznań, Poland 19–20 June, 2013
18th PHD and Master level student’s conference (IVUS 2013) 2013m. April 25 d., Kaunas, Lithuania
Students’ scientific conference Research of the Young Philologists, March 15, 2013, Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty of Humanities 
10th Professor Vladas Gronskas scientific postgraduate and Phd students’ conference Economy Development: Theory and Practice 

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2013

Monograph Sustainable Development(Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine) (2012). Vilnius University, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, National University of Food Technologies, University of Szczecin. Section 2. Case of Lithuania, Part 1. Sustainability assessment and monitoring, D. Štreimikienė,p. 61–111; Part 2. New tendencies of world development and the position of Lithuania in the world, V. Jurėnienė, I. Griesienė,p. 111–142; Part 3. National Resources and socio-economic potential of the country’s sustainable development, V. Jurėnienė, G. Vilutytė, p. 142–164; Part 4. The most important directions and ways of transition to sustainable development, D.Štreiminkienė, V. Jurėnienė, R. Poškuvienė, L. Verbauskienė, M. Akulavičius, R. Pušinaitė,p. 164–269; Part 5. The most important means of financial and economic mechanisms for providing sustainable development, D. Štreimikienė,p. 269–316; Part 6. The socio-political mechanisms for sustainable development, D. Štreimikienė, M. Dilys, M. Akulavičius, p. 316–328.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

8 Muitinės, LT-03225 Kaunas
Tel. (8-37) 422344,
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Mikalauskienė

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. R. Čiegis, Dr. D. Štreimikienė.
Associate professors: Dr. E. Bartkus, Dr. E. Jasinskas, Dr. A. Mikalauskienė, Dr. D. Pilinkus, Dr. R. Pušinaitė, Dr. I. Šarkiūnaitė.
Lecturers: R. Bartkutė, M. Dilys, D. Gineitienė, I. Griesienė, Dr. R. Grunda, Dr. I. Kiaušienė, I. Šikšnelytė, Dr. V. Tamulienė, Dr. B. Toluba, L. Verbauskienė, Dr. D. Žvirdauskas (part-time).
Doctoral students: R. Bartkutė, M. Dilys, I. Griesienė, I. Šikšnelytė, D. Ročkė, R. Žemaitytė, G. Vilutytė, L. Verbauskienė, A. Pukis, M. Akulavičius, R. Tatoris, M. Dubnikas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sustainable innovation, environmental management and economics
Sustainable development issues, including gender equality implementation and gender equality measurements
Online advertising, social network advertising, newest online advertising tendencies and methods
Conceptualisation of the country’s higher education, organization’s image
Modern marketing trends
Entrepreneurship development challenges: economic, social, demographic, political-legal factors in human resource management

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget

Entrepreneurship Development Challenges: Economic, Social, Demographic, Political-Legal Factors in Human Resource Management. Assoc. Prof. I. Šarkiūnaitė, Assoc. Prof. E. Bartkus, Assoc. Prof. E. Jasinskas, lecturer R. Bartkutė, PhD Student G. Vilutytė.

HRM process in an international company (European Union): personnel planning, recruitment, selection, socialization, dual career issues, intercultural management, expatriation/repatriation process were researched. Individuals willing to be employed in the European Commission, office conditions, competition specifics, selection, and recruitment were analyzed. Individual career self-assessment cycle was investigated. an employee training, job evaluation, expatriation, local immigration equality issues were analyzed.

Main publications:

Bartkus, E.V., Krikščiukienė, B., Drungilienė, O.D., 2013. Intuicija valdymo sprendimuose: teorinis aspektas. Kaunas, Kolpingo kolegija.

Business Partnership Particularities. Internal and Relationship Marketing on the Basis of Business Partnership. Lecturer I. Griesienė.

Concept of business partnership, providing the innovative view to this concept was analyzed in detail highlighting the necessity of business partnership creation and its importance to competitiveness and efficiency of companies’ actions. The complexity of a business partnership development and its impact on organizational performance and opportunities, which can lead to the expansion of markets through a new structure of network organization were explained. The processes of business partnership creation and development, indicators of the business partnership management were defined. A detailed theoretical study of internal and relationship marketing concepts was conducted proposing the link between these concepts. An innovative approach that integrates all the concepts addressed in the overall system, including the sustainability issues in these processes was presented.

Main publications:

Griesienė, I. Partnership for Sustainable Development: Reflections of Theory and Practice. International scientific conference Social and Ecological Implications of Restructuring During and After the Global Economic Crisis, Kaunas, May 9–10, 2013.

Market Saturation Problems. Prof. D. Štreimikienė.

Market saturation issues were addressed by analyzing the impact of consumer behaviour on market saturation by applying logistical analysis approach. The limited market capacity was analyzed by applying theoretical and empirical analysis. The main results of investigation were published in the paper bellow.

Main publications:

Štreimikienė, D., Girdzijauskas, S., 2013. Market capacity and consumer behavior from logistic analysis view. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, Vol. 19(3), 448–464

Environmental Management Systems Implementation in Lithuania. Increasing Popularity of Other Voluntary Agreements in Lithuania. Eco Innovations. Assoc. Prof. R. Pušinaitė.

The aim of research is to investigate why voluntary agreements are implemented in Lithuanian companies. In 2013 the issue of what companies are planning to change for sustainability goals achievements were analyzed. Voluntary agreements are closely related to sustainable innovations. Usually sustainable innovations are called eco innovations. In 2013 the main focus was on eco innovations, related with voluntary agreements. Theoretical literature on eco innovations and factors increasing eco innovations and voluntary agreements was analyzed.

Main publications:

Pušinaitė, R., 2013. Savanoriški įmonių įsipareigojimai darniam vystymuisi įgyvendinti. Darnus Lietuvos vystymasis. Vilniaus universitetas, 73–78.

Conceptualisation of the Country's Higher Education, Organization's Image . Dr. V. Tamulienė.

Influence of higher education image on students’ loyalty in the project was found out. The project presents empirical studies and the survey’s results obtained from Portugal, Spain, Norway, the U.S.A, Australia, and Malaysia. Theoretical models are adapted to the Lithuanian market and the new created model consists of two insights: factors forming the image of higher education and dimensions shaping students’ loyalty. The analysis of these issues was the basis for empirical research in Lithuania. The project concludes with a summary of the findings in the influence of higher education image on students’ loyalty in Lithuania.

Main publications:

Tamuliene, V., Murzaite, R., 2013. The influence of higher education image on students’ loyalty in Lithuania. Transformations in Business and Economics, Vol.12, No 2 (29).

Tamuliene, V., 2013. Young scientists research for economic development – to the Memory of professor Vladas Gronskas. Transformations in Business and Economics, Vol.12, No 1 (28).

Tamuliene, V., 2013. Research in consumer preferences selecting the services of wellness-fitness centers in Kaunas. Education. Physical Training. Sport., No.2.

Sustainable Development Issues, Including Gender Equality Implementation and Gender Equality Measurements. Dr. I. Kiaušienė.

Modern society has to deal with very different challenges, which are fostered by fast processes of globalization, changeable economic state, present economical and social changes, etc. Thus there arises a need to analyze and assess adjustment trends of different and closely related interdependent aims. Equality between women and men is not only an element of human natural rights, but it is also a presumption for the development of harmonious society and an indicator for development. Consequently, one of the most significant aims of the modern society is sufficient attention paid to strengthening of the ways and methods to implement equal opportunities for women and men.

Main publications:

Kiaušienė, I., Štreimikienė, D., 2013. Significance of Institutional Factors for the Implementation of Gender Equality in the Labour Market. Transformations in business and economics. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, Vol. 12, No. 3, 61–71.

Kiaušienė, I., Štreimikienė, D., 2013. The Assessment of Differences of Women’s and Men’s status in the Labour Market. Transformations in business and economics. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, Vol. 12, No. 2, 125–137.

Kiaušienė, I., 2013. Lyčių lygybė ir jos svarba darniam vystymuisi. In: Darnus Lietuvos vystymasis (mokslinių straipsnių rinkinys). Elektroninis išteklius, 47–52.

International Research Projects

Project Pro-ecological Restructuring for Job (PRORES), Funded under 7th FWP (Seventh Framework Programme).

Research area: FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme". LecturerI. Griesienė, Phd Student M. Akulavičius, PhD Student L. Verbauskienė.

Main publications:

Grundey, D., Griesienė, I., Diedonis, A., 2013.Development of Lithuanian Labour Market. Restructuring and Ecology: Current Situation. Country Report. Vilnius University, University of Szczecin, National University of Food Technologies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, 30–57.

Jurėnienė, V., Bernat, T., Mostenska, T.L., Slozko, O.(scientific editors), 2013. Restructuring and Ecology: Current Situation. Country Report.E-book. – Vilnius – Szczecin – Kyiv: Vilnius University, University of Szczecin, National University of Food Technologies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations. Published by Kaunas Faculty of Humanities of Vilnius University.

Jurėnienė, V., Verbauskienė, L., Akulavičius, M. Part 3. Chapter 3.1. Enterprises’ activities; Chapter 3.2. Activities of SMES and large companies; Chapter 3.3. Eco-industries; Chapter 3.4. Eco-innovations in the country; Chapter 3.5. Pollution and the biggest polluters. In: Development of Lithuanian Enterprises, 59–83.

Restructuring and ecology: current situation: country report / editors: Virginija Jurėnienė, Tomasz Bernat, Tetiana L. Mostenska, Olena Slozko. Vilnius - Szczecin - Kyiv, 2013.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Lithuanian Sports University (Lithuania)
National University of Food Technologies (Ukraine)
Institute of World Economy & International Relations NAS Ukraine (Ukraine)
Information Systems Management Institute (ISMA) (Latvia)
Latvia University of Agriculture (Latvia)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. I. Šarkiūnaitė –

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

12 Muitinės, LT-44280, Kaunas
Tel: (8-37) 422926
Fax: (8-37) 423222
Email:

Head - Prof. Dr. Kristina Rudžionienė 

STAFF

Professors: Prof. Dr. R. Kanapickienė, Prof. Dr. K. Rudžionienė.
Associate professors: Dr. G. Gipienė, Dr. E. Freitakas, Dr. G. Žigienė, Dr. D. Teresienė.
Lecturers: Dr. P. Aniūnas, Dr. R. Klimaitienė, L. Šerėnienė, A. Ramanauskaitė.
Doctoral students: D. Gliaubicas, Ž. Grundienė, M. Valukonis, P. Paškevičius, L. Matusevičienė, M. Vijūnas, R. Špicas. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Financial accounting policy, management accounting and internal control in Lithuanian enterprises

Credit risk assessment in Lithuanian credit institutions

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget 

Business Environment Factors

Financial Accounting Policy and Internal Control of Public Sector Entities. Prof. R. Kanapickienė.

One of the aims of internal control of a public legal entity is to ensure the reliability and completeness of information and reports. The main regulatory enactments of accounting determine many instruments of internal control which must be ensured by the accounting policy adopted in a public sector entity. Regulatory enactments cover different spheres, i.e. accounting and internal control. These spheres are closely interrelated. Research systematized the internal control instruments of accounting policy.

Main publications:

Kanapickienė, R., 2013. Vidaus kontrolės priemonės viešojo sektoriaus subjektų apskaitos politikoje. Buhalterinės apskaitos teorija ir praktika, Nr. 14, 17–29.

Gipienė, G., Freitakas, E., 2013. Исследование факторов определяющих неэтическое поведение бухгалтеров. Management and Engineering 13: Scientific proceedings: 9th international scientific conference: conference proceedings, Vol. 2, June 23–26, 2013, Sozopol, Bulgaria. Sofia: Scientific-Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering, Year 21, Iss. 4, 1098–1103.

Corporate Social Responsibility Information Disclosure in the Financial Reports. Prof. K. Rudžionienė.

Based on sustainable development specifying the disclosure socially, environmentally and financially, financial and non-financial information overlapping in a single report would be appropriate. At present, the world is not created by uniform principles and patterns that help to integrate non-financial information in the financial records. Integrated Report is still in the experimental stage although the first steps have already been done, therefore, an integrated reporting model including financial and non-financial information was developed.

Main publications:

Latakaitė, D., Rudžionienė, K., 2013. Įmonių socialinės atsakomybės informacijos atskleidimo integravimas į finansines ataskaitas. Buhalterinės apskaitos teorija ir praktika. Kaunas: Lietuvos buhalterinės apskaitos tyrėjų ir švietėjų asociacija, Vol. 13, 21–31.

The Concepts, Classification and Evaluation Methods of Intellectual Capital . PhD student A. Ramanauskaitė, Prof. K. Rudžionienė.

The present research suggests generalized definitions, reveals the key features and highlights the interrelationship of these terms, thus, enabling further research. It generalizes the methods of intellectual capital valuation, suggested by a number of scholars, provides comparisons, reveals the multiplicity of the methods, and highlights the unlimited research of the academic field. Besides, the main classifications of methods of intellectual capital valuation are provided, and the applied criteria are defined. Correspondingly, a classification scheme of intellectual capital valuation methods has been developed.

Main publications:

Ramanauskaitė, A., Rudžionienė, K., 2013. Intellectual Capital Valuation: Methods and Their Classification. Economics. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, Vol. 92, Nr. 2, 79–92. 

Rudžionienė, K., Ramanauskaitė, A., 2013. Trends of the Disclosure of Information on Intellectual Capital in Annual Statements in Lithuanian Enterprises. Economics and Management, Vol. 18 (3), 394–402.

Ramanauskaitė, A., Rudžionienė, K., 2013. Intellectual Capital Evaluation: Return on Assets Methods versus Market Capitalization Methods. Proceedings of the 5th European conference on Intellectual Capital. Vol. 2, ed. by Lidia Garcia, Arturo Rodriguez-Castellanos, Jon Barrutia-Guenaga Reading: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 557 –563.

Ramanauskaitė, A., 2013. The Concepts of Intellectual Assets and Intellectual Liabilities: a Review of Academic Writings. KCWS 2013: the 6th knowledge cities world summit: establishing bridges: proceedings, 9 –12 September, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul: Istanbul Sehir University, 57–67.

Credit Risk Assessment Model for Lithuanian Credit Unions. PhD student R. Špicas.

Based on the research of financial indexes, the aggregate solvency index for Lithuanian credit unions and other credit institutions giving credits for small and very small Lithuanian companies was created. It was proven that it can be used as an alternative to the indices and/or bankruptcy prediction models used by solvency agencies operating in Lithuania. The results of the study on aggregated solvency index performance that was carried out are shown graphically. It is evident that the proposed index works effectively: when analyzing the data of one year’s financial statements, it is more effective than the multiple discriminant analysis and logistic regression models.

Main publications:

Špicas, R., 2013. Kredito rizikos vertinimo modelis Lietuvos kredito unijoms: santykinių rodiklių ir jų analitinių kriterijų parinkimas. Vadyba. Journal of Management, Vol. 22, Nr.1, 135–143.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Fribourg University (Switzerland)
School of Business Administration Turiba (Latvia)
University College of Economics and Culture (Latvia)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. K. Rudžionienė –

  • member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers;
  • editor-in-chief of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice.

Prof. R. Kanapickienė –

  • president of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers;
  • editorial board member of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice;
  • member of the Certification Board for Internal Auditors of Public Legal Persons Managing and/or Using State and/or Municipal Property and Having It at Their Disposition as well as of Persons Occupied in the Field of Internal Audit (since 2009), www.lar.lt.

Assoc. Prof. G. Gipienė –

  • member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers.

Assoc. Prof. G. Žigienė –

  • member of National Council for Higher Education, Lithuania, www.smm.lt;
  • member of the Association of Financial Analysts, Lithuania, www.finansai.lt;
  • member of Centre of International Business and Economic Research, www.ciber.lt .

Dr. R. Klimaitienė –

  • member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers. 

Dr. D. Teresienė –

  • member of Association of Financial Analysts (Lithuania), www.finansai.lt;
  • member of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers’ International Association), www.prmia.org;
  • member of the Global Association of Risk Professional, www.garp.org;
  • member of International Capital Market Association, www.icmagroup.org;
  • member candidate of CFA institute, www.cfainstitute.org. 

Dr. P. Aniūnas –

  • member of Internal Auditors Association, na.theiia.org;
  • member of Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), www.theiia.org.

PhD Student A. Ramanauskaitė –

  • member of Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors (LCA) (since 2012), www.lar.lt;
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) by IIA Lithuania (since 2011), www.theiia.org;
  • Certified Auditor (CA) by LCA (since 2012), www.lar.lt.

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

8 Muitinės, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. (8-37) 42 2477, fax 42 3222
E-mail

Head – Assoc. Porf. Dr. Jurgita Kerevičienė

STAFF

Professor: Habil. Dr. O. Poliakovas (part-time).
Associate professors: dr. D. Deltuvienė, dr. A. Diomidova, dr. O. Perov.
Lecturers: Dr. Ž. Nemickienė (part time), Dr. V. Linkevičiūtė, Dr. J. Radavičiūtė, Dr. D. Vengalienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Linguistic means of conflict communication used in the political discourse of the Lithuanian and the British political leaders
Conceptual metaphors in the political discourse
Cognitive aspects in the media discourse
The intertextual phenomena in the Internet newspaper
Cognitive approach to the problems of ironic communication
Translation problems from German to Lithuanian

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget 

Linguistic and Extralinguistic Parameters of Language. Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Deltuvienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Diomidova, Assoc. Prof. Dr. O. Perov, Dr. Ž. Nemickienė, Dr. V. Linkevičiūtė, Dr. J. Radavičiūtė, Dr. D. Vengalienė.

Examination of the text as a unique type of language. The focus was on linguistic means in the process of discourse changing and modification taking into account phonological, semantic, orthographic, word co-occurrence and syntactic dependency that facilitate the access to knowledge about socio-cultural models and increase the impact of different contexts.

Main publications:

Perov, O., 2013. Peculiarities of usage of abstract nouns in a prose of J. Aleshkovsky. Žmogus kalbos erdvėje. Kaunas.

Vengalienė, D., 2013. On Some Features of Conventionalised Irony in News Headlines. Žmogus kalbos erdvėje. Kaunas.

Political Discourse. Dr. V.Linkevičiūtė, Dr. D. Vengalienė.

Linguistic means of political conflict communication characteristic of the political discourse of the political leader of the Republic of Lithuania Rolandas Paksas (2003–2004) were analyzed. The focus was put on political discourse, which records a variety of opinions and, frequently, conflicts that become an inseparable element of political culture. Conceptual metaphors in the discourse of Paksas (2003–2004) were studied.

Main publications:

Linkevičiūtė, V., 2013. Oppositions and their Member Nominations in the Conflict Communication Discourse of Rolandas Paksas (2003–2004). Respectus Philologicus, Vol. 23(28).

Linkevičiūtė, V., 2013. Conceptual Metaphors in the Discourse of Paksas (2003–2004). Filologija, Vol.18.

Vengalienė, D., 2013. Compressions in Ironic Headlines Referring to the Politicians of the USA and Lithuania. Verbum, Vol. 4.

Cognitive Analysis of Advertising Discourse. Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Diomidova, Dr. Ž. Nemickienė, Dr. D. Vengalienė, Lect. G. Dubauskienė.

Cognitive analysis of advertising discourse ideology aimed at women (based on the Russian version of ‘Cosmopolitan’). Cognitive archetypical oppositions LIGHT-DARKNESS, MORE-BETTER and FASTER-BETTER are mostly addressed in this study as well as cognitive analysis of conventionalised irony in news headlines, application of the mechanism of conceptual blending to irony, investigation of media, philosophic and religious discourse taking into considerations the usage of abstract nouns and personal deixis, examination of the headline as a unique type of text.

Main publications:

Diomidova, A., 2013. Ultra Radiance: opposition LIGHT-DARKNESS in Magazine Advertising (based on the Russian Version of ‘Cosmopolitan’). Реклама. Теория и практика. Москва, «Гребенников», No 4 (58).

Nemickienė, Ž., 2013. The Subject of Speech in the Modern Media-Text (based on the Materials of Newspaper Headlines)). 5th international conference Актуальные вопросы филологии и методики преподавания иностранных языков, St. Petersburg.

Dubauskienė, G., 2013. Some Aspects of Person Deixis in the Discourse of Advertising. Collection of articles Žmogus kalbos erdvėje ( Man in a Space of Language). Kaunas.

Media, Philosophic and Religious Discourse and its Translation Peculiarities. Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Deltuvienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. O. Perov, Dr. J. Radavičiūtė, Dr.D. Vengalienė.

Investigation concerning the expression of reality preceeded by Simulacra in Salman Rushdie’s novel Shame. Cognitive analysis of conventionalised irony. Linguistic analysis of translation units in the LSP texts (German-Lithuanian).

Main publications:

Radavičiūtė, J., 2013. Reality Preceeded by Simulacra in Salman Rushdie’s Novel Shame. Žmogus kalbos erdvėje, Kaunas, Nr. 7.

Deltuvienė, D., 2013. Zum Problem der Übersetzungseinheiten in Fachtexten. Collection of articles, Kaunas.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

St. Petersburg State University (Russia)

Belarussian University of Linguistics (Belorussia)

University of Latvia (Latvia)

Daugavpils Pedagogical University (Latvia)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Habil. Dr. O. Poliakovas –

Assoc. Prof. D. Deltuvienė –

  • editorial board member of the international journal Man in the Space of Language, http://www.khf.vu.lt/images/stories/knygos/conference_proceedings_zke_2013_multiple.pdf.

Dr. Ž. Nemickienė –

  • scientific editor of the English language of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, issued by Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Vilnius University. ISSN 1392-8295, http://filologija.vukhf.lt; 

DEPARTMENT OF GERMANIC PHILOLOGY

8 Muitinės, LT-44280, Kaunas
Tel. (8 37) 422604
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Danguolė Satkauskaitė

STAFF

Professors: Prof. Dr. Hans-Harry Droessiger, Prof. Dr. T. Solomonik-Pankrašova, Prof. Dr. J. Krūminienė, Prof. Dr. L. Ulvydienė.
Associate professors: Dr. G. Rumšienė, Dr. E. Alosevičienė, Dr. J. Kerevičienė, Dr. V. Pasvenskienė, Dr. D. Satkauskaitė.
Lecturers: Dr. I. Šležaitė, Dr. D. Maumevičienė, Dr. I. Bartkuvienė, R. Mačiulskienė, A. Kuzmickienė, J. Astrauskienė, G. Jankauskas.
Doctoral students: J. Astrauskienė, G. Aleknavičiūtė, A. Gedžiūtė, J. Maksvytytė, I. Koverienė, D. Šidiškytė, L. Niedzviegienė. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Strategies and problems of audiovisual translation
Semantic and pragmatic problems of text translation
Cognitive aspects of discourse analysis
Computational English studies: word-building processes, semantic aspects and comparative analysis of natural and computational language problems
Fictional worlds within conceptual categories: from etymology to pragmatics
Interpretative understanding of literature: leading aspects of hermeneutical approach to literature
Inter-textual criticism: poetic text within the change of horizons of reading
Literature and history: re-reading traditions of Postmodernism
Poetics of Modernism: history, fantasy and fiction
Conceptualization of emotions in lyrics: metaphor and metonymy 

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget

The Correlation between Text and Context. Prof. Dr. A. Krasnovas, Prof. Dr. J. Krūminienė, Prof. Dr. G. Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė. 2013.

The research deals with the poetics and rhetorics of fiction and public discourse (namely, advertisement), taking into consideration social, cultural, genre-based contexts, as well as interaction between text and context. Emphasis was placed on the problems of inner hollowness and absurd in the fiction of the postmodern period as well as the dialogical nature distinct in various fiction masterpieces in the World and Lithuanian literature of the 19th and 20th century. The role of symbols of faith in World’s fiction was also taken into account.

Main publications:

Barkuvienė, I., 2013. Poetics of Breathturn. Metai, Nr. 1, 103–105.

Astrauskienė, J., Šležaitė, I., 2013. Appropriation of symbol as disclosure of the world of the play in Tennessee Williams’s “The glass menagerie”. Respectus philologicus, Nr. 23, 67–82.

Krūminienė, J., 2012. The Drama of the Saint in Stanislaw Wyspianski and Thomas Stearns Eliot: Some Comparative Sketches. In: Stanislaw Wyspianski – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis: The Neighbouring of Cultures, the Borderlines of Arts. Monograph. Ed. W. Mond-Kozlowska. Krakow: Akademia Ignatianum, Wydawnictwo WAM, 161–178 (published in 2013). 

Applied Aspects of Linguistic and Interdisciplinary Language Research. Assoc. Prof. D. Satkauskaitė, Prof. H.Drossiger.

The main focus was on the audiovisual translation, its types, aspects and problems. The aim was to expand on current scientific research carried out in the world, focusing on the multimodality of audiovisual production. The investigation showed how in audiovisual texts (as polysemic constructs) different verbal, non-verbal audio and visual sign systems interact. The research emphasised the linguistic and extralinguistic aspects of humour in audiovisual texts and possibilities to reflect them in translation. The investigation led to a significant conclusion that it is essential to develop the research area of visual phonetics as it is newly established in Lithuania and its theoretical background is very important in the process of dubbing. 

Main publications:

Pasvenskienė, V., 2013. English and Lithuanian Bilabials in Terms of Visual Phonetics. Žmogus kalbos erdvėje, Nr 7, 227–232.

Satkauskaitė, D., 2013. Zum Problem von Deixis und Anaphorik in der Filmübersetzung. Žmogus kalbos erdvėje, Nr. 7, 735–742.

Ulvydiene, L., Aleknavičiūtė, G., 2013. Subtitles of Films as a Means of Language Learning. Žmogus kalbos erdvėje, Nr. 7, 539– 546.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION)

Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators (Lithuania)
Kaunas National Drama Theatre (Lithuania)
Middlesex University in London (Great Britain)
University of Dicle (Turkey))
American Studies Centre, European Humanities University (Belarus) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. H. H. Drößiger –

Assoc. Prof. V. Pasvenskienė –

Prof. J. Krūminienė –

Assoc. Prof. D. Satkauskaitė –

Prof. L. Ulvydienė –

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS

2 Naugardo, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. (8-37) 42 2566, fax 42 3222
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Audrius Lopata

STAFF

Professors: Dr.A. Lopata, Dr. S. Gudas, Dr. V. Sakalauskas, Dr. G. Garšva, Habil. Dr. R. Simutis (part-time), Dr. R. Butleris (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. K. Driaunys,Dr. D. Krikščiūnienė, Dr. V. Rudžionis, Dr. P. Žvinys, Dr. S. Masteika
Lecturers: Dr. D. Dilijonas, Dr. V. Moskaliova.
Assistants : A. Kalnius, J. Mykolaitis.
Doctoral students : A. Mialik, A. Stravinskienė, M. Ambraziūnas, P. Tamošiūnas, I. Veitaitė, L. Dovydaitis, Š. Dargelis, T.Rasymas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Enterprise modelling methods, requirements engineering, enterprise data and knowledge modelling, management of information processing and CASE tools;

Intelligent decision support systems in financial and currency markets, portfolio management and loan risk analysis, logistic capital accumulation models, financial anomalies and bubbles;

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data mining; computational finance and risk evaluation; decision support systems engineering and development; modern business and financial information systems; business intelligence; modelling of business process; software engineering and development;

Artificial intelligence for speech recognition and analysis technologies (Lithuanian language)
Intelligent models for marketing systems, social networks, e-business, e-learning and e-government;

Complex event processing and performance analysis of business processes related to enterprise customer data

Research of business applications in clouds and Web 4.0 environments

E-commerce project performance evaluation of interdisciplinary virtual teams

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget 

Development and Analysis of Artificial Intelligent Systems. Application of Intelligent Methods to Investigation of Financial Markets. Financial Risk Research. Prof. V. Sakalauskas, Assoc. Prof. D. Krikščiūnienė, Prof. G. Garšva, Dr. D. Dilijonas, Assoc. Prof. S. Masteika.

The main goals of the 2013 research were to elaborate models for applying artificial intelligence for anomaly detection and information efficiency.

The research problem of intelligent monitoring deals with facility management data flows collected from heterogeneous sources, including low-level data of sensors and probes, geographical indicators, scheduling and personal identification systems. We suggested the framework of analytical model, based on deriving descriptors which could sentinel the level of thermal comfort of working environments. The model aims to facilitate process of extracting essential characteristics of facility management for detecting dependencies and observing anomalies. The performance of the model was tested by experimental analysis of facility management of the university campus.

Main publications:

Sakalauskas, V., Kriksciuniene, D., 2013. Tracing of Stock Market Long Term Trend by Information Efficiency Measures - Neurocomputing, ELSEVIER, 109, 105 –113, (ISI Web of Science)

Sakalauskas, V., Pitner, T., Kriksciuniene, D., Kučera, A., 2013. Sensor Network Analytics for Intelligent Facility Management, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (IIMSS2013). Amsterdam: IOS Press, 212–221, 10 pp. doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-262-2-212, (ISI Conference Proceedings)

Applied Research in E-commerce, E-learning, E-business and E-government. Prof. V. Sakalauskas, Assoc. Prof. D. Krikščiūnienė. 

We explored influence of weight selection for input variables and ability of revealing most influential variables used for customer clustering. We apply Logit regression analysis and self-organized mapping technique for presenting rule design approach for CRM purposes. The investigated method provides insights for managing customer clusters and building incentives for customers.

The investigation of usability of conventional data mining tools for handling big data in financial institutions disclosed the characteristics of big data and also enabled to determine the requirements for software that should be able to deal with big data. Four different software packages were tested with a set of big data extracted from bank local data warehouse. The possibility to visualize and cluster selected big data was analyzed by conventional data mining tools.

Main publications:

Sakalauskas, V., Kriksciuniene, D., Tamašauskas, D., Liutvinavičius, M., 2013. Research of Conventional Data Mining Tools for Big Data Handling in Finance Institutions, Business Information Systems Workshops. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol 160, 35–46.

Sakalauskas, V., Kriksciuniene, D. Customer Performance Measurement by Unsupervised Classification Techniques. Proceedings of 5th International Conference of Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, SoCPaR 2013, Hanoi (Vietnam), IEEE, 2013.

Enterprise Modeling and Knowledge Based Information Systems Engineering Research. Prof. A. Lopata, Prof. S. Gudas, Prof. R. Butleris, PhD Student I. Veitaitė, PhD Student Š. Dargelis, PhD Student M. Ambraziūnas, PhD Student P. Tamošiūnas.

The detailed SysML models (Use Case, Block Definition, Activity, Requirements) parsing algorithms that are necessary for Knowledge Based MDA Information Systems engineering method were created in 2013. These algorithms use recursive data acquisition method. The defined solution ensures data consistency among particular Use Case, Activity, Block Definition, Requirements models thus providing more accurate user requirements specification process. The future work is development of the defined algorithms and knowledge DB using the following technologies: Microsoft .Net framework, C#, SQL server, Magic Draw.

Main publications:

Lopata, A., Ambraziūnas, M., Gudas, S., Butleris, R., Butkienė, R., 2013. Enterprise Knowledge-based Generation of Class Model. Elektronika ir elektrotechnika. Kaunas: Technologija, Vol. 19, Nr. 2, 79–82. http://eejournal.ktu.lt/index.php/elt/article/view/1717.

Lopata, A., Veitaitė, I., 2013. UML diagrams generation process by using knowledge-based subsystem. Business Information Systems Workshop 2013, Poznan, Poland, June 2013. Witold Abramowicz (ed.). Berlin : Springer, 53–60.

Development of Digital Technologies in Phonetics and Voice Recognition. Assoc. Prof. P. Žvinys, Assoc. Prof. K. Driaunys, Assoc. Prof. V. Rudžionis, PhD Student T. Rasymas.

Research activities aiming at investigating efficiency of hybrid speech recognition approach were carried in 2013. It was shown that different HMM based approaches have different efficiency for different voice commands and could be used together to improve overall recognition accuracy (e.g. using logical rules to combine them). It has been shown that for acoustically similar contexts single HMM model per voice command could have better discriminant capabilities.

Main publications:

Rudžionis, V.E., Raškinis, G., Maskeliūnas, R., Rudžionis, A., Ratkevičius, K., 2013. Comparative analysis of adapted foreign language and native Lithuanian speech recognizers for voice user interface. Elektronika ir elektrotechnika. . Kaunas: Technologija, Vol. 19, Nr. 7, 90 –93.

Rudžionis, V.E., Ratkevičius, K., Rudžionis, A., Raškinis, G., Maskeliūnas, R., 2013. Recognition of voice commands using hybrid approach. I nformation and Software Technologies Communications in Computer and Information Science , Vol. 403, 249–260. 

National Research Projects

Higher Education Bachelor and Master Studies in Informatics and Computer Engineering Fields of Study Programs Update and implementation (AMIPA). Project code VP1- 2.2-ŠMM-09-V-01-003. Prof. A. Lopata, Prof. S. Gudas, PhD student A. Stravinskienė.

The main objective of this project is to update the existing ones and develop new undergraduate and graduate level study programs in computer science and computer engineering fields and to implement them in Lithianian higher education institutions.

Vilnius University Study of Internal Quality Management System Development and Implementation. Project Nr. VP1-2.1- ŠMM-04-K-02-016. Assoc. Prof. P. Žvinys.

The main objective of the project is to ensure a systematic and continuous improvement of the quality of university study and to consolidate and coordinate the community’s efforts.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
Free University of Bolzano (Italy)
Dresden University of Technology (Germany)
Cottbus University of Technology (Germany)
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. V. Sakalauskas –

Prof. R. Simutis –

  • editorial board member of the journal Information Technologies and Control, http://itc.ktu.lt/;

Assoc. Prof. D. Krikščiūnienė –

Assoc. Prof. V. Rudžionis –

  • editorial board member of the international journal Northern European Language Technologies, http://www.nejlt.ep.liu.se/board.htm;
  • organizer of the workshop with Lithuanian Forensic Centre State-of-the-art of the Speech Processing Technologies for the Forensics;
  • member of program committee and organizer of 4th Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB 2013 in conjunction with 16th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2013) Poznan, Poland, http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/16th_bis/.

Prof. A. Lopata –

  • member of Lithuanian Computer Society (LIKS), http://www.liks.lt/;
  • member of program committee of 16th Master and PhD conference, Lithuania Information Society and University Studies.

Prof. G. Garšva –

  • review of patents, Recent Patents on Computer Science (Bentham Science Publishers);
  • editorial board member of the e-collection of articles Electronic Learning, Information and Communication: Theory and Practice;
  • member of Lithuanian Computer Society (LIKS), www.liks.lt. 

Assoc. Prof. S. Masteika –

  • member of program committee of the International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-cultural Modelling, & Prediction (SBP2013), http://sbp2013.org/ ;
  • member of Lithuanian FuturICT Hub, http://futurict.lt/. 

DEPARTMENT OF LITHUANIAN PHILOLOGY

8 Muitinės, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. (8- 37) 422604
E-mail

Head– Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rita Baranauskienė 

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. O. Poliakovas, Dr. G. Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė, Dr. A. Krasnovas, Dr. D. Mikulėnienė (part-time), Dr. R. Miliūnaitė (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. D. Aliūkaitė, Dr. R. Baranauskienė, Dr. S. Biržietienė, Dr.S. Juzelėnienė,Dr.S. Keturakis (part-time), Dr. E. Keturakienė, Dr. R. Kudirka, Dr. I. Mickienė, Dr. A. Ružė, Dr. S. Šarkauskienė.
Lecturers: R. Deksnė (part-time), Dr. E. Gabrėnaitė, Dr. V. Meiliūnaitė (part-time), V. Norvaiša (part-time), Dr. G. Russetti (part-time), Dr. M. Grigaitis, A. Venislovaitė.
Doctoral students: K. Bačiulienė, L. Bačiūnaitė-Lužinienė, R. Konsevičiūtė-Blėkienė, M. Norbutas, B. Sušinskaitė, S. Stankevičienė, D. Vilkelionok, S. Zelenkienė, S. Amankevičiūtė, L. Buividavičiūtė, V. Seredžiūtė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Historical awareness in the Lithuanian poetry of the 19th century
Contemporary reception of the literary inheritance and criticism
Research of text and context
Research of literary criticism
Poetics, stylistics and rhethoric of fictional texts and public discourse
Poetics, stylistics and rhetoric of advertisements
Semantic functions of cases
Peculiarities of the connotative meaning of semantic units
Sociolinguistic research of dialectal speech
Perceptual analysis of the dialectal discourse
Cultural significance of dialects
Sociolinguistics of signs
Methodology of geolinguistics
Methodology of pictorial metaphors
Exploration of toponyms
Exploration of visual metaphors

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget

Sociolinguistic and Cognitive Research of Lithuanian Language. Assoc. Prof. D. Aliūkaitė.2013–2017. 

The researchers carried out the analysis on the following topics: the conceptualisation of the Standard language usage regions from the point of view of the young members of the Lithuanian language community; overt and covert evaluation of variants of the language in the Lithuanian speech community; investigation of the spectrum and duration of the Lithuanian and Latvian low vowels; analysis of structure of the surnames of the Veliuona area; analysis of the oikonyms of the Joniškis area; analysis of men's naming at the end of the eighteenth century; analysis of the Lithuanian slang; sociolinguistic, cognitive, rhetorical analysis of advertising: analysis of the eristic argumentation in Lithuanian advertising; the cognitive approach to the stereotypical image of women in visual advertising; exploration of visual multi-modal conceptual metaphor in advertisements: analysis of the visual comparison of the product conceptualization in printed advertising; analysis of the virtual linguistic landscape; analysis of the horizontal and vertical divisibility of the language continuum.

Main publications:

Aliūkaitė, D., 2013. Horinzontalusis ir vertikalusis kalbos kontinuumo skaidumas: XXI amžiaus kalbėjimo variantai paprastojo kalbos vertintojo požiūriu. Taikomoji kalbotyra. Available from: http://www.taikomojikalbotyra.lt/.

Amankevičiūtė, S., 2013. Kognityvusis požiūris į stereotipinius moters įvaizdžius vizualiojoje reklamos erdvėje. Respectus philologicus, Nr. 24, 108–120.

Mickienė, I., Aukštikalnytė, M., 2013. Vyrų įvardijimas XVIII a. pabaigoje: Kražių parapijos krikšto metrikų knyga. Lituanistica: istorija, archeologija, kalba, literatūra, tautosaka, etnografija, Vol. 59, Nr. 3, 176–184.

Interfaces of Text and Context . Prof. Dr. A. Krasnovas, Prof. Dr. J. Krūminienė, Prof. Dr. G. Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė. 2013–2017.

In 2013, the researchers analysed the processes of the modernization of Lithuanian literaturefocusing on the reception of literary heritage, the poetics and rhetoric of fictional texts and public discourse (with special attention paid to the advertising) according to the social, cultural, genre and the others contexts, to the mutual interaction of text and context.

Theycarried out the analysis on the following topics: ironic critical approach to literature, culture and society reflected in the magazine Vapsva (1928–1932); transformation in Antanas Vaičiulaitis’ fairy-tales; individual and communal identity and their interaction in fiction; the memory and identity of Lithuanian border towns; the water archetype in Antanas Vaičiulaitis’ novella Akmenų laukas; the values of smells ​​in the Lithuanian poetry: from Antanas Baranauskas to Henrikas Radauskas; et al.

Main publications:

Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė, G., Petrauskaitė, E., 2013. Populiarusis leidinys “Vapsva” (1928–1932): ironiškoji literatūros, kultūros, visuomenės kritika. Žmogus kalbos erdvėje, Nr. 7, 539–546.

Krasnovas, A., 2013. Individuali ir bendruomeninė tapatybė bei jų sąveika grožinėje literatūroje. Respectus philologicus, Nr. 24, 11–20.

Jonutytė, J., Būgienė, L., Krasnovas, A., 2013. Lietuvos pasienio miestelių atmintis ir tapatybė: Valkininkai, Vilkyškiai, Žeimelis. Vilnius: Baltijos kopija.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Institute of Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy)
Jaen University (Spain) 
Jesuit University School of Philosophy and Education IGNATIANUM (Poland)
Jan Kochanovski University of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Humanities in Kielce (Poland)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. G. Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė –

Prof. A. Krasnovas -

Prof. O. Poliakovas –

  • editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://filologija.vukhf.lt;
  • expert for the international scientific database Lituanistika, http://www.lituanistikadb.lt/lt/pradzia.html;
  • member of the commission of History of Slavistics of the International Committee of Slavistics;
  • member of the commission of the Study of Relations between Baltic and Slavonic Languages of the International Committee of Slavistics.

Assoc. Prof. D. Aliūkaitė –

Assoc. Prof. R. Baranauskienė –

Assoc. Prof. I. Mickienė –

Assoc. Prof. S. Šarkauskienė –

Dr. S. Biržietienė –

Dr. E. Gabrėnaitė –

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURAL STUDIES

8 Muitinės, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. (8-37) 202627, fax 423222
E-mail  

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Donatas Pilinkus

STAFF

Professor: Dr. V. Jurėnienė.
Associate professors: Dr. D. Pilinkus, Dr. A. Rimkutė, Dr. A. Urbonienė, Dr. A. Novelskaitė (part-time), Dr. R. Pučėtaitė (part-time) , Dr. J. Svičiulienė (part-time), Dr. J. Solnyškinienė (part-time), Dr. G. Žilinskas (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. D. Kulakauskienė (part-time), Dr. A. Martinkus (part-time), D. Tomkevičienė (part-time), R. Freitakienė (part-time), G. Vilutytė (part-time), R. Poškuvienė (part-time).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Culture and consumption, peculiarities of contemporary cultural needs in Lithuanian society
Cultural industries development in Lithuania
Cultural tourism
Gender issues in Lithuania
Communication studies
Research ethics
Corporate social responsibility 

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget

Society, Culture and Consumption. Assoc. Prof. A.Urbonienė, Prof. V. Jurėnienė

Society has been researched by analyzing popular culture activities such as products of culture organizations. The project initiatives have been focused on culture centres and their role to society. Effective motivation systems in culture centres have been inspected and relevant preconditions have been determined. Types of culture products and consumption tastes have been compared and evaluated in the pre- and post-crisis period.

Main publications:

Urbonienė, A., Jurėnienė, V., 2013. Factors Influencing the Consumption of Products as Proposed by Cultural Organizations. Transformations in Business and Economics. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, Vol. 12, No 3 (30), 135–151.

Urbonienė, A., Jurėnienė, V. Preconditions for Effective Motivational System Development in Cultural Centers. International conference Social and Ecological Implications of Restructuring During and After the Global Economic Crisis (PRORES), May 9–10, 2013, Kaunas Faculty of Humanities of Vilnius University.

Jurėnienė V. Cultural Center: The Hearth of Non-Formal and Aesthetical Education. 7th International conference Passions for Learning: Forms of Knowledge, Forms of Acquisition, October 25–27, 2013, NCUE, Taipei (Taiwan).

National Research Projects 

Research Council of Lithuania.Impact of Organizational Ethics on Transformation of Organizational Innovativeness to Sustainable Innovations(No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-03-042). Assoc. Prof. R. Pučėtaitė. 2013–2015.

The project results have not been published yet as the quantitative data are in the process of collection. The first publications are expected in 2014. Results of literature overview (understanding of sustainable innovation, the role of transectoral partnerships in developing sustainable innovations) were presented in V.Gronskas conference Development and Practice of Economy in December 2013.

Research Council of Lithuania.Educational Activity of Culture Centres in Terms of Intercultural Mobilisation (No. MIP-023/2012). Prof. Dr. V. Jurėnienė, 2012–2014.

Implementing the project the quantitative and qualitative studies were performed in 11 cultural centers/ cultural organizations on the border of Lithuania with Russia and Belarus. In the quantitative survey 1,165 respondents from 11 cultural organizations participated, while there were 55 interviews carried out with employees and members of the cultural centres and Lithuanian cultural organizations. The results were presented in two presentations that were made at international conferences and in one scientific paper.

Main publications:

Urbonienė, A., Jurėnienė, V., 2013. Factors Influencing the Consumption of Products as Proposed by Cultural Organizations. Transformations in Business and Economics. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, Vol. 12, No 3 (30), 135–151.

International Research Projects

FP7 Marie Curie IRSES scheme. Pro-ecological Restructuring of Jobs - PRORES (No. PIRSES-GA-2010-269251). Prof. Dr. V. Jurėnienė is a coordinator in Lithuania, senior scholar. 2011–2015.

Country analysis in respect of sustainable development policies and actions has been carried out. The results have been published in 2 editions: (1) V. Jurėnienė, T. Bernat, T. L. Mostenska, O. Slozko (eds.) (2013). Restructuring and ecology: current situation. Country report. Vilnius-Szcecin-Kyiv: National University of Food Technologies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, University of Szczecin, Vilnius University, – Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty of Humanities. (2) A monograph: O. Slozko (ed.) (2013). Sustainable Development (Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine). Vilnius-Szcecin-Kyiv: Institute of World Economy and International Relations, National University of Food Technologies, University of Szczecin, Vilnius University, – Kyiv: LAT&K.

Parts 2–4 of the edition New Tendencies of World Development and the Position of Lithuania in the World, National Resources and Socio-Economic Potential of the Country’s Sustainable Development, The Most Important Directions and Ways of Transition to Sustainable Development (111–268) the V. Jurėnienė, G. Vilutytė, R. Poškuvienė.

The team has carried out all the plans of interns as set in the project. Also it accepted and provided conditions for the internship of interns from the IWEIRN (Kiev Academy of Sciences) and NUFT (the National University of Food Technologies). 

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS 

University of Jyväskylä, School of Business and Economics (Finland)
Estonian Business School (Estonia)
Lithuanian Institute of Social Researches (Lithuania)
Kaunas City Municipality (Lithuania)
Swedish School of Social Sciences (Sweden)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 

Prof. V. Jurėnienė -

  • deputy chief editor and member of the editorial office of the international journal Developing World Women Issues: Law, Justice and Health, http://index.sciencepub.se/ojs/index.php/DWW;
  • editorial board member of the international Journal of Cultural and Religious Studies,USA, www.davidpublishing.com;
  • deputy chief editor and member of the editorial office of the Economics and Sociology, Consultant of the reforming of the publication of the continuous reviewed scientific works of the Sociological Research Centre of Ukraine, http://www.csr.ua;
  • member of panel external examiners to North-West University, VAAL TRIANGLE CAMPUS, Faculty of Economic Sciences & IT, South Africa, http://www.nwu.ac.za;
  • scientific committee chair person of the international conference Social and Ecological Implications of Restructuring during and after the Global Economic Crisis, organized by Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, May 9–10, 2013, http://www.prores.khf.vu.lt/index.php/scientific-committee.

Assoc. Prof. R. Pučėtaitė -

  • editorial board member of the international journal EJBO – Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organizational Studies, publisher Business and Organization Ethics Network (BON), Finland (ejbo.jyu.fi);
  • editorial board member of the international peer-reviewed journal EBS Review, published by Estonian Business School, included in EBSCO Business Source Complete database. http://www.ebs.ee/en/research/research-and-development/ebs-review-2/editorial-board-6-2/;
  • scientific committee member of the international conference Social and Ecological Implications of Restructuring during and after the Global Economic Crisis, organized by Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, May 9–10, 2013, http://www.prores.khf.vu.lt/index.php/scientific-committee;
  • scientific committee member of the international seminar Zittauer Gespräche zur Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik zum Thema Resozialisierung der ökonomischen Rationalität - Zur Überwindung methodologischer Engführungen in den Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, organized by International Institute in Zittau, Dresden Technical University, October 25–26, 2013, http://www.ihi-zittau.de/index.php?lg=de&whl=27080000.

CENTRE FOR SOCIO-CULTURAL RESEARCH

8 Muitines, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. (8-37) 750 536, 422 344; fax 423 222
E-mail  

Head – Prof. Dr. Gabija Bankauskaite-Sereikiene 

STAFF

Professors: Prof. Dr. G.Bankauskaite-Sereikiene (part-time), Prof. Dr. E.Lassan (part-time), Prof. Dr. D. Streimikiene (part-time).
Research fellows: Dr. D. Kulakauskiene, Dr. V. Makarova, Dr. M. Sarvutyte-Gailiuniene. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Analysis of the processes of meaning formation, development and transformation in various types of texts

Problems of individual and mass consciousness, technique of manipulation in political discourse, sacralisation of authority, ethnospecific features of a verbal activity

Signal processing methods and speech recognition methods

Economic research of mixed sustainable economy and sustainable development

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget

Philological Research Group, Cognitive Linguistics Group

The main research of prof. Gabija Bankauskaite-Sereikiene in the field of “Consciousness of Literary Structure and its Development”was investigated. The aspects of the structures and evolution of the literary consciousness were analyzed: various symbols and signs in the texts of interwar Lithuania.

The scientific research of prof. Eleonora Lassan and Dr. Viktorija Makarova in the field of “Language and Reasoning”was examined. The manipulation techniques in political discourse (based on Lithuanian media outlets) and cultural archetypes (based on different variations of literary fairy tale) were analysed.

The international journal of scholarly papers Respectus Philologicus was prepared and published by prof. Eleonora Lassan, prof. Gabija Bankauskaite-Sereikiene and dr. Viktorija Makarova: Vol. 23(28) 2013; Vol. 24(29) 2013.

Main publications: 

Bankauskaite-Sereikiene, G., Petrauskaite, E., 2013. Populiarusis leidinys „Vapsva“ (1928–1932): ironiškoji literatūros, kultūros, visuomenės kritika. Žmoguskalboserdvėje, 7. Kaunas: Naujasis lankas, 539–546.

Lassan, E., 2013. О причинах вечности сказочных сюжетов (на материале сказки «Мальчик с пальчик»). RespectusPhilologicus, Vol. 24 (29), 194–202.

Makarova, V., 2013. Priešo įvaizdžio formavimas lietuvos žiniasklaidos priemonėse: lenkų klausimas. Respectus Philoligucus, Vol. 24 (29), 213–221.

Phonetics and Voice Technologies Group

The investigations were carried out to get higher recognition accuracy of voice commands using hybrid approach. Methods used were: HMMs used to model whole voice command, HMMs used to model triphones and adapted to recognize Lithuanian voice commands Spanish recognizer. Combination of all those approaches allowed achieving very high accuracy (98.75%) rate of 1000 medical terms. It is important that recognition of 25 most difficult to recognize medical terms (the highest error rate with triphones) and modelling them with single HMM chain enabled to achieve absolute recognition of 100%.

Main publications:

Rudzionis, V., Raskinis, G., Maskeliunas, R., Rudzionis, A., Ratkevicius, K., 2013. Comparative Analysis of Adapted Foreign Language and Native Lithuanian Speech Recognizers for Voice User Interface. Elektronika ir elektrotechnika, Vol 19, No 7, 90–93.

Rudzionis, V., Ratkevicius, K., Rudzionis, A., Raskinis, G., Maskeliunas, R., 2013. Recognition of Voice Commands Using Hybrid Approach. Information and Software Technologies Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol 403, Springer, 249–260.

Sustainable Development Group

The main research of prof. Dalia Streimikiene was related with sustainability assessment of technologies in transport sector and application of developed sustainability assessment framework for transport technologies assessment in EU and Lithuania. The studies of consumer behaviour in the market were conducted aiming to assess the consumer impacts on market saturation.

The social sciences journal Transformations in Business & Economics (TIBE) was prepared and published by prof. Dalia Streimikiene and dr. Migle Sarvutyte-Gailiuniene: Vol. 12 No 1(28) 2013, Vol. 12 No 1A(28A) 2013, Vol. 12 No 2(29) 2013, Vol. 12 No2B(29B) 2013, Vol. 12 No3(30) 2013.

Main publications:

Streimikiene, D., Balezentis, T., Balezentiene, L.2013. Comparative assessment of road transport technologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 20, 611–618.

Streimikiene, D., 2013. Assessment of Road Transport Technologies Based on GHG Emission Reduction Potential and Costs. Transformations in Business & Economics, Vol. 12, No 2 (29), 42–59.

Koltan , N.D., G , S., Streimikiene, D., 2013. Market capacity and consumer behavior from logistic analysis view. Technological and Economic Development of Economy , Vol. 19, Iss. 3, 448–464.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania.Memory and Identity: Research of Multicultural Borderline Communities. No. MIP 110/2011. Assoc. Prof. J. Jonutyte. 2011–2013.

The research is aimed at understanding the current situation in three small communities located in different areas close to the Lithuanian border. The object of this research is circulation of the memory narratives and its influence on the individual identity and on the social ties in the community.

Main publications:

Jonutytė, J., Būgienė, L., Krasnovas, A., 2013. Memory and identity in the Lithuanian borderline communities: Valkininkai, Vilkyškiai, and Žeimelis. Monografija. Vilnius: Baltijos kopija, 246 p.

Krasnovas, A., 2013. The Interaction of personal and communal identities in literature. Respectus Philologicus, 24 (29), 11–21.

Research Council of Lithuania.Contemporary Schoolchildren’s Folklore. No LIT-4-8. Project was coordinated by Vytautas Magnus University Culture Studies and Ethnology Department, assoc prof. Laimutė Anglickienė. 2011–2013.

The aim of the project is the monograph. It is dedicated to contemporary Lithuanian school-children’s folklore, created in verses or in prose, having old traditions or new created only nowadays, transmitted orally or in written form, published on the Internet or even visualized.

Main publications:

Kulakauskienė, D., 2013. Burtai (Spells). In: Anglickienė, L., Skabeikytė-Kazlauskienė, G., Macijauskaitė-Bonda, J., Kulakauskienė, D., Šlepavičiūtė, I. Šiuolaikinis moksleivių folkloras (Contemporary Schoolchildren’s folklore). Kolektyvinė monografija. Kaunas: Gimtasis žodis, 214–255.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Jan Kochanovski University, Faculty of Humanities (Poland)
Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Business and Management (Czech Republic)
University of Latvia, Faculty of Management and Economics (Latvia)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 

Prof. G. Bankauskaite-Sereikiene –

Prof. E. Lassan –

Dr. V. Makarova –

Prof. D. Streimikiene –