Gender Studies Centre

Sukurta: 17 September 2013

47 Didlaukio, LT-08303 Vilnius
Tel. 219 3028 fax 219 3017
E-mail:
www.lsc.vu.lt

Chair – Prof. Dr. Dalia Leinartė

STAFF

Professor: Dr. D. Leinartė.
Associate professor: Dr. L. Stundžė (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. D. Šėporaitytė, D. Lyzenko, Dr. A. Širvinskienė (part-time), Dr. R. Lužytė (part-time).
Research fellows: Dr. A. Tereškinas (part-time), Dr. E. Kačkutė – Hagan, V. Tretjakova (part-time), L. Šumskaitė (part-time).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Gender equality policies
Women’s human rights
Family policies
Gender and communication
Disabled women
Family history
Women’s history
Oral history

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2014

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Young Men’s Procreational Identities: Cultural Norms, Individual Desires and Experiences (No. MIP-005/2013). Dr. D. Šėporaitytė. 2013–2014.

Culture Support Foundation. Barbora Didžiokienė: Memories of the Little Artist. Vol. II prep-work  (No. LKT/S-(5.20)-LEK-34). Prof. D. Leinartė. 2014.

Research Council of Lithuania. Motherhood and Migration(No. 004/104). Dr. E. Kačkutė-Hagan. 2013–2015.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. International Gender Equality Website Women in Democracy. Nr. 242-14-VBD. 2014.

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

Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
University of Gloucestershire (United Kingdom)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof.  D. Leinartė –

  • member of the UN CEDAW Committee, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CEDAW/Pages/Membership.aspx;
  • chair of the  Ethics Commission at Vilnius University;
  • fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University;
  • editorial board member of the journal Gender Studies and Research (Šiauliai University).