Faculty of Philosophy

Sukurta: 09 September 2013

fsf9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 266 7601, fax 266 7600
E-mail:
www http://www.fsf.vu.lt

Dean – Prof. Dr. Arūnas Poviliūnas

STAFF

85 teachers (80 holding research degree), 2 research fellows, 86 doctoral students. 

 

RESEARCH AREAS

Nature, Role and Historical Genesis of Contemporary Philosophy

Psychological Factors of Society, Community and Personality Development

Educational Policy in Lithuania: Coherency Issues within National and Global

Sociological Analysis of Social Structure and Change

Social Work and Development of Social Welfare

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2015

A. Lipnevič. Lithuanian physicians' mobility in transnational social space.

L. Rakickienė. Executive functions and school success in primary school children.

V. Česnuitytė. Family in Lithuania: conceptions and practices.

J. Kaliatkaitė. To survive a restructuring: psychosocial work factors and psychological condition of nurses.

V. Klimaitė. The grief experience of suicide survivors.

Š. Nagrockaitė. Curriculum concept in Lithuanian general education school: discourse analysis.

R. Bartaševičius. Neoliberalized transformations of general education policy: critical discourse analysis.

L. Jokubaitis. The political philosophy of C. Schmitt: the importance of “Politische Romantik“.

N. Valavičienė. The international migration of Lithuanian natural sciences and technology professionals.

J. Navickė. The role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania: discipline, redistribute, include, invest.

S. Krutulienė. Quality of life of adult persons with epilepsy.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2015 

14th conference of European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Trauma in Changing Societies: Social Contexts and Clinical Practice.

Lithuanian Psychological Congress Find, Discover, Share.

12th conference for Young Scientists in Psychology International Research in Psychology: The Role of a Young Scientist.

6th annual conference of trauma psychology life after transition Coping with Cultural Trauma.

5th conference Psychologist in Organization: Innovation Challenges and Solutions.

Conference Philosophy, Science, Politics.

ECREA Philosophy of Communication Section (www.philosophyofcommunication.eu) workshop Models of Communication: Theoretical and Philosophical Approaches.

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2015 

Dr. Vytis Silius – Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers, Best Dissertation Award.

Doctoral student Laurynas Adomaitis – Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers, Distinguished Masters Thesis 2015 Award.


DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 266 7605, fax 266 7600
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Gintautas Valickas

STAFF

Professors: Prof. Dr. A. Bagdonas, Prof. Dr. L. Bulotaitė, Prof. Dr. R. Jusienė. Prof. Dr. G. Valickas.
Associate professors: Dr. R. Bliumas, Dr. D. Čekuolienė, Dr. I. Čėsnienė, Dr. M. Dovydaitienė, Dr. G. Gintilienė, Dr. S. Girdzijauskienė, Dr. A. Kairys, Dr. F. Laugalys, Dr. V. Pakalniškienė, Dr. B. Pociūtė, Dr. R. Stanikūnas, Dr. A. Švegžda.
Lecturers: Dr. D. Blažys, D. Butkienė, K.Čunichina, K. Dragūnevičius, Dr. V.Mikuličiūtė, Dr. V. Navickas, L. Rakickienė, Dr. K. Vanagaitė.
Doctoral students: G. Ambrulaitienė, R. Černovaitė, K. Eismontaitė, D. Jančiūrė, J. S. Jasiulionė, I. Juodkūnė, V. Jurkuvėnas, V. Klimukienė, T. Maceina, J. Narmontienė, D. Petkevičiūtė-Barysienė, J. Stasiukynienė, I. Vasionytė, O. Zamalijeva, A. Žiedelis. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Influence of colour contrast, adaptation and location of stimuli in visual field on colour perception (on colour constancy)

Selection and registration of psychophysical parameters for estimation of effectiveness of human being activity

Procedural justice in criminal and civil proceedings

Development of asocial personality

The problems of psychological functioning of students and teachers in the system of higher education of Lithuania

Development of language and thinking

Intelligence testing with children

Psychopathology of early relationships

Addiction psychology: early detection and intervention

Cognitive development and social cognition in adolescence

Career psychology

Emotion and behavioural problems of Lithuanian schoolchildren

Offender risk assessment and rehabilitation

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

The Investigation of the Static and Dynamic Features Involved in the Cognitive Processes. Dr. R. Stanikūnas. 2011–2015.

Sound induced visual illusion is a recently discovered phenomenon: the single flash is perceived as multiple flashes, when a single flash of light is accompanied by multiple auditory beeps. We used coloured visual stimuli to investigate whether colour has effect on illusion strength and how robust is illusion when two brief sounds precede or follow visual stimuli. For some subjects the colour of stimuli had small but significant effect on illusion strength. The illusion strength decreased to 10% at 40 ms distance for both preceded and followed sound stimulus presentations, while at 20 ms distance the stronger illusion was observed when both sound stimuli followed visual flash.

Psychological Factors and Outcomes of Social Interaction. Prof. Dr. G. Valickas. 2011–2015.

The first research examined the characteristics of the decisions made by the police officers in critical circumstances. Results of the study showed that at the time of decision making by police officers the stress (cortisol level) significantly increases.

The second research studied the Lithuanian prosecutors’ work-related stress, its main sources and coping strategies, as well as the relations of stress, coping strategies and prosecutors’ socio-demographic characteristics. The obtained results showed that different work-related situations caused moderate stress experienced by prosecutors.

The third research was related to time perspective and personality traits. Some meta-analytical strategies were involved. Results showed that time perspective and personality traits are closely interrelated.

According to the Agreement with USA Company Psychological Assessment Resources the adaptation of two memory tests Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT) and Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised (HVLT-R) were started. Additionally the standardization of Adenbrook Cognitive Examination Revised test (ACER-R) was started.

Main publications:

Valickas G., Vanagaitė K. 2015. Stress and coping among public prosecutors. Teisė, vol. 96, 7–24.

Kairys, A. & Liniauskaitė, A. 2015. Time Perspective and Personality. In M. Stolarsky, F. Fieulaine, W. van Beek. (eds.). Time Perspective Theory; Review, Research and Application (99–115). Cham: Springer.

Van Beek, W. & Kairys, A. 2015. Time Perspective and Transcendental Future Thinking. In M. Stolarsky, F. Fieulaine, W. van Beek. (eds.). Time Perspective Theory; Review, Research and Application (73–87). Cham: Springer.

Psychological Well-Being of Students: Learning, Behaviour and Health Problems. Dr. L. Bulotaitė. 2011–2015.

The aim of our study was to reveal the spread of alcohol consumption in the so-called ”emerging adulthood” period. 664 university students from 8 Universities in Lithuania took part in the study (average age=20.4 (SD=2.2): 76% female, 24% male. Only 10.7 % of all students are abstainers.  The results revealed the pecularities of students’ alcohol consumption, differences between male and female, study years, driving under the influence of alcohol etc. A number of factors have been identified that can increase the students’ alcohol consumption.

Main publications:

Bulotaitė, L., Dragūnevičius, K. 2015.  Covariance of risky behaviours of university students. 6th international conference, EUSPR. Changing  Behaviour without Talking: Automatic Processes and the Regulation of Behaviour. Ljublijana, Slovenia. October 22–24, 2015, p. 38.

Bulotaitė, L. 2015. Ar aštrių pojūčių siekis prognozuoja studentų alkoholio vartojimo ypatumus? Ieškoti, atrasti, dalintis. Lietuvos psichologų kongresas. Vilnius, May 8–9, p. 35

Test Adaptation and Standardization. Dr. G. Gintilienė. 2011–2015.

1. The Test for Creative Thinking – Drawing Production TCT-DP is one of the instruments developed for measuring the divergent and convergent thinking potentials of individuals. The research study of 122 pre-school children (5-6-year-olds) and 105 first grade schoolchildren was carried out in order to study psychometrical properties of TCT-DP for the assessment of creativity of young children. The results of this study showed impact of residence place factor to the results and indicated the importance of data collection based on representative sample.

2. Learner’s Style Questionnaire (LSQ) was constructed in collaboration with Prof. Thomas Oakland. LSQ consists of 60 items has two alternatives that provide for the assessment of preferred behaviours associated with one of four bipolar traits. Construct validity was supported by exploratory factor analysis using data of 531 Lithuanian school children sample. 

3.  The objective of the third study was to develop the Lithuanian cut-off points of Strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) teacher and parent versions for the ages between 5 and 6. Data from the randomly selected representative sample of 181 pupils (90 girls and 91 boys) was collected using SDQ.

National Research Projects 

Biopsychosocial Factors of Well-Being in Later Life (Contract No MIP-010/2015). Assoc. Prof. A. Kairys. 2015–2017.

The research project “Biopsychosocial factors of well-being in later life” was started. The project is aimed to adapt and implement Lithuanian version of SHARE wave 7 pilot study assessment instruments and, based on the data obtained, analyse biopsychosocial factors of well-being in later life.

The Relationship between Personality Traits and Criminal Risk Factors in a Sample of Incarcerated Violent Offenders (Contract No MIP-004/2015). Assoc. Prof. I. Čėsnienė. 2015–2017.

The purpose of the project is to analyse the relationship between personality traits of convicted violent offenders and risk of criminal reoffending. A random sample of 300 offenders in custody is planned to be evaluated using tools for evaluation of risk of reoffending (OASys) and personality inventory (MMPI-2). Data about evaluated offenders’ institutional misconduct and prosocial behaviour will be collected one year after the evaluation. The risk of reoffending and personality traits as predictors of institutional misconduct will be analysed.

Psychosocial Antecedens of Student Professional Identity Formation (Contract No MIP-017/2013/LSS-250000-854). Assoc. Prof. B. Pociūtė. 2013–2015.

This project was focused on high school and university students’ vocational identity. Its principal aim was to analyze psycho-social antecedents of vocational identity in the context of school-to-further education transition. During the first project stage, a conceptual research model was built, based on recent scientific developments in the field. The study sample was comprised of regular high school students (N=505), vocational school students (N=198), and college or university undergraduates (N=762). Various data analysis methods were employed to investigate vocational identity and its relation to the above-mentioned variables.

A student’s handbook was prepared and published as an outcome of this project. It generalizes main theoretical approaches, presents some findings from this study and proposes practical guidelines for career guidance practitioners.

Social Perception of Judges’ Behaviour and Image (Contract No MIP-015/2013/LSS-250000-431). Prof. G.Valickas. 2013–2015.

The main aims of this project was to evaluate: 1) the congruence between judges’ behaviour and procedural justice requirements (and comparing them to results of 2006 and 2011 year studies); 2) the perceived procedural justice of different participants of litigation process; 3) the image of judges and courts among different age groups.

Recommendations on how to ensure greater judicial behaviour compliance with the requirements of procedural justice and how to improve the image of the judges and courts, as well as guidelines for judicial training courses are presented.

Main publications:

Valickas G., Šeršniovaitė D., Mikuličiūtė V. 2015. The external and internal images of judges and courts. Teisė, vol. 97, p. 38–56.

Petkevičiūtė-Barysienė D., Valickas G. 2015. Procedural justice in civil court hearings. Linking Technology and Psychology: Feeding the Mind, Energy for Life. 14th European congress of psychology, July 7–10, 2015. Milan, p. 1493.

Cunichina K., Valickas G., Pakalniskiene V., Navickas V. 2015. How 7-10 year old children perceive image of judges and courts. Psychology and law conference Current Challenges for Psychology and Law, August 4-7, 2015. Nuremberg, p. 44–45. 

Delineating the Moral Domain: A Study in Cross-Cultural Moral Psychology (Contract No. SF-PD-2012-12-31-0394). PhD. R. Berniūnas, Supervisor Prof. G. Valickas. 2013–2015.

The goal of research is to address the disagreement about the scope of morality, ranging from complete monists to complete pluralists by providing cross-cultural empirical evidence from Mongolia and Lithuania. The study was conducted in Mongolia. There are two main results of the study. First, the study provides evidence in favour of pluralism about moral domains. The results have some bearing to the ongoing debate about the scope of morality that is discussed in the paper.

Main publications:

Berniūnas, R. 2014. Delineating the moral domain in moral psychology. Problemos (Supplement). 

International Research Projects

COST Action IS1302: Towards an EU Research Framework on Forensic Psychiatric Care. Dr. I. Čėsnienė.

The aim of the Action is to exchange, increase and deepen the knowledge on evidence-based practice and (cost) effective services in long-term forensic psychiatry in Europe. Action focuses on three main core areas:

  • characteristics of long-term forensic psychiatric patients;
  • towards best practice in long-term forensic psychiatric care;
  • meeting needs and optimizing quality of life in long-term forensic psychiatric care.

Please find more information on website http://lfpc-cost.eu/.

SPAN - Science for Prevention Academic Network. Prof. L. Bulotaitė, Prof. R. Jusienė, K. Dragūnevičius. 2012–2016.

Corrdinator - Oxford Brookes University. The project is working with the prevention science community across Europe to strengthen the connection between education, training and research. SPAN was launched in 2012 with experts from 32 institutes across 25 European countries, and aims at supporting the integration of prevention science in higher education across Europe. www.span-europe.eu.

MAIN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PARTNERS

Child Development Centre (Lithuania)
Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester (UK) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 

Prof. A. Bagdonas –

Prof. G. Valickas – 

  • editor–in–chief of the journal Psichologija (Psychology), http://www.vu.lt/leidyba/lt/mokslo-zurnalai/psichologija/redakcine-kolegija;
  • board member of the journal Psychology and Law („Психология и право“),Russia, http://psyjournals.ru/psyandlaw/editorialboard/;
  • member of the Senate of Vilnius University;
  • member of the Committee of Science of Vilnius University;
  • expert of the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education;
  • member of the Board of Centre for Criminological Studies of Vilnius University;
  • member of the Board of Lithuanian Association of Criminology;
  • member of the Lithuanian Psychological Association, http://www.psichologusajunga.lt/;
  • member of the Committee of Prosecutors’ Ethics, Prosecution Service of the Republic of Lithuania.

Assoc. Prof. R. Bliumas –

 Assoc. Prof.  L. Bulotaitė –

Assoc. Prof. D. Čekuolienė –

Assoc. Prof.  I. Čėsnienė –

Assoc. Prof.  M. Dovydaitienė –

Assoc. Prof.  R. Jusienė –

Assoc. Prof. G. Gintilienė – 

Assoc. Prof.  S. Girdzijauskienė –

Dr. A. Kairys –

Assoc. Prof.  F. Laugalys –

Dr. V. Pakalniškienė –

Assoc. Prof.  B. Pociūtė –

Dr. K. Vanagaitė –

Assoc. Prof. R. Stanikūnas –

Assoc. Prof.  A. Švegžda –

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCOLOGY

9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel.  266 7625
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Lilija Duoblienė

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. V. Targamadzė, Habil. Dr. R. Želvys, Dr. L. Duoblienė, Habil. Dr. V. Aramavičiūtė.
Associate professors: Dr. T. Bulajeva, Dr. I. Stonkuvienė.
Lecturers: Dr. V. Venslovaitė (part-time), Dr. Š. Nagrockaitė, O. Iljina (part-time).
Doctoral students: C. Barbierato, S. Bieliūnė, J. Garbauskaitė-Jakimovska, D. Gervytė, H. I. Tjatjitua Kaimu, S. Kairė, S. Kontrimienė, O. Iljina, V. Žilionė. 

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION POLICY 

9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
www.svietimas.lt

Head – Prof. Habil. Dr. Rimantas Želvys 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Culture of education
Education policy
Transformations of education policy in Lithuania
Research of curriculum development
Educational management in Lithuania
Sustainability in education
Studies of Lithuanian educational heritage
Dialogue between cultures in education
Problems of personal identity
Globalization and localization in education
Philosophy of education
Higher education
Child’s socialization
Gender differences in education and science

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Educational Policy and Educational Culture. Prof. Dr. L. Duoblienė. 2015–2019.

The main aim of the research in 2015 was to start the analysis of the tendencies of the educational politics in regard with the educational culture. Some data of theoretical and empirical research published in research papers written by Lilija Duoblienė, Irena Stonkuvienė, Vilija Targamadzė, Rimantas Želvys analyze issues of education policy and culture. The papers were published in Lithuanian and international educational journals. 

Main publications:

 Želvys, R. 2015. Lithuania: Education Policy and Reforms, 1988-2014. Education in the European Union: Post-2003 Member States. Series: Education around the World. Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Academic, p. 151–170.

Kestere, I., Rubene, Z., Stonkuvienė, I. 2015. Introduction: power – invisible architecture of education. Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, vol. 51(1–2), p. 5–10, doi: 10.1080/00309230.2014.997759 (ISI Web of Science).

Targamadzė, V., Minkutė-Henrickson, R. 2015. Cognizable or yet not discovered Generation Z: viewpoint of comprehensive school teachers (case of Lithuania). International Journal of Multilingual Education. Tbilisi, Center for Civil Integration and Inter-Ethnic Relations. No. 5, p. 67–77. 

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Dominant and Demotic School Culture: Analysis of Tension Fields. Prof. L. Duoblienė. 2014–2015.

The aim of this project is to reveal the links and intersections among teachers’ dominant culture from the top and students’ demotic culture from the bottom in Lithuanian schools. The main activities in 2015 are empirical data analysis and interpretation, dissemination of the research results in seminars and scientific publications.

Research Council of Lithuania. Modeling the Status and Causing Factors of Lithuanian Education System. Prof. R. Želvys. 2015–2017.

The aim of the project is to analyse causing factors influencing the results of the international OECD PISA study and to model the system of educational indicators for Lithuania based on the data available from OECD PISA study, National examination and testing databases.

International Research Projects

TEMPUS project: Development and Introduction of Multilingual Teacher Education Programs at Universities of Georgia and Ukraine (DIMTEGU, Contract No 530360-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-GE-TEMPUS-JPCR). Prof. V. Targamadzė. 2012–2015.

The coordinator of the project is Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Georgia). VU – partner (coordinator prof. V. Targamadzė). 

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

Bristol University (United Kingdom)
TU Dortmund University (Germany)
University of Verona (Italy)
University of Haifa (Israel)
University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. V. Aramavičiūtė –

  • member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science, www.lkma.lt.

Assoc. Prof. T. Bulajeva –

Prof. L. Duoblienė –

  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Teachers of Philosophy;
  • member of International Association of Teachers of Philosophy;
  • member of International Network of Philosophy of Education (INPE);
  • deputy Editor-in-chief of the journal Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, http://www.vu.lt/leidyba/lt/mokslo-zurnalai/acta-paedagogica-vilnensia/redakcine-kolegija;
  • editorial board member of the journal Religija ir Kultūra (Religion and Culture);
  • member of Lithuanian Education Board at the Parliament of the repu of Lithuania (Seimas).

Dr. Š. Nagrockaitė – 

  • representative of Educology Department (Vilnius University) at the Ministry of Education and Science;
  • member of the working group for the Internship Regulations at the Faculty of Philosophy;
  • member of the Association for Improvement of Schools, http://www.mtc.lt/lt/mtc-balsas/mokyklu-tobulinimo-asociacija.

Assoc. Prof.  I. Stonkuvienė –

Prof. V. Targamadzė – 

Dr. V. Venslovaitė –

  • member of International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE).

Prof. R. Želvys –

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 266 7617, fax 266 7600
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Albinas Plėšnys

STAFF 

Professors: Habil. Dr. emeritus E. Nekrašas, Dr. A. Plėšnys, Habil. Dr. emeritus A. Šliogeris, Dr. S. Jankauskas.
Associated professors: Dr. M. Gutauskas, Dr. L. Jakavonytė, Dr. A. Mickevičius, Dr. N. Milerius, Dr. K. Sabolius.
Lecturers: Dr. J. Čiurlionis, V. Pivorius, Dr. M. Stoškus.
Doctoral students: A. Dovydėnas, A. Fediajevas, V. Gustas, A. Kaziliūnaitė, V. Kalkauskaitė, J. Kučinskas, A. Okunauskas, P. Rimkevičius, I. Šatkauskas, J. Tuleikytė, L. Valantiejūtė, V. Valinskaitė. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Philosophical and hermeneutical premises of philosophy

The impact of metaphysics on the rise of modern natural science

Impact of the globalization on culture and transformation of values

Philosophical reflection of everyday world

Philosophy of cinema

Philosophical investigations of imagination

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophical Investigations of Culture. Prof. Dr. A. Plėšnys. 2015–2020.

The main research titles accomplished in 2015: emancypatory role of hypnosis in imagiantion practises, questions of cinematic violence through lenses of Aristotle’s “Poetics”, influence of positivism on political theory of Evaldas Nekrašas.

Main publications:

Sabolius, K. 2015. Hypnosis and Emancipated Imagination. Problemos, Iss. 87, p. 117–132.

Milerius, N. 2015. The Critique of Visual Violence and “Applied Aristotelianism” in M. Haneke’s “Funny Games”. Problemos, Iss. 88, p. 130–140.

Stoškus, M. 2015. Reflections of Positivism in the Political Theory of Evaldas Nekrašas. Problemos, Iss. 88, p. 36–43.

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

European Humanities University, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Belarusian State University, Minsk (Belarus)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Lect. J. Čiurlionis –

Assoc. Prof. M. Gutauskas  –

Assoc. Prof. L. Jakavonytė –

Assoc. Prof.  K. Sabolius –

  • member of the Lithuanian Philosophical Society, http://www.filosofai.lt/;
  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Phenomenology. 

Assoc. Prof. A. Mickevičius –

Assoc. Prof. N. Milerius –

Prof. E. Nekrašas –

Prof. A. Plėšnys –

 Prof. A. Šliogeris –

 

DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC AND HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 266 7617
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Marius Povilas Šaulauskas

STAFF

Professors: Dr. M. P. Šaulauskas, Dr. A. Jokubaitis (part-time), Dr. V. Radžvilas (part-time), Habil. Dr. Emeritus V. B. Pšibilskis.
Associated professors: Dr. J. Dagys, Dr. K. Dubnikas, Dr. N. Kardelis, Dr. K. Kirtiklis (part-time), Dr. N. Radavičienė, Dr. L. Šabajevaitė.
Lecturers: V. Dranseika (part-time), M. Kubilius, Dr. A. Navickas (part-time).
Doctoral students: L. Adomaitis, J. Bujokas, M. Burnytė, D. Caturianas, M. Gilaitis, G. Kurlavičiūtė, D. Markevičius, M. Markuckas, T. N. Mickevičius, V. Petuška, J. Žalgirytė. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Philosophy in classical and modern civilizations
Modern – postmodern controversy
Information society studies
Analytical philosophy and hermeneutics
Logic
Postmodern philosophy
Social and political philosophy
Contemporary Christian philosophy
Ethics
Religion studies 

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget 

Methodological Research on the Historical and Contemporary Development of Philosophical Discourse. Prof. M. P. Šaulauskas. 2011–2015.

The main research titles accomplished in 2015: fundamental issues of contemporary moral and political philosophy; recent development and the current stance of Lithuanian philosophy; metaphilosophy and bioethics.

Main publications:

Dranseika, V., Piasecki, J., Waligora, M. 2015. Non-beneficial pediatric research: individual and social interests. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, Iss. 18 (1), p. 103–112. Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands.

Noreikaitė, A., Jokubaitis, A. 2015 Dworkin’s alternative to Berlin’s value pluralism. Problemos, Iss. 88, p. 153–165.

Gilaitis, M. 2015. Causal theories of mental content: where is the “causal element” and how does it make intentionality relational? Problemos, Iss. 87, p. 19–30.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Publication of the Scholarly Philosophical Journal Problemos. Contract No. LIT-2-56. Assoc. Prof. N. Radavičienė. 2013–2015.

Project results in 2015 were 2 volumes (vol. 85, 86), 2x170 copies and the Supplement, 170 copies, published. The Journal was included in DBs: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science, Thomson Reuters list), Central & Eastern European Academic Source, Humanities International Complete, Humanities International Index (EBSCO list), the Philosopher’s Index (OCLC list), CEEOL, SCOPUS.

Research Council of Lithuania (the project is funded by The National Lithuanian Studies Development Programme for 2009–2015): Translation of Classical Works in Philosophy into Lithuanian: Student Workshop (Contract No. LIT-6-16/LSS-250000-154). Assoc. Prof. Dr. K. Kirtiklis, V. Dranseika. 2013–2015.

The workshop is run by young philosophers experienced in translation, a professional translator, and subject consultants who read lectures and provide help in solving practical problems of translation. In the year 2015, excerpts from Descartes’ work "Olympica" and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s "Nature" were translated.

Research Council of Lithuania. Information Society Research: a New Methodological Paradigm (Contract No. MIP-072/2014). Assoc. Prof. Dr. K. Kirtiklis. 2014–2016.

The present stage of the research project focused on the present situation of the discourse of information society. To reach this goal the research team set themselves the tasks to analyse: the definitions of information society in the present discourse; the theorizing of the new forms of sociality emerging in the cyberspace; the principles of theorizing information society.

The results of the present stage were presented at the international conferences (ESA 2015 and NordMedia 2015).

Research Council of Lithuania. Digitization and Generation of Access to the Journals of Humanities and Social Sciences (Contract No. LIT-8-87/LSS-250000-485). Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Dagys. 2015–2015.

Five academic journals are published by the Faculty of Philosophy. The principle aim of this project was to ensure the preservation and distribution of the scholarly articles by creating the complete and openly accessible electronic database of the papers published in the journals of the Faculty since 1960 (more than 20000 pages). The creation of a suitable system for presenting the content, based on the scanned copy and metadata descriptions of each item, is an effective instrument of research that should contribute to improved conditions of work for researchers, as well as enhance accessibility and recognition of Lithuanian publications in the digital realm.

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

University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Nitra University (Slovakia)
Bilkent University (Turkey)
Jagiellonian University (Poland)
Institute of Philosophy at the Nikolaus Copernicus University, Torun (Poland) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. J. Dagys –

  • executive secretary of the editorial board of the journal Problemos, http://www.leidykla.vu.lt/index.php?id=39;
  • member of the board of Lithuanian Philosophical Society, http://www.filosofai.lt/;
  • member of the Appeals Committee of the Faculty of Philosophy at Vilnius University;
  • member of the Faculty Council;
  • member of the Philosophy Master Study Programme Committee. 

Lect. V. Dranseika –

Assoc. Prof. K. Dubnikas –

Prof. A. Jokubaitis – 

Assoc. Prof. N. Kardelis –

Assoc. Prof. K. Kirtiklis –

  • member of the Lithuanian Social Science Forum, http://www.socforumas.lt/?lang=en;
  • member of the Lithuanian Philosophical Society, http://www.filosofai.lt/;
  • member of Lithuanian Communication Society.
  • member of the organising committee of the ECREA Philosophy of Communication Section ( ) workshop Models of Communication: Theoretical and Philosophical Approaches, October 8–11, 2015.

Assoc. Prof. N. Radavičienė –

Prof. M. P. Šaulauskas –

 

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 266 7605, fax 266 7600
E-mail

Head – Prof. Habil. Dr. Danutė Gailienė

STAFF 

Professors: Habil. Dr. D. Gailienė, Dr. R. Kočiūnas, Dr. G. Gudaitė.
Associate professors: Dr. D. Bagdžiūnienė, Dr. R. Barkauskienė, Dr. R. Bieliauskaitė, Dr. N. Grigutytė, Dr. E. Kazlauskas, Dr. A. Laurinavičius, Dr. R. Sargautytė.
Senior assistants: Dr. J. Lazauskaitė – Zabielskė, Dr. R.Rekašiūtė-Balsienė, Dr. P. Skruibis, Dr. A. Zbarauskaitė, Dr. I. Žukauskaitė.
Doctoral students: S. Dadašev, I. Dulinskaitė, J. Eimontas, O. Geležėlytė, R. Geležinytė, L. Gervinskaitė-Paulaitienė, I. Grauslienė, D. Grigienė, J. Latakienė, E. Mažulytė, M. Miselytė, D. Petronytė-Kvedarauskienė, R. Tomkevičienė, P. Želvienė. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Investigation of the DSH (deliberate self-harm) and effects of long lasting traumatisation

Research in existential-phenomenological psychology and psychotherapy in cross cultural context

Developmental psychopathology

Work and organizational characteristics as antecedents of employee work motivation, attitudes toward work and organization, citizenship and in role behaviour, job insecurity

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Psychological Disfunction and Experience of Extreme Stress: Psychosocial Background, Psychodinamics and Coping. Prof. D. Gailienė. 2011–2015.

During the last year of the Project, the main task is to analyse the data of the empirical research and present it at national and international conferences and in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and to organize a scientific conference.

Projects, Programmes, Issues Supported by Research Council of Lithuania 

Psychological Effects and Coping of Extreme Trauma and Social Transformations (Contract No Nr. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-02-023/ LSS-250000-2257). Prof. D. Gailienė. 2012–2015.

The main goal of the study was to analyze the factors of traumatic experiences, psychological health and coping in various groups in the context of social transformations. Exploratory studies and methodological designs were to analyze: factors of traumatic experiences, mental health and coping in different age groups; links between unresolved traumas and suicide risk; traumatic experiences and coping factors of specific social and ethnic groups. 766 participants took part in qualitative and quantitative research. Three national conferences were organized in three years and 22 papers were presented at international conferences. 

Main publications:

Gailienė, D. (ed.). 2015. Lithuanian Faces After Transition: Psychological Consequences of Cultural Trauma. Vilnius: Eugrimas, 264 p. Available from: http://www.fsf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Projektai/LMT/Sunkios_traumos_Gailiene/Lithuanian_faces_after_transition_c_1.pdf.

Skeryte-Kazlauskiene, M., Mazulyte, E., Eimontas, J., Kazlauskas, E., Gailiene, D. 2015. The Effect of Retrospectively Perceived Parental Bonding on Resilience in Adulthood. International Journal of Psychological Studies, vol. 7(2), p. 174–179. Available from: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps/article/view/46959.

Latakienė, J., Skruibis, P., Dadašev, S., Grižas, A., Dapševičiūtė, I., Gailienė, D. 2015. “They don’t take it seriously”: Perceived reactions of surrounding people to suicide communication. Illness, Crisis & Loss, doi:10.1177/1054137315589691. Available from: http://icl.sagepub.com/content/early/recent.

Revelation of Personality’s Integrity: Problem of Relation with Authority and Psychotherapy (Contract No NR. MIP–080/2014/LSS-250000-488). Prof. G. Gudaitė. 2014–2016.

The aim of the project is to explore the experience of relation with the authority (in connection with the consequences of Lithuanian historical heritage) and reconstruction of this relation in psychotherapy. 240 participants took part in it (200 in quantitative research and 40 in qualitative one). Four presentations (two oral and two posters) based on the results of the primary data analysis were presented at international conferences.

Main publication:

Gudaitė, G. 2015. Issues of Cultural Identity and Authorship When Receiving Training from Other Cultures. In Crowter, C.and Wiener, J. (eds.) From Tradition to Innovation Jungian Analysts Working in Different Cultural Settings. Spring Journal and  Spring Books publication. 

Brief Adjustment Disorder Psychosocial Intervention Effectiveness Study (Contract No MIP-079/2014/ LSS-250000-644/03-21). Dr. P. Skruibis. 2014–2016.

Researchers carried out the preparatory phase of the study and began collecting the empirical data: structural analysis of adjustment disorder construct in Lithuanian population; analysis of evidence-based psychosocial  interventions for individuals affected by various stressors; based on these analyses, a brief adjustment disorder psychosocial intervention (BADI) was developed along with a methodological package of its effectiveness assessment and a plan of assessment procedures; BADI program was implemented online via internet website specifically created for this project; the program has been tested and a manual for BADI was created.

Mediating Effects of Psychosocial Factors on Stress and Trauma Related Psychological After-Effects in the Context of Social Psychotraumatology (MIP-15266). Principal investigator Dr. E. Kazlauskas. 2015–2017.

Research group is analyzing stressful reactions within the framework of the draft version of the new upcoming version of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 11th edition of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The Project is conducted in cooperation with prof. A. Maercker from the University of Zurich. Pilot study methods were selected and procedures planned.

COOPERATION

University of Oslo (Norway)
Umea University (Sweden)
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
University of Trondheim (Norway)
University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 

Prof. D. Gailienė –

Prof. G. Gudaitė –

  • member of Lithuanian Psychological Association, http://www.psichologusajunga.lt/;
  • individual and full member of the International Association of Analytical Psychology, www.iaap.org/;
  • member of the Lithuanian Association of AP;
  • board member of the Lithuanian Society of Psychotherapy;
  • board member of Lithuanian Association of Gestalt Therapy.

Prof. R. Kočiūnas –

Assoc. Prof.  D. Bagdžiūnienė –

Assoc. Prof. R. Barkauskienė –

  • member of Lithuanian Psychological Association, http://www.psichologusajunga.lt/;
  • National Representative at EFPA Standing Committee of Ethics;
  • member of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, www.iarld.com;
  • member of International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, www.issbd.org;
  • member of Lithuanian Dyslexia Association;
  • representative from Lithuania in the Psychotherapy Committee of European Federation of Psychological Assotiations, http://www.efpa.eu/.

Assoc. Prof. R. Bieliauskaitė –

Assoc. Prof. E. Kazlauskas –

Assoc. Prof. A. Laurinavičius – 

Assoc. Prof. N. Grigutytė –

Lect. J. Lazauskaitė-Zabielskė –

  • member of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, www.eawop.org;
  • board member of Baltic Area Alliance Board at European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology;
  • member of International Society for Justice Research, www.isjr.org;
  • member of the Lithuanian Psychological Association, www.lps.vu.lt/;
  • chair of Organizational Psychology Committee at Lithuanian Psychological Association;
  • member of Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers.

Assoc. Prof.  R. Sargautytė –

Dr. P. Skruibis –

Lect. A. Zbarauskaitė –

  • member of Lithuanian Psychological Association, http://www.psichologusajunga.lt/;
  • individual and full member of the International Association of Analytical Psychology, www.iaap.org/;
  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Analytical Psychology, http://www.lapa.lt;
  • member of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, www.eawop.org;
  • board member of Baltic Area Alliance Board at European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology;
  • member of International Society for Justice Research, www.isjr.org;
  • member of the Lithuanian Psychological Association, www.lps.vu.lt/;
  • chair of Organizational Psychology Committee at Lithuanian Psychological Association;
  • member of Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers.

Dr. I. Žukauskaitė –

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 266 7610,
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Laimutė Žalimienė

STAFF

Professors: Dr. B. Gruževskis (part-time), Dr. R. Lazutka (part-time), Dr. L. Žalimienė, Dr. J. Aidukaitė (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. J. Buzaitytė-Kašalynienė, Dr. V. Gevorgianienė, Dr. L. Gvaldaitė, Dr. E. I. Laumenskaitė (part-time), Dr. V. Lepeškienė (part-time), Dr. D. Skučienė, Dr. E. Šumskienė.
Lecturers: Dr. E. Dunajevas, V. Jakutienė (part-time), Dr. J. Mataitytė-Diržienė (part-time), Dr. U. L. Orlova (part-time), Dr. D. Petružytė, L. Šumskaitė (part-time), V. Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė.
Senior assistants: D. Beliukevičiūtė, T. Kukuraitis, T. Kurapkaitis.
Doctoral students: I. Adomaitytė-Subačienė, S. Krutulienė, D. Mažeikaitė, J. Navickė, S. Šabanovas, J. Charenkova. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development of social services in Lithuania

Analysis of social policy, social security, pensions

Social support for vulnerable people

Social rehabilitation and integration

Social inclusion

Community development and empowerment

Social prevention and work in dealing with family problems

Rehabilitation and integration of drug and alcohol users

Social and cultural integration of disabled

Dealing with consequences of migration

Intercultural learning and communication

History of social work

Integration into labour market

Labour market policy

Evaluation of the effectiveness of programs and services

Risk factors of young people’s successful socialization

Promoting factors of youth participation

Human rights

Stigma, stereotypes and discrimination

Policy of mental health

Developmental cooperation and education in social work

Motivation, identity, development of social work profession

Power relations in social work

Gender equality and social work 

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Research on Social Policy, Innovative Paradigms and Models of Social Work and Social Services in Response to Societal Changes and the Aims to Create Welfare Society. Dr. L. Žalimienė. 2015–2018.

Social work research in interdisciplinary context was carried out, encompassing issues about children and youth welfare, interprofessional intervention practice, emancipation of social work profession. Another branch of research was focused on dilemmas of social support policy, labour sphere trends in Baltic states, the rise of dual labour market, quality of social services. 

Main publications:

Buzaitytė Kašalynienė, J., Švedaitė-Sakalauskė, B., Gvaldaitė, L. 2015. Emancipation of Social Work Profession and Professional Identity, Motivation and Self-Esteem. Social Work Education in Europe: towards 2025: Abstract book, p. 26.

Razgūnė, A., Lazutka, R. 2015. Labour share trends in three Baltic countries: literature review and empirical evidence. Ekonomika. Vol. 94, Nr.1.

Žalimienė, L., Dunajevas, E. 2015. Dilemma of Social Support: between Autonomy and Paternalism. Monograph. Vilnius University. 335 p.

International Research Projescts

Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme of the European Union project: Access to Justice for Children with Mental Disabilities. 

Main publications: 

Sumskiene, E., Orlova, L. 2015. Forbidden Sexuality of Women with Intellectual Disabilities Residing in Closed Residential Care Institutions in Post-Soviet Countries. Sexuality and Culture, vol. 19, p. 369–387, DOI 10.1007/s/12119-014-9262-1.

Buzaityte Kasalyniene, J., Sher, M. 2015. Developing a Group Relations Institute in Lithuania. In Aram, E., Baxter, R., Nutkevitch, A. (eds.). Group Relations Work: Exploring the Influence and Relevance within and Beyond its Network. Vol. IV, Karnack, p. 127–141.

Contractual Research

The rise of the dual labour market: fighting precarious employment in the new member states through industrial relations. Dublin City University. 2015–2016.

Labour relations and social insurance legal administrative model. Ministry of Social Security and Labour. 2013–2015.

A Systematic Study on Poverty in Lithuania. CARITAS Lithuania. 2014–2015.

Main publications:

Zabarauskaitė, R., Gruževskis, B. 2015. The systematic study of the problem of poverty in Lithuania. Lithuanian Caritas, Kaunas. p.74.

Laureckis, K., Petružytė, D. 2015. Recommendations for institutions and organizations who work with youth having difficult behaviour in Molėtai district municipality, 30 p.

Šumskienė, E., Jonutytė, J., Augutienė, R., Karaliūnienė, R. 2015. Multiple Discrimination in Health Sector: the Case of Women with Disabilities. STEPP, Nr. 11, p. 98–113. Vilnius University.

External Evaluation of the EC financed PROGRESS project implemented by the Lithuanian Office towards the Society Free of Violence.

LKMA project Christians in Lithuania before and after the Independence (LMT, National Lituanus Development 2009–2015. Program, 2013–2015.). Part of the project Christianity as a Social Posture Factor in the Totalitarian and Post-Soviet Society.

Main publications:

Laumenskaitė, I. E. 2015. The Role of Formal Belief and Religious Indifference in Accepting the Conformist Social Orientation in Post-Soviet Society: The Lithuanian Case. Zarządzanie w Kulturze, vol 16, N 4, p. 403–426.

Buzaitytė–Kašalynienė, J. Švedaitė–Sakalauskė, B., Gvaldaitė, L. 2015. Emancipation of Social Work Profession and Professional Identity, Motivation and Self-Esteem. Social Work Education in Europe: towards 2025. Presentation Theses, p. 26–26.

Focus Groups with Representatives of Governmental, Nongovernmental and Private Sector Representatives about NGO Sector issues in Lithuania, Transparency International, Department of Lithuania, October 2015.

Lithuanian Legal-Administrative Model of Labour Relations and State Social Insurance. Ministry of Social Security and Labour.  Pilot project for the development of a common methodology on reference budgets. 2014–2015.

Main publication:

Razgūnė, A., Lazutka, R. 2015. Labour share trend analysis in the Baltic countries. Ekonomika, N.1, p. 97–116.

Research Coherence between students’ perceived learning outcomes and subject aims. The following research abstracts were published:

Do they learn what we teach? International conference Social work education in Europe: towards 2025. Abstract book, p. 38, 2015, Milan.

Coherence between students’ perceived learning outcomes and study programme aims. International conference Towards reserach-based education. Abstract book, p. 115–116.

Research about the interdisciplinary cooperation in early childhood education services.

Main publication:

Ališauskienė, S., Gevorgianienė, V.  2015. Exploring professional boundaries: a shift to inter-professional early childhood intervention practice in Lithuania. Society, Integration, Education: conference proceedings. Rezekne, p.15–30.

Reports for European Social Policy Network (ESPN):

Lazutka R., Poviliūnas A., Žalimienė L. Thematic Report on Social Investment: Lithuania. 2015. ESPN Brussels: European Commission.

Lazutka R., Poviliūnas A., Žalimienė L. Gaps in the Provision of Long-term Care Services in Lithuania. Report. 2015. ESPN. Brussels: European Commission.

Lazutka R., Poviliūnas A., Žalimienė L. Thematic Report on Integrated Support for the Long-term Unemployed: Lithuania. 2015. ESPN. Brussels: European Commission.

Lazutka R., Poviliūnas A., Žalimienė L. Flash Report: towards the Deinstitutionalisation of the State Childcare System in Lithuania. 2015. ESPN. Brussels: European Commission. 

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

Hanze University Groningen, University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)

University of Applied Sciences for Social Work, Education and Nursing, Dresden (Germany)

Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (United Kingdom)

Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. B. Gruževskis –

Prof. R. Lazutka –

 Prof. L. Žalimienė –

Assoc. Prof. J. Buzaitytė-Kašalynienė – 

Assoc. Prof. V. Gevorgianienė –

Assoc. Prof.  I. E. Laumenskaitė –

Assoc. Prof. V. Lepeškienė –

Assoc. Prof. D. Skučienė –

Assoc. Prof.  E. Šumskienė –

Assoc. Prof. B. Švedaitė-Sakalauskė –

Lect.  E. Dunajevas –

Lect. V. Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė –

Lect. L. Gvaldaitė –

  • member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science, www.lkma.lt; 

Lect. D. Petružytė –

Lect. L. Šumskaitė –

D. Beliukevičiūtė –

 

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

9/1 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 266 7626
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Arūnas Poviliūnas 

STAFF

Professors: Dr. A. Dobryninas, Dr. I. Juozeliūnienė, Habil. Dr. Z. Norkus, Dr.  A. Poviliūnas, Dr. A. Valantiejus.
Associate professors: Dr. A. Čepas, Dr. L. Žilinskienė, Dr. R. Žiliukaitė.
Senior assistant: Dr. G. Rapolienė.
Assistant: Dr. D. Čiupailaitė.
Doctoral students: A. Girkontaitė, R. Juras, M. Pivoriūtė, M. Šupa, V. Urbonaitė-Barkauskienė, I. Budginaitė, I. Labanauskaitė, G. Valatka, J. Valenčius, D. Tatarelienė, T. Šarūnas, K. Jonutis, M. Lankauskas, S. Jakeliūnas, S. Vinciūnaitė, E. Visockas. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND TRENDS

Analysis of theoretical discourses (social constructivism, theories of (post)modernity, critical theory, criminological discourses)

Sociology of education

Sociology of deviations and crime

Rural and urban sociology

Sociology of communities and rural community development

Sociology of science

Sociology of professions

Sociology of youth

Sociology of ageing

Sociology of health and illness

Theoretical and empirical issues in the research on family

Corruption and anti-corruption activity

Policy analysis of social inclusion

Social economy

Role of mass media in contemporary society

Post communist social transformation in Lithuania in the comparative perspective

Social theory of Max Weber

Methodology of comparative historical sociological research

Rational choice approach in sociology

Comparative historical sociological imperiology

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015 

Projects Supported by University Budget

Sociological Discourses, Social Control and Time Structures. Prof. A. Poviliūnas. 2012–2016.

Research in the field of the history of sociology and analysis of the theoretical discourse was continued. The issues of migration and family life were analysed. The members of the department were participating in the research programmes of criminology and deviance. Lithuania’s social policy and social policy discourse were critically analysed. Old age identity and its stigmatization in Lithuanian society were analysed, as well, as experiences of carrying out academic projects in changing bureaucratic environments.

Main publications:

Norkus, Z. 2014. Kiedy na Litwie było więcej demokracji? Porównanie reżimu politycznego Pierwszej i Drugiej Republiki Litewskiej.  In  Wołek, A., Dementavičius, J. (eds.). Udana transformacja na peryferiach? Kraków, Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej, p. 177–239.

Norkus, Z. 2015. Kas turtėjo greičiausiai? Baltijos šalių ūkio augimo 1913-1938 metais palyginimas (Who Did Enrich Fastest? A Comparison of the Economic Growth of Baltic Countries in 1913–1938). Politologija, Nr. 3 (79), p. 3–54.

http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/politologija/article/download/8428/6296

Rapolienė, G. 2015. Ageing Identity: Do Theories Match Experiences? Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 6 (1), p. 3–24. Available from: http://cjssp.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php/cjssp/article/view/95.

National Research Projects

Emigration and Family: Challenges, Family Resources, Ways of Coping with Difficulties (Contract No VAT-39/2012/ LSS-250000-643). Prof. I. Juozeliūnienė. 2012–2015).

Research project was completed in March 31, 2015. The volume edited by Irena Juozeliūnienė and Julie Seymour Family Change in Times of the De-bordering of Europe and Global Mobility: Resources, Processes and Practices was published in Lithuanian and English. The international team of nine contributors from Lithuania, Germany and United Kingdom presents data from quantitative and qualitative studies conducted in various countries and reveal how intergenerational relations, kinship and personal networks, and family memories contribute to the development of new family relations, how the familial “we” comes about, and how family-making takes place across borders.

Main publications:

Juozeliūnienė, I., Seymour, J. (eds.). 2015. Šeiminiai pokyčiai atvirų Europos sienų ir globalaus mobilumo akivaizdoje: resursai, procesai ir praktikos (Family change in times of the de-bordering of Europe and global mobility: resources, processes and practices). Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, p.379, (in Lithuanian and English).

Juozeliūnienė, I. 2015. Simbolinio interakcionizmo sąvokos tiriant migracijos šeimas (The Concepts of Symbolic Interactionism in Migrant Family Research). In Juozeliūnienė, I. ir J. Seymour (eds.) Šeiminiai pokyčiai atvirų Europos sienų ir globalaus mobilumo akivaizdoje: resursai, procesai ir praktikos (Family change in times of the de-bordering of Europe and global mobility: resources, processes and practices). Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, p. 51–62 (237–248).

Juozeliūnienė, I. 2015. Šeima abipus sienų: pokyčiai, šeimos sampratos ir vaidmens elgsena (Family across Borders: Changes, Family Concepts, and Role Behavior). In Juozeliūnienė, I. ir J. Seymour (eds.) Šeiminiai pokyčiai atvirų Europos sienų ir globalaus mobilumo akivaizdoje: resursai, procesai ir praktikos (Family change in times of the de-bordering of Europe and global mobility: resources, processes and practices). Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, p. 168–183 (359–375).

Žilinskienė, L. 2015. Šeimos atmintis (Family Memory). In Juozeliūnienė, I. ir J. Seymour (eds.) Šeiminiai pokyčiai atvirų Europos sienų ir globalaus mobilumo akivaizdoje: resursai, procesai ir praktikos (Family change in times of the de-bordering of Europe and global mobility: resources, processes and practices). Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, p. 93–112 (280–302).

Late Socialism in the Life Stories: the First Generation of the Soviet Era (Contract Nr. LIT-15128).  Dr. L. Žilinskienė. 2015.

The project analyzes the late socialism phenomena through the life stories of the ‘first generation of the soviet era’ born in 1946 to 1959. The project is developed by means of the biography methodology. The project studies how the memory of late socialism is employed in different social and biographic contexts restoring the consistency of an identity in the collapse of the post-soviet system. The project will also be seeking to identify the features of generation identity in life stories by studying both features that are analysable and the apprehensions of collective ‘we’ of the generation.

Main publications:

Žilinskienė, L., (co-author Kraniauskiene, S.). 2015. Research Ethics in Soviet Memory Studies. In Ilic, M., Leinarte, D. (eds.). The Soviet Past in the Post-Socialist Present: Methodology and Ethics in Russian, Baltic and Central European Oral History and Memory Studies. New York: Routledge, p. 92–109.

Žilinskienė, L. 2015. Paauglių delinkvencijos ištakos (delinkvencijos diskurso pokyčiai istorinėje perspektyvoje), Jaunimo delinkvencinis elgesys ir nepilnamečių justicijos politika Lietuvoje: tendencijos ir lyginamieji aspektai: monograph. Justickaja, S. (ed.). Vilnius: Justitia, p.17–28. 

Youth Delinquency and Victimization Contract (Nr. MIP-018/2013). Senior researcher Dr. L. Žilinskienė. 2015.

The purpose of project is to analyze the problem of youth delinquency and victimization from sociological and criminological approach. In addition, the survey Lithuanian schoolchildren will allow identifying how widely youth delinquency and victimization are spread. Also, this survey is focused on evaluating the plausibility of various criminological theories, creating cirscumstances for comparative analysis of the dynamics of youth crime. One of defining points of the project is the aspect of internationality. Statistical data from the schoolchildren survey will provide a chance to adequately compare the current state in Lithuania with the state in other European countries which means wider opportunities for theoretical analysis.

Main publications:

Žilinskienė, L. 2015. Nepilnamečių justicijos programos formuotojai ir praktikai: Nepilnamečių justicijos programos priemonių efektyvumas ir vertinimo kriterijai, Jaunimo delinkvencinis elgesys ir nepilnamečių justicijos politika Lietuvoje: tendencijos ir lyginamieji aspektai: monograph. Justickaja, S. (ed.). Vilnius: Justitia, p.73–104.

EU SF global grant project: Invisible Society in Soviet Lithuania: Revision of the Distinguishing Between Informal Systemic and Anti-systemic Networks (Contract No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-02-053). Dr. R. Žiliukaitė. 2013–2015.

The main objective of the project was to reveal the principles of (self-)organization of soviet society by implementing research on informal mircostructure of Lithuanian society during late soviet period. 

Main publications:

Žiliukaitė, R. 2015. Ekonominis „nepaklusnumas“: blatas ir kitos neformalios ekonominės veiklos (Economic “Disobedience”: Blat and Other Informal Economic Practices). Nematoma sovietmečio visuomenė, Ramonaitė, A. (ed.). Naujasis Židinys – Aidai, p. 128–153.

Žiliukaitė, R. 2015. Kaip pažintys virsta ekonominiu kapitalu: Blato tinklų struktūrinės charakteristikos (How Relations Transform into Economic Capital: Structural Characteristics of Blat Relations). Nematoma sovietmečio visuomenė, Ramonaitė, A. (ed.). Naujasis Židinys – Aidai, p. 325–351.

Žiliukaitė, R. 2015. Blato ryšių Lietuvoje vėlyvuoju sovietmečiu analizė (Analysis of Blat Relations During the Late Soviet Period in Lithuania). Sociologija: mintis ir veiksmas, 2014 Nr. 2, p. 252–270.

Research Council of Lithuania. Change of Values of Lithuanian Society during Twenty Years of Independence. (Researchers’Teams Contract No. MIP-15288).

The project aims at analysing values’ changes of Lithuanian society during twenty years of independence in comparative context of other European countries, using data of three waves (19990, 1999 and 2008) of European Values Study.

In 2015 three presentations were given at the Annual Conference of the Lithuanian Association of Sociologists, November 13, 2015, Kaunas:

Poviliūnas, A. 2015. Is It Possible to Apply P. Bourdieu Theory for Analysis of Data of European Value Study;

Savicka, A. 2015. Development of Postmaterialist Values in Fragile Economic and Political Context of Lithuania;

Žiliukaitė, R. 2015. Application of Modernization Theory in EVS. 

Fostering of the of Lithuanian Sociology’s Tradition in the journal Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas (Sociology. Thought and Action) (Contract No LIT-13031). Prof. A. Valantiejus. 2013–2015. 

COOPERATION

Department of Sociology, University of Jyväskylä (Finland)

Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki (Finland)

Department of Sociology, Eastern Caroline University (USA)

Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)

Oslo University College (Norway) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. A. Dobryninas – 

Prof. I. Juozeliūnienė – 

  • member of the Family Research Committee (RC 06) of the International Sociological Association (ISA);
  • member of the Nordic Family Research Network (NFRN).

Prof. A. Matulionis –

  • member-expert of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
  • member-expert of the Latvian Academy of Sciences;
  • editorial board member of the journal Filosofija. Sociologija (Philosophy, Sociology), http://www.lmaleidykla.lt/filosofijasociologija/2010/3/;
  • editorial board member of the journal Socialiniai mokslai (Social Sciences);
  • editorial board member of the journal Sociologija (Sociology), http://www.ku.lt/sociologija/;
  • member of the International Sociological Association (ISA). 

Prof. Z. Norkus –

Prof. A. Poviliūnas –

Prof. A. Valantiejus – 

Doc. R. Žiliukaitė –

Dr. A. Čepas –

Dr. G. Rapolienė –

  • National representative in the COST IS1402 activity Ageism - a multi-national, interdisciplinary perspective Management Committee (2014–2018);
  • member of the Lithuanian Sociological Association. 

Dr. L. Žilinskienė –