Faculty of Communication

Faculty of Communication

Sukurta: 06 June 2020

kf9 Saulėtekio av., LT-01222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6101
E-mail:
http://www.kf.vu.lt

Dean – Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Laužikas

 STAFF

95 teachers (incl. 47 holding research degree), 3 research fellows (incl. 3 holding research degree), 16 doctoral students.

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Department of Book Science and Publishing
Department of Corporate Communication Research
Department of Documentary Media Anthropology
Department of Information and Knowledge Management
Department of Journalism and Audiovisual Media
Department of Museology
Department of Political Communication
Department of Rhetoric
Department of Screen and Performative Communication
Digital Media Laboratory
Gender Studies Centre
Research Centre for the Organization of Libraries and Information

RESEARCH AREAS

Lithuanian Studies: Philological, Cultural and Interdisciplinary Aspects. Research and Development
Information and Communication in Traditional and Network Society
Generating and Communicating Heritage

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2019

L. Tamutienė. The Construction of the Concept of Quality in Higher Education Institution.
T. Žižiūnas. Technological aspect in cultural heritage research: application of methodological model of 3D technologies and spectroscopy.
I. Kažuro. The Practices of the Printing House of the Vilnius Basilian Monastery (1628–1839).

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2019

International conference Gender Studies and Research in 2019: Centenary Achievements and Perspectives. 21–23 November, 2019.

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019

Jastramskis, Deimantas. Žiniasklaidos politika Lietuvoje. Vilnius University Press. 2019, 232 p.

Manžuch, Zinaida; Macevičiūtė, Elena. Getting ready to reduce the digital divide: scenarios of Lithuanian public libraries. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Hoboken: Wiley. 2019, first published online, p. 1–13.


DEPARTMENT OF BOOK SCIENCE AND PUBLISHING

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 236 6111, 236 6112, 236 6116
E-mail:

Head - Prof. Dr. Aušra Navickienė

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas, Dr. R. Misiūnas, Dr. A. Navickienė.
Associate professor: Dr. A. Braziūnienė (till 2019 September).
Assistant professors: Dr. R. Cicėnienė, Dr. T. Petreikis, Dr. K. Tolkačevski.
Doctoral student: F. Kepalienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Media publishing and marketing
History, theory and methodology of book and other media sciences
Manuscript and printed heritage communication

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Documentary Media Evolution and Today's Effects. Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė. 2016–2020.

The aim of the project was to analyse printed media in different historical periods and their heritage in today’s memory institutions, to investigate processes of traditional and digital publishing in network society and to develop fundamental and applied research of documental communication disciplines. Main research results in 2019 were published six articles in Scopus database referred journals and five articles in peer-reviewed conferences materials and books. During 2019, inter-institutional scholarly contacts were intensively developed while taking part in global Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, as well as in international and local scientific events.

Main publications:

Braziūnienė, A. LDK 1613 m. žemėlapio laidos: istoriografinis aspektas (Editions of the 1613 map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: historiographical aspect). Knygotyra. Vilnius University Press. 2019, vol. 72: 62–89.

Navickienė, A. Eduardas Volteris ir XX a. pradžios knygos mokslas (Eduardas Volteris and the Institutionalization of Book Science in the Early 20th Century). Knygotyra. Vilnius University Press. 2019, vol. 73: 230–263.

Tolkačevski, K. Act of Vandalism or Memory Communication? Some Thoughts on Polish-Lithuanian Graffiti Writing Tradition (Vandalizmas ar atminties komunikacija? Kelios mintys apie lietuvių ir lenkų grafičių rašymo tradiciją). Knygotyra. Vilnius University Press. 2019, vol. 73: 62–78.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. The State Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme for 2016–2024. The research results dissemination project “Publishing of Vilnius University Research Journal Knygotyra (Book Science)” (Nr. LIP-073/2016/ LSS-160000-398). Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė. 2019–2021.

The aim of the project was to ensure uninterrupted publishing of the open-access peer-reviewed scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science) and its functioning in the space of social sciences and humanities. In 2019, volumes 72 and 73 of Knygotyra (Book Science) were published.

Main publications:

Knygotyra (Book Science). Vilnius University Press. 2019, vol. 72, 290 p.

Knygotyra (Book Science). Vilnius University Press. 2019, vol. 73, 341 p.

Research Council of Lithuania. The State Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme for 2016–2024. The research project “Martynas Jankus: a Unifier of the Nation”. (Nr. P-LIP-18-138). Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas. 2018–2021.

The aim of the project was to carry out research on the subject Martynas Jankus: Unifier of the Nation and Pressman. The result will amount to a 30-quire monograph. For its preparation, in the year 2019 the first and the second parts are written, with a total of 16 authors’ quires.

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

University of Latvia (Latvia)
University of Leiden (The Netherlands)
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
University of Tallinn (Estonia)
University of Wroclaw (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Braziūnienė –

Dr. R. Cicėnienė –

  • member of the Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), https://hibolire.wordpress.com/members/;
  • editorial board member of the Lithuanian National Retrospective Bibliography;
  • member of the National Committee for UNESCO's World Memory Programme;
  • editorial board member of the Folia bibliothecalia, a journal published by Książnica Podlaska im. Łukasza Górnickiego, in Bialystok;
  • editorial board member of the Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka: [tęstinis darbų rinkinys].

Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas –

  • member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
  • chairman of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, http://www.lma.lt/prezidiumas;
  • member of the Research Council of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, http://www.mab.lt/lt/archyvas/naujienu-archyvas/lmavb-mokslo-taryba;
  • board member of the book series Fontes historiae Universitatis Vilnensis, https://www.vu.lt/site_files/InfS/fontes_historiae_nuostatai.pdf ;
  • Deputy editor-in-chief of the scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science), https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the Latvia National Library serial Zinātniskie raksti, https://lnb.lv/lv/profesionalie-resursi/lnb-zinatniskie-raksti;
  • editorial board member of research papers Беларуская кніга ў кантэксце сусветнай кніжнай культуры;
  • member of the Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), https://hibolire.wordpress.com/members/;
  • chairman of the Justinas Marcinkevičius (Literature Studies) Prize Commission;
  • chairman of the Panel of Experts for the Evaluation of the candidates for the Full Members of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences;
  • chairman of the Antanas Smetona (Humanities Studies) and Antanas Smetona (Arts Studies) Scholarships Commission;
  • chairman of Expert Panel for Young Scientist Fellowships of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
  • chairman of the Simonas Daukantas (History) and Albinas Rimka (Economy) Prize Commissions;
  • member of the Commission for the Election of Members of the Young Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
  • member of the Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community.

Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė –

  • editor-in-chief of the scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science), https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of an annual electronic journal Lingua Franca: The History of the Book in Translation, http://www.sharpweb.org/linguafranca/editorial-board/;
  • board member of the Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), a multinational and multidisciplinary network of scholars, https://hibolire.wordpress.com/members/;
  • Regional liaison officer to the Baltic region of the global Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP);
  • member of the global Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), http://www.sharpweb.org/;
  • member of organizational and program committee of the national conference “Cultural Expression of the Diaspora of the Baltic States in 1944-2018”, May14, 2019, Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library.

Dr. T. Petreikis –

Dr. K. Tolkačevski –

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES

Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas –

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES

Dr. R. Cicėnienė –

  • member of the Lithuanian Library Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania;
  • member of the Board of the eLABA Consortium;
  • member of the Lithuanian Library Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.

Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas –

  • member of the Commission for the Evaluation of Lithuanian Scholarly Periodical Publications;
  • member of the Competition Commission of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (2019).

Dr. T. Petreikis –

  • member of the book art competition organized by UAB Papyrus Lietuva.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Dr. R. Cicėnienė – 

  • Erneuerung der stadtrechtlichen Bewidmung an Wilna; Bestätigungsprivileg für die Stadt Kedahnen/Kėdainiai; Bestätigungsprivileg für die Stadt Radun’; Urkunde mit dem Siegel des Schȍffenstuhls von Wilna; Verleihung des Rechts zum Bau einer Stadtmauer an Wilna/Vilnius durch Alexander I. den Jagiellonen, König von Polen und Großfürst von Litauen. In: Faszination Stadt: Die Urbanisierung Europas im Mittelalter und das Magdeburger Recht / Herausgeber: Gabriele Köster; Christina Link. Sandstein Kommunikation (Verlag), 2019, 808 Seiten, 710 meist farbige Abb., vol. 262: 266–267, 272–273, 343–344, 429.

Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas –

Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė –

  • Navickienė, A. Pokalbis su ilgamečiu „Knygotyros“ redaktoriumi akademiku Domu Kaunu (Interview with long-term editor-in-Chief of Knygotyra, Prof. Domas Kaunas). Knygotyra. Vilnius University Press. 2019, vol. 73: 7–25.
  • Navickienė, A. Profesoriaus akademiko Domo Kauno 70 metų sukaktį pažymint (In Commemoration of Professor Domas Kaunas 70th Anniversary). Knygotyra. Vilnius University Press. 2019, vol. 72: 7–16.

Dr. T. Petreikis –

  • Skvarbus žvilgsnis į senąją lietuvių periodiką: periodinės spaudos bibliografijos rodyklę pasitinkant. Voruta. 2019, February 23, nr. 2: 3.
  • Skvarbus žvilgsnis į senąją Amerikos lietuvių periodiką: periodinės spaudos bibliografijos rodyklę pasitinkant. Draugas. Mokslas, menas, literatūra, 2019, vasario 16, nr. 7: 2, 8.

 

DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATION RESEARCH

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 236 6107
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Renata Matkevičienė

STAFF

Associate professors: Dr. B. Grebliauskienė, Dr. M. Stonkienė, Dr. R. Matkevičienė.
Assistant professor: Dr. M. Sueldo.
Doctoral students: L. Jakučionienė, A. Telyčėnaitė, E. Nabažaitė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical, methodological, practical analysis of tendencies and problems of corporate communication and its derivative fields, focusing on analysis of changing discourse (participants, context, narrative) of corporate communication;
Public and media discourses in relation to corporate communication, public interest, social responsibility, corruption, values and social impact;
Investigation of corporate communication in international and intercultural perspective focusing on changes in communication content, forms and channels, as well as on legislation processes;
Stakeholders’ communication and their engagement in corporate communication and in relation with that analysis of reputation, image, branding development and communication strategies

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Research on Corporate Communication in Lithuania: Analysis of Reputation, Trust, Sustainability Discourses Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Matkevičienė. 2017–2020.
Aims of the research are based on the theoretical, methodological, practical analysis of tendencies and problems of corporate communication and its derivative fields, focusing on analysis of changing discourse of corporate communication.
Focus of the research is on the investigation of public and media discourses in relation to corporate communication, public interest, social responsibility, corruption, values and social impact; investigation of corporate communication in international and intercultural perspective focusing on changes in communication content, forms and channels, as well as on legislation processes.

Main publications:

Stonkienė, M., Šupa, M., Janiūnienė, E. Audience participation in the creation and dissemination of public interest-related content in Lithuanian online media. Public Interest Communication: Selected Articles.Editors-in-chief: Renata Matkevičienė, Andris Petersons. Riga: Turiba University, Ltd. 2019, 186–232.

Nabažaitė, E. The problem of defining public interest in the media: a case study of emigration. Public Interest Communication: Selected Articles. Editors-in-chief Renata Matkevičienė, Andris Petersons. Riga: Turiba University, Ltd. 2019, 130–165.

Stonkienė, M., Matkevičienė, R. Public interest in the Lithuanian media: protection of human rights initiated by individual as a case of the public interest in the Lithuanian online media. Public Interest Communication: Selected Articles. Editors-in-chief Renata Matkevičienė, Andris Petersons. Riga: Turiba University, Ltd. 2019, 95–129.

International Research Projects

European Union Erasmus+ programme KA2 (cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices) strategic partnerships for higher education project Simulation Games in Strategic Communication. The leading project manager is Tatjana Mažāne (Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences) Coordinator in Lithuania – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Renata Matkevičienė. December 01 2018–May 31 2021.

The aim of the project is to create and test pedagogical innovations in strategic communication teaching in three Baltic universities through academic staff training, development of teaching aids, and development of a prototype of an interactive collaborative digital learning and teaching platform. As a part of the project activities, a research of simulation as a method in educating media and information literacy is foreseen.

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

Lithuanian Communication Association (former Lithuanian PR Specialists Union)
Lithuanian Social Enterprise Association (LISVA)
Tartu University (Estonia)
Estonian Business School (Estonia)
Leeds Becket University (UK)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Matkevičienė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Stonkienė –

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Matkevičienė, R. The secrets of storytelling of change, GlobCom Symposium 2019, College of Communications and Media Studies of Lisbon’s Polytechnic Institute, May 29– June, 1 2019, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Matkevičienė, R. Social business startups’ communication on social impact: how digital media is used to (re)present “traditional” and social startups? 20th international conference Human Values in the Digital Age, Turiba University, April 25–27, 2019, Riga, Latvia.
  • Matkevičienė, R., Stonkienė, M. Public interest in the Lithuanian media: how citizens protect their rights and what role media take in that process? 20th international conference Human Values in the Digital Age, Turiba University, April 25–27, 2019, Riga, Latvia.
  • Sueldo, M. El estatus de la comunicación como función directiva de la gestión estratégica de las organizaciones: ¿lugar merecido u otorgado?, XI Congreso Internacional Latina de Comunicación Social, December 2–5, 2019, Tenerife, Spain.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Stonkienė –

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. B. Grebliauskienė–

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Matkevičienė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Stonkienė –

 

DEPARTMENT OF DOCUMENTARY MEDIA AND ANTHROPOLOGY

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 236 6110
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Arvydas Pacevičius

STAFF

Professors: Dr. A. Pacevičius, Dr. A. E. Walter.
Doctoral students A. Valinčiūtė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Age of Enlightenment and Romanticism in Lithuania and North Germany: memory and identity
Evaluation and digitization of documentary heritage
Heritage, media and memory communication
History and documentary heritage of museums, libraries and archives
Knowledge society theories
Local lore studies
Management of libraries and information resource
Medieval-Modern Lithuanian written culture in the European context
Science communication

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Documentary Communication and Media: Theory, History, Digitization. Prof. Dr. A. Pacevičius. 2017–2020.

In 2019, the aim of research theme was to investigate anthropological aspects of the development and function of archival and document media and library collections using diachronic and problematic approaches towards research methodologies for written media, comparative analysis of the history of libraries, archives and other memory institutions in Lithuania and Central as well as Eastern Europe.

Main publications:

Pacevičius, A. Ignoto Oginskio (1755–1786) biblioteka: genealoginio ir religinio tapatumo atspindys (The library of Ignacy Oginski (1755–1786): a reflection of genealogical and religious identity). Knygotyra. 2019, vol. 72: 90–140.

Pacevičius, A. Germans and the “New Enlightenment“, 1792–1832: the Case of Vilnius University Library, in Baltisch-deutsche Kulturbeziehungen vom 16. bis 19. Jahrhundert. Medien-Institutionen-Akteure, Band II: Zwischen Aufklärung und nationalem Erwachen. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg. 69–88.

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

Eutiner State Library, Research Centre for Historical Travel Culture (Germany)
Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland)
Vilnius County Adomas Mickevičius Public Library (Lithuania)
Vilnius University Library (Lithuania)
Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Lithuania)
Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. A. Pacevičius –

Prof. Habil. Dr. Axel Walter –

  • editorial board member of the Aus Archiven, Bibliotheken, Museen Mittel- und Osteuropas - Studien, Verzeichnisse, Editionen (Cologne, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau-Verlag);
  • editorial board member of the book series Metropolis. Texte und Studien zu Zentren der Kultur in der europäischen Neuzeit (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag) since 2013;
  • editorial board member of the Vossische Nachrichten - Mitteilungen der Johann Heinrich Voß-Gesellschaft.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Pacevičius, Arvydas. Kolekcje prywatne w zbiorach Uniwersytetu Wileńskiego – litewskiebadania z ostatnich 20 lat (Private collections at Vilniaus University – 20 years of Lithuanian research). International conference Private Libraries in Early Printed Book Collections. Ossoliński National Institute, Wrocław, Poland. June 18–19, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Prof. Dr. A. Pacevičius –

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. A. Pacevičius –

 

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 236 6119
E-mail:

Head - Prof. Dr. Zenona Atkočiūnienė

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė, Dr. A. Mikalauskienė.
Associate professor: Dr. L. Stundžė.
Assistant professors: Dr. I. Girnienė, Dr. S. Preidys, Dr. D. Siudikienė.
Doctoral students: J. Gribovskis, V. Vaitkevičius.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Communication and information theory
Information Interaction in society
Knowledge society
Examination of the efficiency of human communication processes
Impact of information technologies on the change of knowledge society

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Information and Knowledge Management Activities in Promoting Innovation in the Context of the Information Society Development. Prof. Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė. 2017–2020.

The purpose of the research was to examine the efficiency of human communication processes and the impact of information technologies on the change of knowledge society. The theme of the research was pursued by carrying out theoretical and applied research on organizational communication, public relations, information and knowledge management and information technologies. In 2019, under research goals the national conference Information and Communication Expressions of Theory and Practice’ 2019 was organized.

Main publications:

Atkočiūnienė, Z. O., Miroshnychenko, O. Towards sustainable development: the role of r&d spillovers in innovation development. Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues. 2019, vol. 9(2): 409–420.

Štreimikienė, D., Mikalauskienė, A., Atkočiūnienė, Z. O., Mikalauskas, I. Renewable energy strategies of the Baltic States. Energy & Environment. London: SAGE Publications. 2019, vol. 30(2): 363–381.

Mikalauskienė, A., Atkočiūnienė, Z. O. Knowledge management impact on sustainable development. Montenegrin Journal of Economics. Podgorica: Economic Laboratory for Transition Research. 2019, vol. 15(4): 135–145.

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

Lappeenranta Technology University (Finland)
New University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Minsk Institute of Management (Belarus)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev (Ukraine)
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė –

Prof. Dr. A. Mikalauskienė –

  • member of the International Energy Economic Association, http://aee.lt/users/16/86/mikalauskienea/;
  • organizing committee member of the national conference Application of Information and Communication Theory into Practice 2019.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Stundžė –

  • organizing committee member of the national conference Application of Information and Communication Theory into Practice 2019;
  • chairperson of the organizing committee of the international conference Gender Studies and Research in 2019: Centenary Achievements and Perspectives, November 21–23, 2019, Vilnius, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/lt/.

Dr. I. Girnienė –

  • organizing cmmittee member of the national conference Application of Information and Communication Theory into Practice 2019.

Dr. S. Preidys –

  • member of the National Distance Learning Association Council (till 31 December, 2019);
  • member of the Board of the Lithuanian Distance Education Consortium (till 31 December, 2019);
  • organizing committee member of the national conference Application of Information and Communication Theory into Practice 2019.

Dr. D. Siudikienė –

  • organizing committee member of the national conference Application of Information and Communication Theory into Practice 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Prof. Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė –

 

DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA

7 Maironio str., LT-01124, Vilnius
Tel. 219 3041
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Žygintas Pečiulis.

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Ž. Pečiulis.
Associate professors: Dr. A. Gudauskas, Dr. J. Mažylė.
Doctoral student: J. Tillenius.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mass communication
Audiovisual communication
History and theory of television
Public communication

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University

Budget Intermedialism. Prof. Dr. Ž. Pečiulis. 2017–2020.

The aim of the project is to analyse the content of traditional journalistic and other media with the change of dissemination channels. Research approach – theories of mediamorphosis (media interaction) and intermediality (the influence of old media to the new ones and intersections of different expressions in each medium).
Research themes: journalism genres and technological changes in content dissemination, activity principles of journalists and public (media information producers), media functions, transformations of audiovisual media expressions and narratives.

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

European Communication Research and Education Association
Baltic Association of Media Research (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Ž. Pečiulis –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Mažylė –

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Gudauskas, A. The Cinematographic Crystal as the Enuncia: on in the Modern Cinema. XLVII conference of the Italian Association for Semiotic Studies (AISS) Enunciation and Images. University of Siena and Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Italy. October 25–27, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Mažylė –

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Mažylė –

  • Press, Radio and Television Support Foundation analysis of supported projects, June–August 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Ž. Pečiulis –

Assoc. Prof. J. Mažylė –

  • Lecture at the Cleveland Centre for Lithuanian Culture and Documentation (USA) on the exile press, the creative legacy of Vytautas Gedgaudas, editor-in-Chief of the Soil (1968–1991). January 2019;
  • Report The Margins of Memory: The Fates of the Lawyers of Independent Lithuania (1918-1940). 6th World Congress of Lithuanian Lawyers. Lithuanian Law Society, Lithuanian Association of Lawyers, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, 4–5 July, 2019;
  • A Lithuanian of Cleveland and Lithuania from Narkūnai. By Nemunėlis, 2019, no. 1;
  • Organizer of the artistic photography exhibition One Model, One Love, One Life. Lithuanian Journalists’ Union, Mažeikiai Museum;
  • Lecture on the Union of the Friends of the “New Romuva” (1931–1940). Conference dedicated to J. Keliuotis, Rokiškis. September 21, 2019.

 

DEPARTMENT OF MUSEOLOGY

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 219 3290
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Laužikas

STAFF

Professors: Dr. R. Laužikas, Dr. V. Vaitkevičius (till 2019 September)
Associate professors: Dr. J. Blažiūnas, Dr. R. Repšienė,
Researchers: Š. Valotkienė, Dr. T. Žižiūnas.
Doctoral students: D. Armakauskaitė, N. Charapan, N. Latvytė-Gustaitienė, I. Kelpšienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Digitization and digital communication of cultural heritage
Social values of museums and heritage communication
Communication of traumatic heritage

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

The Impact of Heritage Communication and Museums for Social Cohesion and Economic Growth in Lithuania. Prof. Dr. R. Laužikas. 2017–2020.

Main publications:

Šermukšnytė, R., Banachas, V., Choma, I., Hnidik, I., Koniuchovas, S., Kulevičius, S., Kurdina, J., Kuzminas, R., Laužikas, R., Lisejko, J., Verbicka, P., Žukauskienė, O. Naratyvų labirintuose: Lietuvos ir Ukrainos muziejų patirtys (In the labyrinth of naratives: the experience of Lithuanian and Ukrainian museums). Vilnius University Press. 2019, 216 p.

Kelpšienė, I. Exploring archaeological organizations’ communication on facebook: a review of MOLA’s facebook page. Advances in Archaeological Practice. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. 2019, vol. 7(2): 203–214.

Laužikas, R., Plikynas, D. Towards conceptually novel oscillating agent-based simulation of the relationship between cultural participation and social capital. Modelling and Simulation of Social-behavioral Phenomena in Creative Societies. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019, 26–144.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Automated Monitoring of Urban Heritage 3D Video Technologies (Nr. 01.2.2- LMT-K718-01- 0043). Head of the project Prof. Dr. Albinas Kuncevičius; project participants – Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Laužikas, Dr. Tadas Žižiūnas. 2018–2022.

International Research Networking Projects

CA COST Action CA15201. Archaeological Practices and Knowledge Work in the Digital Environment. Funded by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. 2016–2020. Dr. Isto Huvila (Uppsala University, Sweden). Rimvydas Laužikas, Ingrida Kelpšienė, Vykintas Vaitkevičius, Tadas Žižiūnas. 2016–2020.

The main aim of ARKWORK is to build a trans-disciplinary network that brings together the multidisciplinary work of researchers of archaeological practices and their current projects in the field of archaeological knowledge production and use in order to give a major push forward in the current state of-the-art in knowing how archaeological knowledge is produced, how it is used and how to maximize its positive impact in the society. Vilnius University is the Grant holder institution. Rimvydas Laužikas is Science Representative, MC member and leader of WG3. Researchers of Department of Museology V. Vaitkevičius, I. Kelpšienė, T. Žižiūnas took part at different WG.

CA COST Action CA16123. New Exploratory Phase in Research on East European Cultures of Dissent. Funded by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. Dr. Maciej Maryl (Instytut Badan literackich Polskiej akademii nauk, Poland). Ingrida Kelpšienė, Vykintas Vaitkevičius, Nadzeya Charapan, Neringa Latvytė-Gustaitienė. 2017–2021.

The main aim of the Action is to trigger the next discovery phase of this legacy through forging a new, reflexive approach and providing a platform for incubating networked, transnational, multidisciplinary and technology-conscious research with creative dissemination capacities. Researcher of Department of Museology I. Kelpšienė took part at MC Substitute. N. Charapan participated in WG 1 “Culture under surveillance” and contributed to the Joint Review Report.

CA COST Action CA18128. Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age. Funded by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. Prof Julian Richards (University of York Archaeology Data Service, UK). Rimvydas Laužikas, Ingrida Kelpšienė, Regina Varnienė-Janssen, Arūnas Gudinavičius. 2019–2023.

The main aim and objective of the Action is to mitigate the loss of primary archaeological data by developing common understandings around the stewardship of digital archaeological data, building new best-practice networks to support the preservation and open dissemination of archaeological data, and the creation of more inclusive research partnerships.

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

University of York, York (United Kingdom)
Uppsala University, Uppsala (Sweden)
Athena-Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, Athens (Greece)
Toronto University, Toronto (Canada)
University of Helsinki (Finland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. R. Laužikas –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Repšienė –

  • editor-in-Chief of Lietuvos kultūros tyrimai (Lithuania Culture Studies), http://www.lkti.lt/LKT/;
  • editorial board member of Pilde sisse minek: ildi sisse minek : artikleid välitööde alalt. Koostaja: Eda Kalmre, Toimetaja: Eda Kalmre. Tartu: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum, 2019. Internet access: https://www.digar.ee/arhiiv/nlib-digar:402828.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Kelpšienė, I., Dallas, C. Archaeological communities on Facebook: metaphors admins live by. On shifting grounds – the study of archaeological practices in a changing world. Rethymnon, Greece. October 3–5, 2019.
  • Dallas, C., Kelpšienė, I. What motivates, and what troubles, archaeology-related Facebook administrators? Results from a focus group and interviewing study. Public Archaeology Twitter conference #PATC4. September 5, 2019 [online conference]
  • Laužikas, R., Dallas, C., Thomas, S., Kelpšienė, I., Huvila, I., Luengo, P., Nobre, H., Toumpouri, M., Vaitkevičius, V. How and why people today engage with the archaeological heritage. CARARE conference Archaeology and Architecture in Europeana. Amersfoort, Netherlands. June 28, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. R. Laužikas –

Š. Valotkienė –

 

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

11 Bernardinų str., LT-01124, Vilnius
Tel. 219 3041
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Andrius Vaišnys

STAFF

Professors: Dr. G. Aleknonis, Dr. A. Vaišnys.
Assistant: Dr. V. Denisenko.
Doctoral student: V. Venckūnas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Information policy (media-state relations)
History and development of mass media
Journalism ethics
Journalism theory and practice
Media effects
Media management
New and traditional media
History of Journalism (process of media-government conflict as theoretical and practical aspects)
Political communication

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Conflicts of Political Communication in Journalism: Experience, Challenges, Perspectives of Media-Audience-Government Relationship. Prof. Dr. A. Vaišnys. 2017–2020.

Main publications:

Vaišnys, A. Gražinos Ručytės pianissimo: branda ir sklaida antiformalistinio rojuko metais (Pianissimo of Gražina Ručytė: maturity and dissemination in the years of anti-formalist paradise). A monograph. Vilnius: Vaga. 2019, 234 p.

International Research Networking Projects

COST Action CA15101. Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy theories (COMPACT Prof. Dr. G. Aleknonis). 2016–2020.

Existing research has tended to concentrate on specific national traditions, and is often confined to the perspective of a single discipline. In contrast, this Action will adopt a comparative approach, investigating the causes, manifestations and effects of conspiracy theories in different regions and times, and drawing on insights from history, politics, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and psychology. The Action will pursue the inquiry in three broad areas: the manifestations and modes of transmission of conspiracy theory in different historical and cultural contexts; the variety of actors and audiences involved in the production and consumption of conspiracy theories; and the psychological and cultural causes and political consequences of belief in conspiracy. Working closely with stakeholders, this Action will build a better understanding of conspiracy theories in order to develop an effective response to them.

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

Warsaw University (Poland)
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw (Poland)
Kiel University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
European Communication Research and Education Association
Baltic Association of Media Research

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. A. Vaišnys –

Prof. Dr. G. Aleknonis –

Asist. Dr. V. Denisenko –

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Prof. Dr. A. Vaišnys –

Prof. Dr. G. Aleknonis –

  • Expert / Evaluator of the Foundation for Support of Press, Radio and Television;
  • Expert / Evaluator of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education of Lithuania.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. G. Aleknonis –

  • Monthly political reviews for magazine „Miškai“.

 


DEPARTMENT OF RHETORIC

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 5 219 3041
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lina Murinienė

STAFF

Professor: Habil. Dr. R. Koženiauskienė (Affiliated Professor).
Associate professor: Dr. L. Murinienė.
Doctoral student: A. Avčininkas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Media rhetoric, political rhetoric, rhetoric of the old Lithuania’s literature
Language communication, pragmatics, stylistics
Language policy, standardization and codification

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Power and Strategies of the Contemporary Spoken and Written Public Language. Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Murinienė. 2017–2020.

The aim of the project was to analyse the relation and interface between rhetoric and language communication, trends and tendencies of public discourse for choice of rhetoric strategies.

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Murinienė –

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Murinienė –

  • Member of the Terminology Commission of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation since 2018.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

A. Avčininkas –

Prof. Habil. Dr. R. Koženiauskienė –

  • Gimnazistai, ar ryžtumėtės mesti pirštinę? (Linksmai apie XVII a. jaunųjų iškalbos lyderių varžybas) [Gymnasists, are you ready to take the gloves off? In a funny way about XVII century competition of the young oratory leaders] scientific-practical conference Gyvu žodžiu pamokyti [To give a live example]. December 6, 2019, Dusetos, Lithuania, http://www.buga.zarasumuziejus.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Programa_K_Bugai-.pdf.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Murinienė –

  • Mąstau, vadinasi kalbu, arba kaip tapti iškalbos lyderiu. [To think is to speak, or how to become an oratory leader] scientific-practical conference Gyvu žodžiu pamokyti [To give a live example]. December 6, 2019, Dusetos, Lithuania, http://www.buga.zarasumuziejus.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Programa_K_Bugai-.pdf.
  • Public lecture Language Policy in Lithuania. October 30, 2019, Stockholm University, Sweden.
  • Presentation Recent changes of norms and rules of the Lithuanian language and their impact on translation and revision, at the European Commission, Luxembourg, November 12, 2019.

 

DEPARTMENT OF SCREEN AND PERFORMATIVE COMMUNICATION

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 219 3168
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Renata Šukaitytė

STAFF

Associate professors: Dr. R. Bitinaitė-Širvinskienė (till 2019 September), Dr. K. Kirtiklis, Dr. M. Petrikas, Dr. R. Šukaitytė.
Assistant: Dr. R. Kregždaitė.
Teaching assistant: G. Plepytė-Davidavičienė.
Partnership associate professor: Dr. T. Petrikis.
Doctoral students: M. Meilutytė (till 2019 November), R. Stonytė (till 2019 April).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Lithuanian and European Cinema
Visual Culture and Media
Media Theory and Philosophy
Theatre and Performance Studies

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Media, Culture, Politics and Citizenship Convergence in Lithuania. Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Šukaitytė. 2017–2020.

The project aims at discussing, which media, culture and politics convergence strategies dominate in Lithuanian visual culture and what is the role of creative citizenship in it. National phenomena will be located in the global context and looked at from critical theory and interdisciplinary research perspective.

Main publication:

Petrikas, M. Bourdieusian concepts and the field of theatre criticism. Nordic Theatre Studies: Theatre and Continental Philosophy. Goteborg: Föreningen Nordiska Teaterforskare (Association of Nordic Theatre Scholars). 2019, vol. 31(1): 38–57.

International Research Projects

Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Re-Claimed Avant-garde. Leader Dr. Dariusz Kosinski, Dr. Malgorzata Leyko. Researcher: Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Petrikas. 2017–2019.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Political Shift on the Screen: Post-Communist Transformation in Lithuanian Film and Video. Leader Dr. Anna Mikonis-Railienė. Researchers: Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Šukaitytė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Martišius, doct. R. Stonytė. 2017–2019.

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

University of Lodz (Poland)
University of Central Lancashire (UK)
Tallinn University (Estonia)
University of Helsinki (Finland)
Lusofona University (Portugal)
Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Šukaitytė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Petrikas –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Bitinaitė–Širvinskienė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. K. Kirtiklis –

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Petrikas, M. Communicative Turn in Theatre Industry. International conference IFTR World Congress: Theatre, Performance and Urbanism. Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, July 8–12, 2019;
  • Šukaitytė, R. Breaking, Crossing and Guarding Eastern European Borders in Documentary Films: "Waiting for Invasion" (2017), "Disco and Atomic War" (2009), "1989" (2014) and "The Bus" (2005). 10th annual small cinemas conference Small Cinemas, Small Spaces, Lisbon, Portugal, September 25–27, 2019;
  • Kirtiklis, K. Mediatization theory between ontological and methodological individualism. ECREA midterm conference Datafication, Mediatization, and the Machine Age, University of Bonn, Germany. November 1–2, 2019.

 

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Petrikas –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Renata Šukaitytė –

  • Expert service provided for The Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology, since 2018.



DIGITAL MEDIA LABORATORY

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 236 6105
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrius Šuminas

STAFF

Professor: Dr. E. Macevičiūtė.
Associate professors: Dr. A. Gudinavičius, Dr. E. Janiūnienė, Dr. D. Jastramskis, Dr. Z. Manžuch, Dr. A. Šuminas.
Doctoral students: J. Januškevičiūtė, R. Kupetytė, A. Šileris.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Interactive and traditional media
Social media and social networking
Political communication
Publishing and marketing
Strategic management of cultural heritage digitization
Strategic management of libraries and information services
Communication of cultural content in the digital age
Library management
Digital publishing and e-reading
Digital libraries, resources and services
Digital reading and media use for social inclusion
Media publishing and marketing, digital publishing, e-reading
Digital reading and media use for social inclusion
Human-computer interaction
Information behaviour
Information and information quality management
Information service management
Media policy and regulation
Media economics and management
Media psychology and effects

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Digital Media Usage, Contexts and Impact Levels (Public, Organization and Individual) Basic and Applied Research. Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Šuminas. 2018–2020.

The research aims at expanding the boundaries of knowledge and carrying out international research on the use of digital media in cooperation with Lithuanian and foreign scientific, state institutions and businesses.

Main publications:

Jastramskis, D. Žiniasklaidos politika Lietuvoje. Vilnius: Vilnius University Press. 2019, 232 p.

Manžuch, Z., Macevičiūtė, E. Getting ready to reduce the digital divide: scenarios of Lithuanian public libraries. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Hoboken: Wiley. 2019, 1–13.

Macevičiūtė, E., Wilson, T. D., Manžuch, Z. Assessing the graphic questionnaire used in digital literacy training. Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology. Santa Rosa: Informing Science Institute. 2019, vol. 16: 113–126.

National Research

Applied research project Establishment of Analysis, Modelling and Risk Management Competences Centre (i.MAMC) on Lithuanian Taxpayer Behaviour. Together with the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate and financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds. Head of the project A. Stašionis; project coordinators – A. Gudinavičius, A. Šuminas; project participants – A. Aleksandravičius, J. Tamosynas. 2016–2019.

International Research Networking Projects

COST Action CA16204. Distant Reading for European Literary History. The coordination activities are supported by EU Horizon 2020 programme. COST member of the operational management committee (MC) – Arūnas Gudinavičius. COST Deputy Chairman of the management committee (MC) – Andrius Šuminas. 2017–2021.

COST Action CA18236. Multidisciplinary Innovation for Social Change. The coordination activities are supported by EU Horizon 2020 programme. COST member of the management committee (MC) – E. Macevičiūtė. MC substitute – Z. Manžuch. 2019–2023.

The aim of this Action is to demonstrate, through the adoption of Multi-Disciplinary Innovation (MDI) methods, how we can respond to social problems with a design-led approach, which has a problem-oriented ethos, supporting positive social change and the development of international public policy discourse. It will be achieved through the establishment of a Pan-European Public Sector Innovation (ePSI) lab. It will prepare students for roles in employment by integrating education programs into the lab’s operations and it will support agencies that have a role in responding to and developing public policy.

COST Action CA18230. Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representations. The coordination activities are supported by EU Horizon 2020 programme. COST member of the management committee (MC) – A. Šuminas. MC substitute – A. Gudinavičius. 2019–2023.

The aim of this COST action is to build a network for the interdisciplinary study of the potential interactive digital narrative has as a means to addressing complexity as a societal challenge by representing, experiencing and comprehending complex phenomena and thus address the issue of "fake news". The challenge therefore is to change IDNs current status from ‘singular achievement’ of a small group of ‘initiated’ practitioners to ‘general practice’ of many media companies. The INDCOR project (Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representations) addresses this challenge by means of a coordinated effort in analysing and generalizing design and production methods of stand-out IDN works with a particular focus on the representation of complex issues.

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

Warsaw University (Poland)
University of Boras (Sweden)
University of Leiden (The Netherlands)
University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
University of Stavanger (Norway)
University of Zadar (Croatia)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Šuminas –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Manžuch –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Jastramskis –

.Prof. Dr. E. Macevičiūtė –

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Gudinavičius, A. From Book Smuggling in the 19th c. to Modern Digital Piracy: the Driving Factors Behind the Illegal Downloading of Books. International SHARP annual conference Indigeneity, Nationhood, and Migrations of the Book. University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, July 15–19, 2019.

Gudinavičius, A. Illegal book usage from the point of view of readers, publishers and authors. International conference By the Book 6: Power Dynamics in Publishing. Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy, June 26–27, 2019.

Jastramskis, D. Evolution of political influence on the Lithuanian national radio and television. 2019 IAMCR Conference Communication, Technology & Human Dignity: Disputed Rights, Contested Truths. School of Communication, UCM, July 7–11, 2019, Madrid, Spain.

Macevičiūtė, E., Wilson, T., Manžuch, Z. Assessing the graphic questionnaire used in digital literacy training. International conference InSITE: From Diversity toward Unity. June 30–July, 2019, Jerusalem, Israel.

Šuminas, A. ‘Unseen Lithuania’ – unseen book promotion campaign. International conference By the Book 6: Power Dynamics in Publishing. Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy, June 26–27, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Manžuch -

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Šuminas -

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Manžuch -

Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Jastramskis -

A. Šileris –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Šuminas –

 

 

GENDER STUDIES CENTRE

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. 219 3028
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lijana Stundžė

STAFF

Associate professors: Dr. I. Michailovič, Dr. A. Novelskaitė, Dr. L. Stundžė.
Assistant professor: Dr. D. Šėporaitytė-Vismantė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Implementation of gender equality in Lithuania: gender equality policies
Women’s rights
Human rights
Gender and communication
Gender and law
Disabled women
Sociology of gender: gender in different social institutions; ethics of academic/research activities

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Gender Issues Representations and Disseminations in Different Socio-Cultural Contexts. Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Stundžė. 2018–2021.

Gender studies is a versatile research field, which encompasses gender equality and human (women’s, men’s, queer, other) rights; women, men, and queer studies; historical component of gender and social gender movements; gender dimension in different socio-cultural institutions (family, education, economics, politics, medicine etc.) and socio-cultural contexts (national states, subcultures, professions etc.); gender related implications on micro (individual), meso (organizational, communal) and macro (national, regional, global) levels; and many others. Thus, the field outspreads on numerous gender and related theories as well as on the feminist and other ontological, epistemological, and methodological developments. On the other hand, in terms of social policy, the field directly relates to the main ideas and societal goals of strengthening democracy, implementing overall equality, developing knowledge-based society, and others.

Other projects

HORIZON2020 project Supporting and Implementing Plans for Gender Equality in Academia and Research (SPEAR) No. 824544. Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Novelskaitė is leader of the SPEAR VU team, Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Stundžė is member of the SPEAR VU team. 2019–2022.

Main publications:

Novelskaitė, A., Pučėtaitė, R. Wo/man leader – wo/man employee. Leadership relations in (ethical) organizational culture. In M. Kawińska, O. Kotowska-Wójcik, (eds.), Masculinity and Femininity: towards Gender Complementarity. Warszawa. 2019.

Stundžė, L., Novelskaitė, A. Sexuality education in school and family: communicational aspects. In M. Kawińska, O. Kotowska-Wójcik, (eds.), Masculinity and Femininity: towards Gender Complementarity. Warszawa. 2019.

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

Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson (Lithuania)
Centre of Equality Advancement (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Social Research Centre (Lithuania)
Institute of Sociology of Faculty of Historical and Social Sciences of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Stundžė –

  • organizing committee member of the national conference Application of Information and Communication Theory into Practice, 2019;
  • organization committee Chair and scientific committee member of the international conference Gender Studies and Research in 2019: Centenary Achievements and Perspectives, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Michailovič –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Novelskaitė –

  • scientific committee Chair and organization committee member of the international conference Gender Studies and Research in 2019: Centenary Achievements and Perspectives, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/;
  • Gender subcommittee member at the Horizon2020 project RRING – Responsible Research and Innovation Networking Globally, https://www.rring.eu/.

Dr. D. Šėporaitytė-Vismantė –

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Novelskaitė, A. Wo/man leader – wo/man employee. Leadership relations in (ethical) organizational culture. 6th international conference Masculinity and Femininity: towards Gender Complementarity. April 10, 2019, Warsaw, Poland.

Stundžė, L. Interplay between sexuality education and gender studies: communicational trajectories in Lithuania and other countries. 6th international conference Masculinity and Femininity: towards Gender Complementarity. April 10, 2019, Warsaw, Poland.

Stundžė, L., Novelskaitė, A. Gender studies at the VU and in Lithuania. Country review. Working seminar at Gender studies group, School of Culture and Education, Sodertorn University, Stockholm, Sweden. December 11, 2019.

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Stundžė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Michailovič –

  • consultants of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Novelskaitė –

  • external evaluator for EC project Reduction of Gender Pay Gap, No. 820731, REC-RGEN-PENS-AG-2017, 2014–2020.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Stundžė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Novelskaitė -

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Stundžė and Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Novelskaitė –

  • working seminar with Belarusian academics Gender studies at Vilnius University (organized by Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) in Lund, Sweden.

 

 

RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE ORGANISATION OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION

9 Saulėtekio av., LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel: 236 6113
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Regina Varnienė-Janssen

STAFF

Associate professor: Dr. R. Varnienė-Janssen.
Assistant professors: Dr. V. Grigas, Dr. M. Prokopčik, Dr. J. Rudžionienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Digital libraries
Digital curation and long-term preservation
Digital and media literacy
Management of requirements for information systems
Metadata
Scholarly communication
Heritage and memory communication
Management of libraries and information resource
Organization of data and information

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by University Budget

Organization of Library Activities and Information within the Smart Society and Smart Management. Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Varnienė-Janssen. 2017–2020.

The research aims to define efficient management of the libraries and services organization from the viewpoint of reducing of social exclusion and aims to investigate international, interinstitutional and inter-sectoral cooperation from the point of innovative services in the context of strengthening knowledge and intellectual potential.

Main publications

Grigas, V., Mierzecka, A., Tomori, T., Koltay, T. Secondary school teachers’ attitudes to information literacy: a study of a questionnaire validity. In: Kurbanoğlu, S. et al. (eds.) Information Literacy in Everyday Life. ECIL 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Cham: Springer Nature. 2019, 357–368.

International Research Networking Projects

CA COST Action CA16204 - Distant Reading for European Literary History

School Pedagogy in general and its Information Society. Leader of research group – Prof. Habil. Dr. Tibor Koltay. Member of the research group – Dr. Vincas Grigas. EFOP-3.6.1.-16.2016-00001 Complex Development of Research Capacities and Services ar Esterhazy Karoly University project. 2017–2021.

CA COST Action CA18128 - Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age. Funded by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. 2019–2023. Prof Julian Richards (University of York Archaeology Data Service, UK). Rimvydas Laužikas, Ingrida Kelpšienė, Regina Varnienė-Janssen, Arūnas Gudinavičius.

The main aim and objective of the Action is to mitigate the loss of primary archaeological data by developing common understandings around the stewardship of digital archaeological data, building new best-practice networks to support the preservation and open dissemination of archaeological data, and the creation of more inclusive research partnerships.

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

Vilnius University Library (Lithuania)
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Vilnius University (Lithuania)
Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland)
Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)
Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Lithuania)
Esterhazy Karoly University (Hungary)
University of Warsaw (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Varnienė-Janssen –

Dr. J. Rudžionienė –

Dr. V. Grigas –

Dr. M. Prokopčik –

  • member of the Lithuanian Standards Board Technical Committee TK 81 Preservation of Cultural Heritage.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Grigas, V. Illegal book usage from the point of view of readers, publishers and authors. International conference By the Book 6: Power Dynamics in Publishing. Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy, June 26–27, 2019.

Varnienė-Janssen, R. together with Šermokas, A. CIDOC CRM Based Provenance Metadata for Interoperability of Cultural and Research data. RODBH 2019, Leipzig.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Dr. V. Grigas –