Kaunas Faculty

   Muitinės St 8, LT-44280 Kaunas
   Phone: +370 37 423222, Fax: +370 37 423222
   E-mail:
   http://www.knf.vu.lt
   Dean – Assoc. Prof. Dr Giedrius Romeika

 

 

STAFF
83 teachers (incl. 73 holding research degree), 13 research fellows (incl. 12 holding research degree), 24 doctoral students.

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY
Institute of Languages, Literature and Translation Studies
Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

RESEARCH AREAS
• Modelling and management of social and economic development of Lithuania
• Poetics, rhetoric and linguistics: fundamental and applied research into literary and non-literary texts
• Identification processes, data analysis and visualisation, artificial intelligence, the modelling of processes and systems, mathematical logic and discrete structures, innovative teaching methods
• The technologies of images and signals, parallel calculations, system engineering, estimate experiments, application of information technologies

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2023
I. Veitaitė. “Enterprise Knowledge-Based UML Dynamic Models Generation Method”.
D. Burbienė. “Expressing Relative Time in Russian and Lithuanian”.
S. Jurėnė. “The Impact of the Types and Forms of Tools Used by Cultural Organisations, Prior Knowledge, and Seeking Gratification on Audience Engagement”.
R. A. Medeišienė. “Influence of Applied Drama Methods on the Moral Competence of Mid-Managers”.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANISED IN 2023
1. 18th prof. Vladas Gronskas International Scientific Conference. (https://www.knf.vu.lt/gronskas-international-conference).
2. The 15th International Conference on Culture and Creativity (https://www.knf.vu.lt/en/the-15th-international-conference-on-culture-and-creativity).
3. IVUS 2023: 28th International Conference Information Society and University Studies (https://ivus.ktu.edu/).
4. Scientific conference of Lithuanian Philology students “Final Rehearsal” (https://www.knf.vu.lt/en/research/scientific-events/18-en/science/3239-scientific-conference-of-lithuanian-philology-students-final-rehearsal).
5. TELL ME MORE: Translation Conference for Students and Early Career Researchers (https://www.knf.vu.lt/en/research/scientific-events/18-en/science/3217-tell-me-more-a-conference-for-young-scholars-on-translation).

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2023
1. Ramanauskaitė, Egidija. KAUNO HIPIAI. Tapatybės paieškos. 1966-1972 [The HIPPIES of KAUNAS. Soviet-era Search for Identity. 1966-1972] – Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2023. 290 p.
2. Čiegis, Remigijus. Austrų ekonomikos mokykla ir jos poveikis ekonominės minties raidai. II dalis [The Austrian school of economics and its impact on the development of economic thought. Part II: monograph] / monografija. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2023. 880 p. ISBN 9786090709078. eISBN 9786090709085.
3. Jurėnienė, Virginija; Purvaneckienė, Giedrė. Lietuvos modernios visuomenės (ne)modernėjimas: vertybių kaita lyčių lygybės aspektu (1988–2022) [The (un)modernisation of modern Lithuanian society: the change of values from the perspective of gender equality (1988–2022) monograph]: monografija. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2023. 431 p. ISBN 9786090708378. eISBN 9786090708385. DOI: 10.15388/vup-book-0032.
4. Šikšnelytė-Butkienė, Indrė; Štreimikienė, Dalia. Sustainable energy development a multi-criteria decision making approach, monograph. Florida: CRC Press, 2023. 183 p. ISBN 9781032346496. eISBN 9781003327196. Prieiga per internetą: <https://www.routledge.com/Sustainable-Energy-Development-A-Multi-Criteria-Decision-Making-Approach/Siksnelyte-Butkiene Streimikiene/p/book/9781032346496>.
5. Štreimikienė, Dalia; Mikalauskienė, Asta; Stanislovaitytė, Gabija. Corporate social hypocrisy. CSR in the era of global crises. Monograph. Boca Raton : Routledge, 2023. 194 p. (Routledge advances in management and business studies). ISBN 9781032489957. eISBN 9781003391753. Prieiga per internetą: <https://www.routledge.com/Corporate-Social-Hypocrisy-CSR-in-the-Era-of-Global Crises/Steimikiene-Mikalauskiene-Stanislovaityte/p/book/9781032489957>.

 

INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES (KLVSI)

Muitinės st. 12, LT-44280 Kaunas
Phone: 37 422 926
E-mail:
Director – Prof. Dr Danguolė Satkauskaitė

STAFF
Professors: Dr D. Aliūkaitė (part-time), Dr G. Bankauskaitė, Dr L. Huber (part-time), Dr D. Mikulėnienė (part-time), Dr D. Satkauskaitė (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr J. Astrauskienė, Dr R. Baranauskienė, Dr S. Biržietienė, Dr E. Gabrėnaitė (part-time), Dr S. Juzelėnienė, Dr J. Kerevičienė, Dr E. Keturakienė, Dr J. Krūminienė (part-time), Dr R. Kudirka, Dr I. Mickienė, Dr Ž. Nemickienė (part-time), Dr L. Martinkutė (part-time), Dr J. Radavičiūtė (part-time), Dr S. Šarkauskienė (part-time), Dr D. Vengalienė (part-time), Dr A. Vitkūnė-Bajorinienė.
Lecturers: G. Dubauskienė (part-time), L. Fedorčenkienė (part-time), L. Kamičaitytė (part-time), J. Valnickienė, A. Kuzmickienė (part-time), R. Mačiulskienė (part-time), J. Koldun (on maternity leave), Dr I. Šležaitė (part-time), E. Voidogienė (on maternity leave).
Assistants: Dr E. Alosevičienė (part-time), Dr V. Linkevičiūtė (part-time).
Senior research fellows: Dr E. Kiškina, Dr I. Stepukonienė., Dr E. Gabrėnaitė (part-time)
Research fellows: Dr E. Alosevičienė (part-time), Dr A. Kairaitytė-Užupė (part-time), Dr D. Senvaitytė.
Doctoral students: B. Brasienė, G. Gibavičienė (on academic leave), M. Stankienė (on academic leave), J. Motiejūnienė, A. Peccini, D. Vaišvlylaitė, I. Višinskaitė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Cognitive Aspects of Media and Political Discourse Analysis
• Sociolinguistic Research on Dialectal Speech
• Perceptual Analysis of Dialectical Discourse
• Exploration of Toponyms and Anthroponyms
• Multimodal Metaphors: Methodological Approaches
• Translation of Culture-bound References
• Interdisciplinary Approach to Audiovisual Translation
• Development, Characteristics and Perception of Voice-over
• Issues of Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Audio Description Strategies and Problems
• Theatre and Opera Surtitling as a Multimodal Construct
• Polysemiotic Cohesion in Film Dubbing
• Literary Discourse of Contemporary English and American Literature
• Interpretative Understanding of Literature: Hermeneutical Approach
• Inter-textual Criticism: Shifts of Reading Horizons
• Modernist Poetics: History, Fantasy and Fiction
• Generic Deconstruction as Reflected in Literary Discourse
• Historical Consciousness in 19th Century Lithuanian Poetry
• Contemporary Reception of Literary Heritage and Literary Criticism
• Poetics, Stylistics and Rhetoric in Fictional Texts and Public Discourse
• Heritage of Cultural Groups from the Perspective of Digital Humanities

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Members of the research group Multimodality in Public Discourse: Assoc. Prof. Dr Baranauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Biržietienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Gabrėnaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Juzelėnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Ž. Nemickienė, Prof. Dr S. Šarkauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Vengalienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Vitkūnė-Bajorinienė

Research field of the research group: investigation of multimodal texts in various public areas. In 2023, the study focused on the analysis of political discourse in social media, the aspects of fantasy tradition after J. K. Rowling and the applications of multimodality in Lithuanian brands.
Main publications:
1. Gabrėnaitė, Eglė, & Biržietienė, Skirmantė (2023). Retorinė rusų kalbos intarpų vertė lietuvių politikų įrašuose „Facebook“ [Rhetorical Value of Russian Inserts in the Posts by Lithuanian Politicians on “Facebook”] Information & Media, 97, 8–24. (https://www.journals.vu.lt/IM/article/view/29140/30615)
2. Nemickienė, Živilė, & Vengalienė, Dovilė (2023). Secondary world in fantasy tradition after J. K. Rowling. Respectus Philologicus, (43), 86–97. (https://www.journals.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus/article/view/30745/30814)
3. Juzelėnienė, Saulutė; Stvolaitė, Aistė. Multimodal representations of Lithuanian brands: the case of “Džiugas”, “Rūta” and “Pieno žvaigždės” // Respectus Philologicus. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-8295. eISSN 2335-2388. 2023, Nr. 44, p. 25-39. DOI: 10.15388/RESPECTUS.2023.44.49.105.

Members of the research group Audiovisual Translation Research: Prof. Dr D. Satkauskaitė, Prof. Dr L. Huber, Prof. Dr J. Krūminienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Kerevičienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Martinkutė, Dr E. Alosevičienė, Dr J. Astrauskienė, PhD Student I. Višinskaitė, PhD Student J. Motiejūnienė, PhD Student B. Brasienė.

Research field of the research group: theoretical frameworks, research methodologies and applications of audiovisual translation. The focus of the research in 2023 was on the multimodal analysis of the content found in Lithuanian social networks, media accessibility aspects of various audiovisual translation modes and the rendition of culture-bound references in audiovisual products.

Main publications:
1. Kerevičienė, J. (2023). A Humorous perspective to a frustrating time: Multimodal analysis of COVID-19 memes in the Lithuanian social networks // Styles of communication. Bucharest: University of Bucharest. ISSN 2065-7943. eISSN 2067-564X. 2023, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 76-91. DOI: 10.31178/SC.15.1.04.
2. Niedzviegienė, L. (2023). Audio description for cinema and TV production in Lithuania // TransLogos: translation studies journal. İstanbul : Diye Yayınları. eISSN 2667-4629. 2023, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 1-20. DOI: 10.29228/transLogos.52.
3. Vilimienė, A., Astrauskienė, J. (2023). “The cuisine is not an old, tired marriage. It is a passionate affair of the heart”: Translation of Gastronomical References in the Film “The Hundred-Foot Journey” // Styles of communication. Bucharest: University of Bucharest. ISSN 2065-7943. eISSN 2067-564X. 2023, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 44-64. DOI: 10.31178/SC.15.2.03.

Members of the research group The Interaction of Text and Context: Prof. Dr G. Bankauskaitė, Prof. Dr L. Huber, Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Biržietienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Keturakienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Šarkauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Radavičiūtė, senior research fellow Dr I. Stepukonienė, PhD Student D. Vaišvylaitė.

Research field of the research group: 19th and 20th century literature. The focus of the research in 2023 was on the literary image of a woman in early modernism as well as on the concept of freedom in the letters of Lithuanian cultural figures.
Main publications:
1. Bankauskaitė, Gabija; Romanovska, Alina. Early modernism: literary image of a woman in Lithuanian and Latvian literature // Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies (HASSS). Bangkok : Silpakorn University. eISSN 2630-0079. 2023, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 421-430. <https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hasss/article/view/260832>.
2. Bankauskaitė, Gabija. Laisvė kaip atminties ir vietos sąsaja Antano Vaičiulaičio laiškuose = Freedom as a relationship of memory and place in the correspondence of Antanas Vaičiulaitis // Prace Bałtystyczne. Język – Literatura – Kultura, t. 8. Warszawa : Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2023. ISBN 9788323561637. eISBN 9788323561712. ISSN 2081-6839. p. 103-117. DOI: 10.31338/uw.9788323561712.

Members of the research group Language Varieties and Language Attitudes: Approaches of Perceptual Dialectology, Sociolinguistics, etc.: Prof. Dr D. Aliūkaitė, Prof. Dr D. Mikulėnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Mickienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Baranauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Kudirka, Assist. Dr V. Linkevičiūtė, PhD Student A. Peccini.

Research field of the research group: the focus of the research in 2023 was on the study of nicknames in order to investigate the motives determining the choice of nickname structure and appellative meaning as well as on political discourse.
Main publications:
1. Mickienė, I., Baranauskienė, R. (2023). Nicknames as a socio-cultural phenomenon among Lithuanian youth // Personal names and naming from an anthropological-linguistic perspective / edited by Sambulo Ndlovu. Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023. ISBN 9783110759174. eISBN 9783110759297. p. 73-96. (Anthropological Linguistics [AL], ISSN 2701-987X, eISSN 2701-9888 ; vol. 4). DOI: 10.1515/9783110759297.
2. Linkevičiūtė, V. (2023). The image of Russia in Volodymyr Zelensky’s political discourse (the first week of the war). Balkanistic Forum: Conformity, Empathy, Activism, 1, 9–27. https://doi.org/10.37708/bf.swu.v32i1.1

Members of the research group Culture and Digital Humanities: Senior research fellow Dr E. Kiškina, research fellow Dr A. Kairaitytė-Užupė, Dr D. Senvaitytė

Research field of the research group: the objectives of the research in 2023 were to gather, digitize and investigate heritage phenomena of cultural groups as well as to carry out analysis of Soviet-era youth hippie groups.
Main publications:
1. Ramanauskaitė, Egidija. KAUNO HIPIAI. Tapatybės paieškos. 1966-1972 [The HIPPIES of KAUNAS. Soviet-era Search for Identity. 1966-1972] – Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2023. 290 p.
2. Kairaitytė-Užupė, Aušra, Ramanauskaitė, Egidija, & Rudžionis, Vytautas Evaldas. (2023). Teksto analizės įrankio „Voyant Tools“ panaudojimas mokslinės informacijos analizei. [Scientific Information Analysis Using Text Analysis Tool “Voyant Tools”] Information & Media, 97, 25–48. https://doi.org/10.15388/Im.2023.97.57

National Research Projects
The Research Council of Lithuania, Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme (2016-2024). An open-access database and research of self-published informal Lithuanian youth press (fanzines). Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Kiškina. 2021–2023.
The aim of the project is to collect and digitize a comprehensive archive of informal Lithuanian youth press, self-published during the Soviet occupation and in the first decade of Lithuania’s independence (1968–2000), mainly focusing on gathering a collection of fanzines.
An electronic database (Digital Archive of Lithuanian Youth Culture https://www.jauka.knf.vu.lt/) was created. A collection of fanzines of youth self-published newspapers from 1968-2011 has been assembled, digitised and placed in the archive; the material is available for researchers: https://jauka.knf.vu.lt/collection
Main publication:
1. Kairaitytė-Užupė, Aušra; Ramanauskaitė, Egidija. Jaunimo neformalių savilaidos leidinių fanzinų atsiradimas ir paplitimas Lietuvoje = The emergence and prevalence of informal youth self-published fanzines in Lithuania // Tautosakos darbai. Vilnius : Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas. ISSN 1392-2831. eISSN 2783-6827. 2023, t. 65, p. 128-144. DOI: 10.51554/TD.23.65.06.

Development of Scientific Competences of Scientists, other Researchers and Students through Practical Research Activities (Postdoctoral Fellowships). Translation of Culture Specific Items in Contemporary Lithuanian Dubbed Films. Nr. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-23-0178. Dr J. Astrauskienė (research fellow), Prof. Dr D. Satkauskaitė (fellowship supervisor). 2021–2023. The research aims to analyse the strategies and procedures of the translation of culture-specific items in selected Lithuanian-dubbed animated films released in 2015–2020.

Development of Scientific Competences of Scientists, other Researchers and Students through Practical Research Activities (Postdoctoral Fellowships; The Research Council of Lithuania, LMTLT). Henry Parland's semiosphere. Nr. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-23-0109. Dr G. Vaitonytė (research fellow), Prof. Dr S. Radzevičienė (fellowship supervisor). 2021–2023.
The purpose of the project is to study Henry Parland's semiotic continuum, in which the Parlandian meaning is formed. The tasks of the research are as follows: to analyze communication processes within texts and contexts, to investigate the mobility of Parland’s semiosphere, to determine the effect of the Parland phenomenon on cultural memory, to define Parland’s semiotic continuum.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
University of Warsaw (Poland)
University of Łódź (Poland)
Bologna University (Italy)
Institute of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Prof. Dr D. Aliūkaitė
• Editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, https://www.journals.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus/about/editorialTeam 
• Editorial board member of the international journal of scholarly papers Taikomoji kalbotyra, https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/taikomojikalbotyra/about/editorialTeam 
• Editorial board member of the international journal of scholarly papers Studia polsko-litewskie https://books.akademicka.pl/publishing/catalog/series/studiapolsko-litewskie; 
• Expert for the database Lituanistika, http://www.lituanistikadb.lt/lt
• Member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, https://litaka.lt/en/about-us/members/
• Member of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics, http://www.geo-linguistics.org/index.html
Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Astrauskienė
• Representative of Vilnius university Kaunas Faculty AVT scholars at ZooDigital (ZooAcademy): https://www.zoodigital.com/about/zoo-academy/ 
• Member of The European Association for Studies in Screen Translation: https://esist.org/ 
• Member of The European Society for Translation Studies: https://est-translationstudies.org/
• Academic member of The Globalization and Localization Association: https://www.gala-global.org/ 
Prof. Dr G. Bankauskaitė
• Editor-in-chief of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://www.journals.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus
• Editorial board member of the journal Horizons https://uklo.edu.mk/ojs/index.php/horizons/about/editorialTeam 
• Member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), http://www.litaka.lt/en/litaka/association-/about-us/members-/
• Member of the Lithuanian Association of Comparative Literature, http://www.llla.lt/lt/apie-mus/zmones
• Scientific expert for the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco® (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) http://www.fondazione-delbianco.org/en/committees/
• Scientific expert for database Lituanistika, http://www.lituanistikadb.lt/lt
• Scientific expert for the Vilnius University (Lithuania) http://naujienos.vu.lt/ekspertu-sarasas/
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Baranauskienė
• Member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), http://www.litaka.lt/en/litaka/association-/about-us/members-
• Member of The International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) https://icosweb.net/membership/membership-login;
• External expert for proposal(s) of COST Association, www.cost.eu.
Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Biržietienė
• Member of International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR), http://ishr-web.org/aws/ISHR/pt/sp/home_page
• Member of the Lithuanian Classical Association Societas Classica, http://www.klasikai.lt/?sectionid=18.
• Expert in the field of social sciences and humanities for The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Gabrėnaitė
• Member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), http://www.litaka.lt/en/litaka/association-/about-us/members-/
Prof. Dr L. Huber
• Deputy editor-in-chief of Respectus Philologicus, http://www.journals.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus
• Member of Editorial Board TOJDE (Anadolu university (Turkey) http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/editorial-board.htm 
• Member of advisory board Translation Studies: Theory and Practice (TSTP) (Yerevan State University) https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/transl-stud/about/editorialTeam
Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Juzelėnienė
• Member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, http://www.litaka.lt/en/litaka/association-/about-us/members-/
• Member of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM); https://www.raam.org.uk/
• Member of the International Association of Semiotic Studies https://iass-ais.org/
Research fellow Dr A. Kairaitytė-Užupė
• Member of Lietuvos antropologų asociacija [Lithuanian Anthropological Association] https://www.waunet.org/wcaa/laa/
Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Keturakienė
• Member of the Association of Lithuanian Comparative Literature, htttp:/www.llla.lt
• Member of the College of the Association of Lithuanian Comparative Literature, htttp:/www.llla.lt
• Member of the Algis Kalėda Award Commission (Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, 2022) http://www.llti.lt/lt/kaledos/
Senior research fellow Dr E. Kiškina
• member of The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies https://aabs-balticstudies.org/about-aabs/
Prof. Dr J. Krūminienė
• Member of The John Donne Society. Bldg. 250/251F, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2020, www.stanford.edu, http://johndonnesociety.tamu.edu/
• Editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://www.journals.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus
• Member of International Advisory Board of the International Multidisciplinary Research Journal European Academic Research (EAR), www.euacademic.org
Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Mickienė
• Member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, http://www.litaka.lt/en/litaka/association-/about-us/members-/.
• member of The International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) https://icosweb.net/membership/membership-login;
Assoc. Prof. Dr Ž. Nemickienė
• Member of Editorial Team of Technium Social Sciences Journal (ISSN: 2668-7798), https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/about/editorialTeam
• Editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://www.journals.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus
Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Martinkutė
• Member of the Lithuanian Computer Society (Localisation Section)
• Member and representative of Lithuania at the European Blind Union (EBU) 
Prof. Dr D. Satkauskaitė
• Member of the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation, https://esist.org/
• Member of the group MultiMeDialecTranslation (MMDT) https://mmdtgroup.wordpress.com/network/
Research fellow Dr D. Senvaitytė
• Member of the International Society for Ethnology and Follklore https://www.siefhome.org/wg/ry/members.shtml
• Member of Lietuvos antropologų asociacija [Lithuanian Anthropological Association] https://www.waunet.org/wcaa/laa/
Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Šarkauskienė
• Member of the Lithuanian Classical Association Societas Classica, http://www.klasikai.lt/?sectionid=18
• Member of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM); https://www.raam.org.uk/
Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Vengalienė
• Member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, http://www.litaka.lt/en/litaka/association-/about-us/members-/
• Member of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor RaAM, https://www.raam.org.uk/
Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Radavičiūtė
• Member of the scientific association Cultural Literacy Everywhere: https://cle.world
• Member of the association of Lithuanian English teachers (LAKMA): https://lakmaonline.lt

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Daiva Aliūkaitė " The Aesthetic Value of Dialectality from the Perspective of an Ordinary Member of a Language Community" // Xth Congress of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics (SIDG), September 4-8, 2023. Bucharest, Romania (https://www.xthsidgcongress.lingv.ro/programme/)
2. Danguolė Satkauskaitė, Jurgita Astrauskienė. “Translation of Animation in Lithuania: Dynamics Across AVT Modes” // Conference “Rewind and Fast Forward: Past, Present and Future Scenarios in Audiovisual Translation”, October 11, 2023. Ca' Foscari University of Venice. (https://unive.it/pag/48354)
3. Indrė Višinskaitė, Jadvyga Krūminienė. “Deconstructive Function of Dance in Grigori Kozintsev's Cinematic Adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet” // Conference “Dancing Shakespeare”, November 9-10, 2023. Sorbonne University. (https://www.fabula.org/actualites/116738/colloque-international-danser-shakespeare.html)

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
Dr Eglė Gabrėnaitė received the Best Lecturer of the Year 2023 award. https://naujienos.vu.lt/iskilmingame-renginyje-apdovanoti-labiausiai-2023-m-nusipelne-vu-bendruomenes-nariai/

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
1. Prof. Dr Daiva Aliūkaitė, Prof. Dr Gabija Bankauskaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Rita Baranauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Eglė Gabrėnaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Saulutė Juzelėnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Ilona Mickienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Dovilė Vengalienė : members of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics
2. Assoc. Prof. Dr Jūratė Radavičiūtė: member of the scientific association Cultural Literacy Everywhere
3. Prof. Dr J. Krūminienė: member of International Advisory Board of the International Multidisciplinary Research Journal European Academic Research (EAR)
4. Research fellow Dr D. Senvaitytė: member of the International Society for Ethnology and Follklore
5. Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Martinkutė: member and representative of Lithuania at the European Blind Union (EBU) 

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
1. Lina Fedorčenkienė gave a 90-min consultation to the International Gymnasium on English language: “VBE kalbėjimas, monologas ir dialogas”. 2023/04/03
2. Eglė Keturakienė participated in the Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association's College Committee. http:/// www.llla.lt

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Laura Martinkutė gave an interview to the radio station “Gold FM” on audio description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kFUxwdJhrMI. 2023/ 05/ 30.
2. Ilona Mickienė and Rita Baranauskeinė organised the presentation of the book “Kalbininkas Albertas Ružė: tarp morfologijos ir sintaksės” (“Linguist Albertas Ružė: between morphology and syntax”). 2023/06/20 and 2023/09/19.
3. Jurgita Kerevičienė gave an interview to the radio programme “Kalbos rytas” (“Language morning”) on subtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000299558/kalbos-rytas-dr-jurgita-kereviciene-kurtieji-ir-neprigirdintieji-sako-kad-subtitrai-tam-tikra-cenzura. 2023/10/18.
4. Egidija Kiškina presented the youth culture archive "Jauka" and research in LRT radio programme “Ryto allegro” (“Morning allegro”) (the last 10 minutes of the link): https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000296921/ryto-allegro-paroda-laisves-lygos-45-metu-sukakciai-svarbiausi-cia-gyvuju-liudijimai. 2023/10/03.
5. PhD Student Angelica Peccini is the winner of the “Arqus Student co-designed projects” with her project "AL4ALL - Applied Linguistics for All: a specialised forum on methods for language lovers and students of all disciplines". 12 seminars held by PhD students were organised to promote applied linguistics methodologies https://arqus-alliance.eu/our-communities/arqus-student-agora/arqus-student-co-designed-projects. 2023/11/20 - 2023/12/20.

 

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND APPLIED INFORMATICS (SMTII)
Muitinės st. 8, LT-03225 Kaunas
Phone: +370 37 422477
E-mail:
Director – Dr Indrė Ščiukauskė

STAFF
Professors: Prof. with Distinguished Professor Status Dr V.V. Fomin (part-time), Habil. Dr R. Čiegis (part-time), Dr E. Jasinskas (part-time), Dr V. Jurėnienė, Dr A. Mikalauskienė (part-time), Dr K. Rudžionienė, Dr D. Krikščiūnienė (part-time), Dr A. Lopata (part-time);
Partnership Professors: Dr C. Frattima; Dr D. Dilijonas; Dr V. Sakalauskas;
Associate Professors: Dr E. Freitakas, Dr I. Kiaušienė, Dr R. Klimaitienė, Dr R. Pučėtaitė (part-time), Dr R. Pušinaitė-Gelgotė, Dr A. Rimkutė, Dr I. Šarkiūnaitė, Dr L. Bikulčienė, Dr K. Driaunys, Dr S. Masteika (part-time), Dr V. Rudžionis, Dr A. Chaževskas (part-time), Dr G. Romeika (part-time), Dr R. Brūzgienė, Dr Š. Grigaliūnas (part-time), Dr I. Veitaitė;
Partnership Associate Professors: M. Dubnikovas, Dr M. Ambraziūnas;
Assistant Professors: Dr R. Bartkutė (part-time), Dr I. Griesienė (part-time), Dr M. Valukonis, Dr P. Aniūnas (part-time), Dr R. Danielienė (part-time), Dr V. Moskaliova, Dr A. Ramanauskaitė (part-time), Dr I. Mikalauskas (part-time), Dr M. Vaitonis (part-time), Dr K. Korovkinas (part-time), Dr D. Balevičienė, Dr I. Ščiukauskė (part-time), Dr P. Astromskis (part-time), Dr S. Jurėnė (part-time), Dr A. Ūsas (part-time);
Junior Assistant Professors: P. Danielius (part-time), O. Pavlova (part-time), U. Pavlovaitė (part-time), G. Stanislovaitytė (part-time);
Lecturers: J. Vilkevičiūtė (part-time), K. Kubilevičius (part-time);
Research Professors: Prof. Dr R. Čiegis (part-time), Prof. Dr V. Fomin (part-time), Prof. Dr D. Štreimikienė;
Senior Researchers: Dr A. Novelskaitė (part-time); Dr I. Šikšnelytė-Butkienė, Dr R Bartkutė (part-time);
Junior researchers: M. Kamali Saraji;
Doctoral students: M. Vijūnas (on academic leave), L. Matusevičienė (on academic leave), P. Danielius (on academic leave), O. Pavlova, U. Pavlovaitė, M. Norvaišaitė, M. Kamali Saraji, M. Kasradze, A. Kukytė, V. Lubytė, G. Stanislovaitytė, D. Masaitytė, N. Grigarienė, V. Mardosaitė, J. Budrienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Innovation management
• Human resource management
• International human resource management
• Sustainable tourism development
• Business models
• Social entrepreneurship, young social entrepreneurs
• Social enterprises
• Sustainable development, social acceptance of technologies, economic trends, innovations, technological advances
• Corporate finance research in Central and Eastern Europe
• Intellectual capital evaluation, accounting and reporting
• Theoretical and practical aspects of taxation
• Commercial and central bank problems in Central and Eastern Europe
• Research of accounting quality in small and medium-sized enterprises
• Development of cultural industries in Lithuania
• Cultural tourism industry
• Cultural heritage industry
• Activities and management of cultural centers
• Creative cities and clusters
• Culture and consumption, the peculiarities of contemporary cultural needs in Lithuanian society
• Educational issues in the management of cultural organizations
• Gender issues
• Organizational ethics and corporate social responsibility
• Research ethics
• Organizational communication
• Strategic management
• Organizational behavior and development
• Enterprise modelling methods, requirements engineering, enterprise data and knowledge modelling, management of information processing and CASE tools
• Decision support systems in financial and currency markets, portfolio management and loan risk analysis, logistic capital accumulation models, financial anomalies and bubbles
• Intelligent computational models for integrated research of marketing, e-commerce, e-banking, e-learning and social network information
• Complex evaluation of customer behavior
• Dynamic process modelling by applying fuzzy cognitive models
• Designing the Quality and Cost containment coherence framework for prudent modelling of innovative health care systems
• Development, integration, and implementation of high frequency trading models in financial markets on high-performance computing platforms
• Implementing the smart contracts via online transactions and other peer-to-peer-based solutions for the sharing economy in online marketplaces
• Development block chain or public ledger via peer-to-peer technology-based solutions in autonomous decentralized organizations
• Artificial intelligence for speech recognition and analysis technologies (Lithuanian language)
• Intelligent models for marketing systems, social networks, e-business, e-learning and e-government

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Members of the research group Sustainability assessment: Prof. habil. Dr D. Štreimikienė, Prof. habil. Dr R. Čiegis, Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Kiaušienė, Prof. Dr A. Mikalauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Pušinaitė-Gelgotė, Assist Prof. Indrė Šikšnelytė-Butkienė, Assist. Prof. Dr Ingrida Griesienė, Assist Prof. Rasa Bartkutė, Assist. Prof. I. Mikalauskas, PhD student Mahyar Saraji Kamali, PhD student Mariam Kasradze; PhD student Gabija Stanislovaitytė.

Research field of the research group: assessment of the coherence of the country, region, city, branch, policy measures and technologies, behavioral change factors in sustainable consumption, energy and climate change policy and the analysis and evaluation of their promotion measures. The researchers analyse and study the social aspects of sustainable development at the macro and micro levels, make proposals for the development of social capital, social partnership and the strengthening of social business development initiatives, analyse and identify institutional, political, technological, energy, economic, regional and social factors affecting sustainable development.
Main publications:
1. Kasradze, Mariam; Kamali Saraji, Mahyar; Štreimikienė, Dalia; Čiegis, Remigijus. Assessing key indicators of efficient green energy production for IEA members // Environmental science and pollution research. Heidelberg : Springer. ISSN 0944-1344. eISSN 1614-7499. 2023, vol. 30, p. 55513-55528. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26285-x. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [Citav. rod.: 5.800, AIF: 6.500, IF/AIF: 0.892, Q1 (2022, SCIE)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 7.90, SNIP: 1,214, SJR: 0.944, (2022, Scopus Sources)]
2. Čiegis, Remigijus. Austrų ekonomikos mokykla ir jos poveikis ekonominės minties raidai. II dalis [The Austrian school of economics and its impact on the development of economic thought. Part II: monograph] / monografija. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2023. 880 p. ISBN 9786090709078. eISBN 9786090709085.
3. Kamali Saraji, Mahyar; Aliasgari, Elahe; Štreimikienė, Dalia. Assessment of the challenges to renewable energy technologies adoption in rural areas: A Fermatean CRITIC-VIKOR approach // Technological forecasting and social change. New York : Elsevier. ISSN 0040-1625. eISSN 1873-5509. 2023, vol. 189, art. no. 122399, p. [1-14]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122399 [DB: Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus; Compendex] [Citav. rod.: 12.000, AIF: 6.100, IF/AIF: 1.860, Q1 (2022, SSCI)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 17.20, SNIP: 3,008, SJR: 2.644, (2022, Scopus Sources)]

Members of the research group Solving and improving accounting and financial problems: Prof. Dr K. Rudžionienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Eduardas Freitakas, Assoc. Prof. Dr Rūta Klimaitienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr Mantas Valukonis, Assist. Prof. Dr Agnė Ramanauskaitė, Assist. Prof. Dr P. Aniūnas, PhD Student Lina Matusevičienė, PhD Student Mindaugas Vijūnas.

Research field of the research group: the current situation in Lithuanian corporate accounting and finance, problem identification and proposal of methods to solve them. Investigations are carried out in the following directions: 1) analyzing accounting quality in Lithuanian companies, investigating financial and non-financial information disclosure and its quality, identifying problems and proposing solutions; 2) investigating financial markets, the development of financial institutions in Lithuania, researching the practice of risk management, assessing and proposing improvements in these areas.
Main publication:
1. Rudžionienė, Kristina; Brazdžius, Šarūnas. Cost and benefits of sustainability reporting: literature review // Sustainable performance in business organisations and institutions: measurement, reporting and management / J. Dyczkowska (Ed.). Wrocław : Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 2023. ISBN 9788367400824. eISBN 9788367400831. p. 56-72. DOI: 10.15611/2023.83.1.

Members of the research group Entrepreneurship Development: Prof. Dr E. Jasinskas, Prof. with Distinguished Professor Status Dr V.V. Fomin, Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Šarkiūnaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Romeika, Assist. Prof. I. Ščiukauskė, Assist. Prof A. Ūsas, PhD student O. Pavlova, PhD student A. Kukytė, PhD student V. Lubytė, PhD student V. Mardosaitė.

Research field of the research group: various levels of entrepreneurship development, such as human resource management, strategic development of organizations, innovation management, business environment, consumer behavior. All of the above-mentioned research areas are closely related to the paradigm of sustainable business development, evaluating current and future challenges, global organizations and local business management solutions.
Main publications:
1. Svagzdiene, Biruta; Sarkiunaite, Ingrida; Jasinskas, Edmundas; Simanavicius, Arturas; Pupkis, Algirdas. Leisure time organiser’s burnout – unsuccessful professional realisation = Laisvalaikio organizatoriaus išsekimas – nesėkminga profesinė realizacija // Transformations in business & economics = Verslo ir ekonomikos transformacijos. Kaunas : Vilnius University. ISSN 1648-4460. 2022, vol. 21, no. 2B, p. 908-921. <http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/56b/article/leis> [DB: Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus; EconLit; IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences] [Citav. rod.: 1.500, AIF: 5.250, IF/AIF: 0.351, Q3 (2022, SSCI)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 2.70, SNIP: 0,430, SJR: 0.313, (2022, Scopus Sources)]
2. Fomin, Vladislav. Responsible standardization // Future law, ethics, and smart technologies. The future of legal education / Edited by John-Stewart Gordon. Leiden : Brill, 2023, chapter 18. ISBN 9789004682917. eISBN 9789004682900. p. 239-252. (Philosophy and human rights, ISSN 2542-5153; vol. 393). DOI: 10.1163/9789004682900_023.
3. Maratou, Vicky; Ennami, Firdaous; Luz, Filipe; Abdullahi, Yama; Medeišienė, Raimonda Agnė; Ščiukauskė, Indrė; Chaliampalias, Rizos; Kameas, Achilles; Sousa, Carla; Rye, Sara. Game-based learning in higher education using analogue games // International journal of film and media arts: Interaction, challenge, and learning: innovations in gaming for serious purposes. Lisboa: Lusófona University. eISSN 2183-9271. 2023, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 63-84. DOI: 10.24140/ijfma.v8.n1.04. [DB: Scopus; DOAJ] [Scopus: CiteScore: 0.20, SNIP: 0,055, SJR: 0.115, (2022, Scopus Sources)]

Members of the research group Cultural Industries and Innovations: Prof. Dr V. Jurėnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Rimkutė, Assist. Prof. I. Griesienė, Assist. Prof. Dr M. Sarvutytė-Gailiūnienė, Assist. Prof. D. Balevičienė, Assist. Prof. S. Jurėnė, PhD Student U. Pavlovaitė, PhD student D. Masaitytė, PhD student N. Grigarienė.

Research field of the research group: creative industries and their influence on organizational and national competitiveness as well as individual, social and national identity and image making. The focus is on reputation management in social media, peculiarities of communication management for branding of companies, cities and states. Another aspect of the research encompasses the impact of cultural diversity on organizational innovativeness and its outcomes such as artistic innovations or cultural enterprises. Cultural diversity is examined from the perspective of both the organisation and the communities (rural and urban, communities of practice in organizations). This gains momentum considering the recent social issues of immigrant flows to Europe, emigration rates from Lithuania and cultural activities of Lithuanian diasporas worldwide. From a diversity perspective, women studies constitute a specific area of the group’s research. The group plans to provide research-informed advice to public bodies on economic (innovation), cultural and migration policy development.
Main publications:
1. Jurėnė, Skaistė. Audience engagement enhancement in theatre using different tools: Q-methodology-based study // Transformations in business and economics. Kaunas : Vilniaus universiteto Kauno fakultetas. ISSN 1648-4460. 2022, vol. 21, no. 3, p. 188-211. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/57/article/audi>. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [Citav. rod.: 1.500, AIF: 5.250, IF/AIF: 0.351, Q3 (2022, SSCI)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 2.70, SNIP: 0,430, SJR: 0.313, (2022, Scopus Sources)]
2. Jurėnienė, Virginija; Purvaneckienė, Giedrė. Moterų veiklos Lietuvos Aukščiausioje Taryboje diegiant vertybines nuostatas viešojoje politikoje = Women's activities in the Supreme Council of Lithuania in the implementation of values in public policy // Viešoji politika ir administravimas = Public policy and administration. Kaunas: KTU. ISSN 1648-2603. eISSN 2029-2872. 2023, t. 22, Nr. 1, p. 48-63. DOI: 10.5755/j01.ppaa.22.1.32345. [DB: Scopus; Academic Search Complete; Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 1.00, SNIP: 0,297, SJR: 0.144, (2022, Scopus Sources)]
3. Rimkutė, Audronė; Lukoševičiūtė, Laura. Skaitymo skatinimo prоgramų rezultatų ir poveikio vertinimas = Outcomes and impact evaluation of reading promotion programmes // Public policy and administration. Vilnius: Mykolo Romerio Universitetas. ISSN 1648-2603. eISSN 2029-2872. 2023, t. 22, Nr. 1, p. 117-131. DOI: 10.5755/j01.ppaa.22.1.31582. [DB: Scopus] [Scopus: CiteScore: 1.00, SNIP: 0,297, SJR: 0.144, (2022, Scopus Sources)]
4. Grigarienė, Neringa; Jurėnienė, Virginija. Features of developing a creative business product: a case study of a design product = Kūrybinio verslo produkto sukūrimo ypatumai: dizaino produkto atvejis // Transformations in business and economics. Kaunas : Vilniaus universitetas. ISSN 1648- 4460. 2023, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 97-109. [DB: Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus] [Citav. rod.: 1.500, AIF: 5.250, IF/AIF: 0.351, Q3 (2022, SSCI)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 2.70, SNIP: 0,430, SJR: 0.313, (2022, Scopus Sources)]

Members of the research group Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility: Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Pučėtaitė, Senior researcher Dr A. Novelskaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Pušinaitė-Gelgotė, Prof. Dr A-M. Lamsa R. A. Medeišienė, PhD student M. Norvaišaitė, PhD student J. Budrienė.

Research field of the research group: models of responsible management, as well as instruments and processes used by organizations to create an ethical culture, promoting positive employee and organizational outcomes (e.g. employee commitment, innovativeness, sustainable innovation, etc.), long-term cross-sector relationships, social business and social sustainability. The research is based on the conviction that by integrating the interests of stakeholders and the organization into systematic management processes, organizations can encourage their employees to use their creativity and professional skills to strengthen the organization's competitiveness, create added value for all stakeholders, and contribute to the socio-economic development of society.
Main publications:
1. Lämsä, Anna-Maija; Ojasoo, Merle; Jyrkinen, Marjut; Pučėtaitė, Raminta. Appearance-based discrimination against young women in the workplace // Qualitative research in organizations and management. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1746-5648. eISSN 1746-5656. 2023, vol. 18, iss. 2, p. 125-141. DOI: 10.1108/QROM-02-2022-2292. [DB: Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus] [Scopus: CiteScore: 2.90, SNIP: 0,689, SJR: 0.611, (2022, Scopus Sources)]
2. Preuss, Lutz; Elms, Heather; Kurdyukov, Roman; Golob, Urša; Zaharia, Rodica Milena; Jalsenjak, Borna; Burg, Ryan; Hardi, Peter; Jacquemod, Julija; Kooskora, Mari; Manzhynski, Siarhei; Mostenska, Tetiana; Novelskaite, Aurelija; Pučėtaitė, Raminta; Pušinaitė-Gelgotė, Rasa; Ralko, Oleksandra; Rok, Boleslaw; Stanny, Dominik; Stefanova, Marina; Tomancová, Lucie. Taking stock of responsible management education in Central and Eastern Europe // International journal of management education. Oxon: Elsevier. ISSN 1472-8117. 2023, vol. 21, iss. 3, art. no. 100889, p. 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100889. [DB: Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus; ScienceDirect] [Citav. rod.: 5.200, AIF: 5.166, IF/AIF: 1.216, Q1 (2022, SSCI)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 7.10, SNIP: 1,919, SJR: 1.056, (2022, Scopus Sources)]
3. Preuss, Lutz; Elms, Heather; Kurdyukov, Roman; Golob, Urša; Zaharia, Rodica Milena; Jalsenjak, Borna; Burg, Ryan; Hardi, Peter; Jacquemod, Julija; Kooskora, Mari; Manzhynski, Siarhei; Mostenska, Tetiana; Novelskaite, Aurelija; Pučėtaitė, Raminta; Pušinaitė-Gelgotė, Rasa; Ralko, Oleksandra; Rok, Boleslaw; Stanny, Dominik; Stefanova, Marina; Tomancová, Lucie. Taking stock of responsible management education in Central and Eastern Europe // International journal of management education. Oxon: Elsevier. ISSN 1472-8117. 2023, vol. 21, iss. 3, art. no. 100889, p. 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100889. [DB: Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus; ScienceDirect] [Citav. rod.: 5.200, AIF: 5.166, IF/AIF: 1.216, Q1 (2022, SSCI)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 7.10, SNIP: 1,919, SJR: 1.056, (2022, Scopus Sources)]

Members of the research group Intelligent decision support systems and knowledge-based applications in finance, e-business, marketing, health care: Prof. Dr V. Sakalauskas, Prof. Dr D. Krikščiūnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr S. Masteika, Assist. Prof. Dr M. Vaitonis, Assist. Prof. Dr K. Korovkinas, PhD Student P. Danielius, Assist. Prof. S. Jurėnė, Assoc. Prof. I. Veitaitė

Research field of the research group: the application of activity and management models in knowledge-based information systems engineering, as well as the development, research and applications of intelligent systems algorithms for the modeling of financial markets, e-business, management and marketing systems. Intelligent decision support systems and knowledge-based applications in finance, e-business, marketing and healthcare.
Main publications:
1. Sakalauskas, Virgilijus; Krikščiūnienė, Dalia. Modelling competing risk for stroke survival data // Innovation in medicine and healthcare / editors: Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, R. J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain: Proceedings of 11th KES-InMed 2023. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2023. ISBN 9789819933105. eISBN 9789819933112. p. 33-43. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST), ISSN 2190-3018, eISSN 2190-3026; vol. 357). DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3311-2_4. [DB: Scopus; SpringerLink; INSPEC]
2. Sakalauskas, Virgilijus; Krikščiūnienė, Dalia; Imbrazas, Audrius. Stock portfolio risk-return ratio optimisation using Grey Wolf model // Data science in applications / editors: Gintautas Dzemyda, Jolita Bernatavičienė, Janusz Kacprzyk. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. ISBN 9783031244520. eISBN 9783031244537. p. 211-232. (Studies in computational intelligence, ISSN 1860-949X, eISSN 1860-9503; vol. 1084). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24453-7_10. [DB: SpringerLink; Scopus]
3. Vaitonis, Mantas; Korovkinas, Konstantinas. The potential for real-time testing of high-frequency trading strategies through a developed tool during volatile market conditions // Applied computer science. Lublin: Polish Association for Knowledge Promotion. ISSN 1895-3735. eISSN 2353-6977. 2023, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 63-81. DOI: 10.35784/acs-2023-15. [DB: Scopus; Index Copernicus] [Scopus: CiteScore: 1.40, SNIP: 0,265, SJR: 0.178, (2022, Scopus Sources)]

Members of the research group Cyber security research: Assist. Prof. Dr R. Danielienė , Assoc. Prof. Dr K. Driaunys, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Rudžionis, Assist. Prof. Dr V. Moskaliova, Assoc. Prof. Dr Š. Grigaliūnas, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Brūzgienė.

Research field of the research group: identification of cyber-attacks and prevention measures. The goals of activity are to examine the nature of phishing attacks, to analyze signs of phishing attacks using artificial intelligence and to contribute to the development of critical thinking and the reduction of phishing attacks using psychological aspects.
Main publications:
1. Bruzgė, Rasa; Černevičienė, Jurgita; Šapkauskienė, Alfreda; Mačerinskienė, Aida; Masteika, Saulius; Driaunys, Kęstutis. Stylized facts, volatility dynamics and risk measures of cryptocurrencies // Journal of business economics and management. Vilnius: Vilnius TECH. ISSN 1611-1699. eISSN 2029-4433. 2023, vol. 24, iss. 3, p. 527-550. DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2023.19118. [DB: Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus] [Citav. rod.: 2.600, AIF: 5.250, IF/AIF: 0.610, Q2 (2022, SSCI)] [Scopus: CiteScore: 4.90, SNIP: 0,960, SJR: 0.499, (2022, Scopus Sources)]
2. Tolmach, Maryna; Volynets, Viktoriia; Trach, Yuliia; Chaikovska, Olena; Khrushch, Svitlana; Kotsiubivska, Kateryna; Danielienė, Renata; Danielius, Paulius. NFT and digital art: Ukrainian experience of using cryptoart // ICICT 2023: Proceedings of 8th international congress on information and communication technology, London, vol. 4 / Editors: Xin-She Yang, R. Simon Sherratt, Nilanjan Dey, Amit Joshi. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024. ISBN 9789819932351. eISBN 9789819932368. p. 995-1006. (Lecture notes in networks and systems, ISSN 2367-3370, eISSN 2367-3389; vol. 696). DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3236-8_80. [DB: Scopus]
3. Marques, Célio Gonçalo; Araújo, Inês; Grinevičiūtė, Laura; Dane, Brigita; Danielienė, Renata. SparkDigiGirls: challenges to motivate girls to STEM // Perspectives and trends in education and technology: selected Papers from ICITED 2023: conference proceedings / Editors: Anabela Mesquita, António Abreu, João Vidal Carvalho, Cleuciliz Santana, Cristina Helena Pinto de Mello. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. ISBN 9789819954131. eISBN 9789819954148. p. 645-656. (Smart innovation, systems and technologies, ISSN 2190-3018, eISSN 2190-3026; vol. 366). DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-5414-8_59. [DB: SpringerLink]

National Research Projects
Comparative assessment of low carbon energy transition costs for economic sectors of the EU MS: carbon dioxide shadow price approach (S-MIP-23-36). The project is granted by Research Council of Lithuania (LMT). Period: 2023.04.01-2026.03.31. The aim of the project is to assess and compare the strictness of climate change mitigation policies in EU Member States by assessing the dynamics of CO2 emission abatement costs using the carbon shadow price approach and to identify and compare the costs of the transition to low-carbon energy for individual EU Member States and for their individual economic sectors. On the basis of this research, mitigation policy recommendations will be developed. The project manager: Prof. Dalia Štreimikienė.

Implementation of a blockchain-based settlement system to promote the use of services in the tourism sector after the COVID-19 pandemic. Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania. Project is financed by the funds of the European Regional Development Fund under the activity of measure 13.1.1-LMT-K-718 "Scientific research carried out by high-level research groups aimed at creating results corresponding to topics of R&D activities relevant to economic sectors, which could later be commercialized". Funded as part of the European Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021.11.04 -2023.09.01. Faculty representatives: assoc. prof. S. Masteika; assoc. prof. K. Driaunys.

Application of circular economy principles in the tourism sector. Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), funding initiative: Student research during the summer. Project supervisor: Assoc. Prof. I. Kiaušienė.

Audience segmentation in cultural organizations based on the concept of audience engagement. Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), funding initiative: Student research during the summer. Project supervisor: Assist. Prof. S. Jurėnė.

The impact of artificial intelligence on changes in consumer behaviour. Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), funding initiative: Student research during the summer. Project supervisor: Assist. Prof. I. Griesienė.

The impact of artificial intelligence chatbots on service users' purchase intentions. Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), funding initiative: Student research during the summer. Project supervisor: Assist. Prof. D. Balevičienė.

Methods for integrating expert information and generative artificial intelligence to investigate the content of unethical and misleading advertising. Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), funding initiative: Student research during the semesters. Project supervisor: Prof. D. Krikščiūnienė.

Investigating consumer trust in cryptocurrency exchanges and cryptocurrency wallets. Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), funding initiative: Student research during the semesters. Project supervisor: Prof. V. Fomin.

Investigating the effectiveness and impact of virtual opinion forming intelligence on customer relationship building. Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), funding initiative: Student research during the semesters. Project supervisor: Prof. V. Jurėnienė.

International Research Projects
ERASMUS2027 Innovation Alliances: SMEs Cyber Security Change Agents (CyberAgent) The aim of the CyberAgent project is to create a platform for the target group to acquire sustainable cybersecurity and entrepreneurial knowledge and competences to inspire, empower, up-skill, re-skill and engage SME employees taking the role as Cyber Security Change Agents and involve more women in the IT sector. It will facilitate collaborations between HEIs, VETs, and SMEs, operating as a platform for sharing best practices in cybersecurity and the labor market. Additionally, it intends to improve the employability of the target groups, support SMEs in building their cyber resilience, preserve their reputation and competitiveness, and raise organizational cybersecurity maturity and culture. Action Details: ERASMUS-EDU-2022-PI-ALL-INNO, Start Date - 01/07/2023; End Date - 30/06/2026; Representative: Assoc. prof. Dr Renata Danielienė (Vilnius University - Coordinator).

COST Action CA22104 - Behavioral Next Generation in Wireless Networks for Cyber Security (BEiNG-WISE). Human-beings have a double role in the cyber-connected world: as potential offender and potential victim. The focus of BEiNG-WISE will be on how these different human-being features can be combined with the advanced technological characteristics, in order to conceive non-conventional, responsible by design, cyber-security solutions accounting for both these factors. In this complex connected system, another fundamental aspect that needs to be accounted to, is the legal one, related to the conception of solutions that can be effectively employed in the real world. Also, legal aspects should be considered at the design stage. The Action relies on cross-domains expertise, ranging from cybersecurity, wireless communication technology, data science, sociology, psychology and law. CSO Approval date - 12/05/2023; Start date - 22/09/2023; End date - 21/09/2027. Faculty’s representatives: Dr V. E. Rudžionis and Dr Š. Grigaliūnas

The Open and Universal Science (OPUS) project develops coordination and support measures to reform the assessment of research and researchers at Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) and Research Funding Organisations (RFOs) towards a system that incentivises and rewards researchers to take up Open Science practices. (https://opusproject.eu/) The OPUS project is financed by European Union through the GRANT AGREEMENT concluded with the European Research Executive Agency (REA), under the powers delegated by the European Commission. Project number: 101058471 Vilnius University- project partner. Faculty’s representative: Senior researcher A. Novelskaitė

SPEAR – Supporting and Implementing Plans for Gender Equality in Academia and Research. Funding from the European Commission under H2020-SWAFS-2018-2020 under the grant agreement No. 824544. SPEAR’s central objective is to support and implement GEPs based on a step-by-step guide to GEP implementation devised by the European Institute for Gender Equality. SPEAR employs this guide with a unique methodological path committed to creative, open, mitigating, processual, accountable, SMART, and sustainable changes (SPEAR’s COMPASS). Vilnius University- project partner. Faculty’s representative: Senior researcher A. Novelskaitė

COST Action CA20137 Making Young Researchers' Voices Heard for Gender Equality (VOICES) The main goal of this Action is thus to increase the visibility of inequalities faced by young researchers from a gender perspective and to promote a sustainable dialogue between young researchers and stakeholders in the research ecosystem at the systemic level (European & national policy-makers) and at the institutional level (senior researchers, academic managers) by creating a community of gender equality practitioners composed of various stakeholders (young researchers, independent researchers, academic managers, organizations) across Europe. Action Details: MoU - 077/21; CSO Approval date - 25/05/2021; Start date - 20/10/2021; End date - 19/10/2025
https://gendervoices.eu/ VU Representative: Senior researcher. A. Novelskaitė,

COST Action CA19117: Researcher Mental Health (ReMo) ReMO focuses on wellbeing and mental health within academia, a theme of strategic importance for the European Research Area. Previous research shows that low levels of wellbeing and mental health problems have a negative impact on individual, team and organizational performance, triggering significant costs. In addition, institutional context, organizational structure and culture, and managerial practices significantly impact employee well-being and health. Therefore, general insights on the causes of workplace well-being and mental health need to be refined with contextual specifics (i.e. in academia) to develop tailored, effective and efficient prevention and action programs. Action Details: MoU - 020/20; CSO Approval date - 24/03/2020; Start date - 22/09/2020; End date - 21/09/2024; https://projects.tib.eu/remo Representatives: Senior researcher A. Novelskaitė, Assoc. Prof. R. Pučėtaitė, Dr A. R. Medeišienė.

Training the Educators to Facilitate the Teaching and Assessment of Abstract Syllabus by the Use of Serious Games (TEGA), ERASMUS+ KA2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, project number :2020-1-UK01-KA203- 079248. Project aims is to support the game-based teaching/learning by training the higher educator facilitators in teaching abstract concepts; to include people with learning disabilities, non-native langue speakers and more reserved personalities and also to include all types of learner types (Visual, Audio, Reading and Kinesthetic); to provide a consistent training mapped against the European framework.
Vilnius University - project partner.

Transnational cooperation initiative fostering developing forward thinking skills of students, teachers and workforce in sustainability-relevant sectors posed by Business 4.0 trends through innovation in Business & Engineering education and training (SMART skills 4.0). ERASMUS+ KA2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices. Projects’ aim is to support the development of forward-thinking skills of students, teachers and workforce by designing, deploying and scaling-up the Educational Initiative (future-oriented curricula) facilitating innovation in business & engineering education and training, intercultural knowledge exchanges in various sustainability-relevant sectors of Business 4.0 and enhancing civic and responsible behavior. Vilnius University- project partner.

Contractual Research
Contract No (1.57) 15600-INS-92 was signed with JSC “Diagnostikos laboratorija” for the research study "Investigation of the organisation's cybersecurity status, assessment of staff competences, and development of a cybersecurity and staff competences development system for a more effective response to cyber threats". The researcher Doc. Dr Kęstutis Driaunys.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Latvia (Latvia)
Birmingham City University (United Kingdom)
Swedish School of Social Sciences (Sweden)
University of Jyväskylä, School of Business and Economics (Finland)
University of Tampere, School of Management (Finland)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Poznan University of Economics (Poland)
Reutlingen University (Germany)
Cordoba University (Spain)
Intellerts BV Utrecht (Netherlands)
Tampere University of technologies (Finland)
Altacom (Estonia)
Bankera Center of Financial Technology (Lithuania)
Hostinger International
RMD Technologies (Lithuania)
Achip & Achair Guild Ventures Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)
Olemisen balanssia ry (Finland)
Prios Kompetanse AS (Norway)
Creative Europe Desk LT (Lithuania)
Ondato, UAB (Lithuania)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine)
Forensic Science Centre of Lithuania (FSCL) (Lithuania)
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Prof. Dr R. Čiegis
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal “Engineering Economics”. http://www.inzeko.ktu.lt/index.php/EE
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal “Transformations in Business & Economics”. http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal “Technological and Economic Development of Economy”. http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tted21/current#.VKF9QV4BQ
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal “International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education”. http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/editorial_team.htm?id=ijshe
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal “Social Research”. http://www.su.lt/mokslas-ir-menas/mokslo-leidiniai/socialiniai-tyrimai
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal “Taikomoji ekonomika: sisteminiai tyrimai / Applied economics: systematic research”. https://www.vdu.lt/cris/handle/20.500.12259/1145
Prof. Dr V. Fomin
• Editorial board member of International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR) (formerly International Journal of IT Standards & Standardisation Research (JITSR)) (http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-standardization-research-ijsr/145878)
• Editorial board member of Baltic Journal of Modern Computing (BJMC). (http://www.lu.lv/baltic-journal-of-modern-computing/)
• Member of the International Advisory Board, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) (http://home.aisnet.org)
• Member of the European Academy for Standardization (EURAS) (www.euras.org)
• Member of the International Committee for Education about Standardization (ICES) (http://www.standards-education.org)
• Expert of Latvian Academy of Sciences (www.lza.lv). 2011 – 2014; 2016-present
• Editor-in-Chief of International Journal “Information & Media”(Information & Media (vu.lt))
Prof. Dr E. Jasinskas
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal “Leisure Time Research”. http://laisvalaikiotyrimai.lsu.lt/index.php/en/
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal “Tourism and Recreation Journal” http://www.awf.edu.pl/wtir/nauka/czasopismo-turystyka-i-rekreacja/zespol-redakcyjny
• Expert of international research database “Lituanistika” (LDB)
• Expert of the National Science and Technology Evaluation Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (https://is.ncste.kz/login). 2011-present
• Expert of National Science Center Poland (http://www.ncn.gov.pl). 2021-present
Prof. Dr D. Krikščiūnienė
• Associated editor of the international journal Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (indexed CA WoS, Q1, IF: 6.0 , ISSN: 1567-4223), http://www.journals.elsevier.com/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications
• Member of the editorial committee “International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems” (IARIA), http://www.iariajournals.org/intelligent_systems/
• Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Marketing Principles and Practices (IJMPP) (Online)(Print), ISSN 1927-1689 indexed EBSCO), http://www.theiimp.org/editorial-team/
• EU Research Project Application Evaluation Expert for MSCA and COST applications
• External expert evaluator of Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF) for National Scientific Program “Petar Beron, Science and innovations with Europe“
• External Evaluator of large scale research projects Operational Programme Research, Development and Education, Ministry of Education Youth and sports Call: Long-term Intersectoral Cooperation (Czech Republic)
• Membership in organizations:
• SAP University Alliance - Representative of VU membership of SAP University Alliance
• IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society - Member
• External member of Lab of Software Architectures and Information Systems (Lasaris) ,Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University in Brno; https://sites.google.com/site/lasarisgroup/members
• The member of research group "Knowledge Discovery and Intelligent Systems" (KDIS), http://www.uco.es/kdis/
• Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA- Member of the international network
• International Institute of Marketing Professionals IIMP (Canada) theiimp.org/dalia-kriksciuniene/ (Member of the board, Editor-in-Chief of the research journal IJMPP)
• (Lithuanian Statistics society) Lietuvos statistikų sąjunga (LSS) - member
• (Lithuanian Computing society) Lietuvos kompiuterininkų sąjunga (LIKS) -member
Prof. Dr V. Sakalauskas
• Held certificate from Elsevier “Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing “since 2014 m.
• Reviewer of The Journal of Computational Science (Elsevier, CA WoS)
• Reviewer of the journal Neurocomputing (Elsevier, CA WoS)
• Reviewer of the journal Applied Mathematics and Computation (Elsevier, CA WoS)
• Member of the Lithuanian Union of Statisticians http://www.statistikusajunga.lt
• Member of the Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs) http://www.mirlabs.net
• Member of Spanish Research Group “Knowledge Discovery and Intelligent Systems” (KDIS) at the University of Cordoba http://www.uco.es/grupos/kdis/index.php?lang=en
• Member of SAP University Alliance
Prof. Dr A. Mikalauskienė
• Member of the Association for Energy Economics. http://aee.lt/
• Technical Committee Member of Lithuanian Department of Statistics. http://www.lsd.lt/standards/tb.php
• Member of International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences (IISES)
• Senior Member of Economics Development Research Center (IEDRC)
Prof. Dr D. Štreimikienė
• Member of the Association for Energy Economics. http://aee.lt/
• Chief Editor of the scientific journal Transformations in Business & Economics. http://www.transformations.khf.vu.lt/
• Vice-editor of Montenegrin Journal of Econmics http://mnje.com/sites/mnje.com/files/editorialboard/edit._board_-19.09.2018..pdf
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal Intellectual Economy. http://www.mruni.eu/lt/mokslo_darbai/ie/apie_leidini/
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal Technological and Economic Development of Economy http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tted21/current#.U6G74k36jIU
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal Economics & Sociology since 2013. http://www.economics-sociology.eu
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal Amfiteatru Economic http://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/BordEditorial_RO.aspx.
• Guest Editor for scientific Journal Sustainability Special Issues (SI: Sustainable Energy Economics and Policy; SI: Sustainability Assessment; SI: Polymer Waste Management; SI: Sufficiency, Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Sustainable Energy Scenarios; SI: Behavior and Marketing for Sustainability; SI: Prospects and Challenges of Sustainable Rural Development: Technological and Institutional Innovations
• Guest Editor for scientific Journal Energies Special Issues: (SI: Sustainable Energy Development Strategies: Energy Efficiency and Renewables; SI: Addressing Challenges of Low-Carbon Energy Transition; SI: Sustainable Energy Reviews; SI: Energy Efficiency and Shadow Pricing; SI: Sustainable Energy Reviews II)
• Guest Editor for scientific Journal Climate Special Issues (SI: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Policies and Strategies in Energy)
• Guest Editor for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health IJERPH (SI: Energy Use and Environmental and Public Health)
• Guest Editor for Journal of Risk and Financial Management JRFM (SI: Circular Economy and New Business Models)
• Guest Editor for Technological Forecasting and Social Change SI:
• Guest Editor for International Journal of Fuzzy Systems SI: https://www.springer.com/journal/40815/updates/18081930
• Expert listed in main list of experts of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
• Expert listed in main list of experts of The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Expert of Government strategic analysis center STRATE (former MOSTA)
• Expert of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
• Expert of Polish Nacional Science Center
• Expert of Estonian Science Council
• Expert of Qatar National Priority Research Programme
Prof. Dr K. Rudžionienė
• Member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers;
• Editorial board member of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice.
Prof. Dr V. Jurėnienė
• 2011 – to present – the expert at the European Institute for Gender Equality. http://eige.europa.eu/lt
• 2012 – to present – the expert at the Faculty of Economic Science and Information Technology, North West University: Vaal Triangle Campus, South Africa. http://www.nwu.ac.za/FacultyofEconomicSciencesandIT_courses
• 2015 – to present – the expert on the data base “Lituanistika”
• Editorial board member of the international journal Economics and Sociology http://www.csr.ua
• Editorial board member of the international journal “Developing World Women Issues: Law, Justice and Health” http://index.sciencepub.se/ojs/index.php/DWW
• Editorial board member of the international journal “Journal of Cultural and Religious Studies” http://www.davidpublishing.com
• Editorial board member of the international journal “Problems of World History: Scientific Journal” // Institute of World History of the NAS of Ukraine. http://vim.gov.ua/index.php/en/about-us
• Member of the Senate of Vilnius University
• Member of the research group “Research on the Social Expression of Gender in Society"
• Member of the European Research Council's Advisory Working Group (AWG) on the Thematic Area "Civil Society Safety" (CSS) of the European Horizon Programme CL3

Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Šarkiūnaitė
• Editorial board member of the scientific journal Leisure Time Research. http://laisvalaikiotyrimai.lsu.lt/index.php/en/
• Chair of organizing committee and scientific committee of Annual Prof. Vladas Gronskas International Scientifics Conference
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Klimaitienė
• Member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers
Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Kiaušienė
• Member of the Winnet Centre of Excellence. http://www.balticsearegion.org/
• Member of scientific committee of Annual Prof. Vladas Gronskas International Scientifics Conference
• Member of the Senate of Vilnius University
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Rimkutė
• Expert of Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends (https://www.culturalpolicies.net/database/search-by-country/country-profile/author/?id=23)
• Expert of Czech Science Foundation (https://gacr.cz/en/)
• Member of European Association of Cultural Researchers (https://www.ericarts.org/profileview.php?p=86757)
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Pučėtaitė
• A reviewer to the Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility (previously Business Ethics: A European Review) (Wiley Online Library), Social Responsibility Journal, Gender in Management: an International Journal (Emerald), Journal of Academic Ethics (Springer)
• 2021-2024 a member of editorial advisory board member of South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases (Sage), in 2022-2023 a guest co-editor to the special issue on Social Sustainability, Leadership and Human Resource Management: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/bmca/12/1
• A member of EAIR - The European Higher Education Society, ESERA – European Science Education Research Association, Association for Advancement of Baltic Studies
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Novelskaitė
• Member of the editorial board of scientific journal Informacijos mokslai/Information Sciences https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/IM/about/editorialTeam
• Researcher at Lygių galimybių tinklas/Network of Equal Opportunities at Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
• Member of Ethics Commission at Research Council of Lithuania
• Member of Commission of Equal opportunities for women and men (Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Saulius Masteika
• Reviewer of “Journal of Business Economics and Management” (Elsevier, CA WoS)
• Member of scientific program committee of the 7th International conference on E-commerce, E-Business and E-government (ICEEG2023), University of Plymouth, UK,
• Member of the Interdisciplinary Vilnius university Fintech Research Group, focusing on topics such as computational finance, crypto assets, blockchain technology, algorithmic and high-frequency trading, and strategies for hedging and investing.
• Member in the bccs.tech cluster https://bccs.tech/, focusing on research in digital innovations that provide comprehensive solutions in Technology, Compliance, and CyberSecurity, especially related to fintech and web3 innovations
• Member of the programme committee of Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB in conjunction with International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS) Poznan, Poland)
• Member of the scientific research group 'Research in Marketing Technologies, Intelligent Systems, and Digital Transformation' at Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius University
• Editorial board member of scientific journal “Transformations in Business and Economy” (Elsevier, CA WoS)
• Editorial board member of a special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489) editor on Blockchain and Smart Contract Technologies
• Member of international conference committee, 29th International Conference Information Society and University Studies – IVUS
• Reviewer of scientific papers for scientific journal Applied Economics (Clarivate, Scopus)
• Reviewer of scientific papers for International Conference on Business Information Systems, Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
• Member of organizing committee and scientific committee of Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contract Technologies at International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS)
• Chair of the Financial Technologies (FinTech) master's degree study program committee at Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius University.
• Expert at the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA), a governmental institution responsible for implementing innovation policy in Lithuania. Research fields include Fintech and blockchain applications in finance, both in the private and public sectors.
• Expert at the Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LVPA), specializing in blockchain, fintech, and artificial intelligence.
• Member of the Expert Working Group for the evaluation of applications to the Vilnius University Science Promotion Fund (for the implementation of scientific ideas of young scientists and other researchers)
• Head of the Fintech, Blockchain, and Crypto Currency Research Group, Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius University
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Rudžionis
• Editorial board member of the international journal “Northern European Language Technologies”; http://www.nejlt.ep.liu.se/board.htm
• Reviewer of journals “Computational Intelligence” and “Informatica” http://www.mii.lt/informatica/
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Valukonis
• Member of Association of Financial Analysts (Lithuania), www.finansai.lt.
• Financial brokerage license (Bank of Lithuania), https://old.lb.lt/financial_brokers
Assist. Prof. A. Ramanauskaitė
• Member of Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors (LCA) (since 2012), www.lar.lt
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) by IIA Lithuania (since 2011), www.theiia.org
• Certified Auditor (CA) by LCA (since 2012), www.lar.lt
Assist. Dr Dovilė Balevičienė
• Together with Dr Outi-Maaria Palo-oja guest editing a special issue in the South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases (https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/BMC/SAJBMC%20-%20Call%20for%20Papers_Dec%202024-1699601737.pdf)
• Member of organizing committee and scientific committee of The 15th International Conference on “Culture & Creativity” (https://www.knf.vu.lt/en/the-15th-international-conference-on-culture-and-creativity#organisers)
• Since 2016 member of evaluation commission at the science promotion initiative “Science Soup” (https://mokslosriuba.lt/kartumesgalime/2023/05/16/mokslo-populiarinimo-konkursas-2023/)

Assist. Prof. Dr R. Danielienė
• Co-organiser of the event "Computers' Day" (the event took place at VU Kaunas Faculty) in 2019, 2021 and 2023, https://www.liks.lt/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/KoDi2023_progr.pdf
• Member of the Council of LIKS (Lithuanian Computer Society) and Vice-Chair of the Council (since 2017)
• Member of the Council of the National Distance Education Association (since 2016)
• EU Code Week Ambassador in Lithuania (since 2015), https://codeweek.eu/ambassadors?country_iso=LT
• Since 2016, appointed by the Government of Lithuania as a digital literacy curator in Lithuania
• Member of the programme “Інформаційні технології в культурі, мистецтві, освіті, науці, економіці та бізнесі” committee (КНУКіМ - Київський національний університет культури і мистецтв, Ukraine)
• Member of the programme committee: International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists, Postgraduates and Educational Applicants "Information Systems and Technologies – Scientific and Practical Approach", organised by TSNUK, Ukraine (2022-2023)
• Member of the programme committee and the editorial committee of the international scientific confrence "Information Systems and Technologies Security", organised by TSNUK, Ukraine
• Has worked as a leader or researcher in 15 national and international projects (supported by Leonardo da Vinci, Temus, Erasmus+, EEA funding programmes). Currently coordinating the CyberAgent project (Project No. 101111732, funded by the Erasmus+ programme).
• Provides training for adults on the topics of digital literacy, graphic design, artificial intelligence and cyber security in private training centres.
Assist. Prof. Dr V. Moskaliova
• Member of the programme committee: International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists, Postgraduates and Educational Applicants "Information Systems and Technologies – Scientific and Practical Approach", organised by TSNUK, Ukraine (2022-2023)
• Member of the programme committee and the editorial committee of the international scientific confrence "Information Systems and Technologies Security", organised by TSNUK, Ukraine
Assoc. Prof. Dr Giedrius Romeika
• Expert at Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC), field of Management, Marketing
• Member of organizing committee and scientific committee of Annual Prof. Vladas Gronskas International Scientifics Conference
Assoc. Prof. Dr Indrė Šikšnelytė-Butkienė
• Guest Editor for scientific Journal Energies Special Issue Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods in Sustainable Energy Development (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/Sustainable_Energy_Development)
• Member of scientific committee of international conferences „Innovative (Eco)Technology, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development” (IECOTERD), „Business Issues From the Future Specialist Point of View“
• Reviewer of many different Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Journals
Assoc. Prof. I. Veitaitė
• Organizer of International conference “Information Society and University Studies” IVUS (2015, 2018, 2021)
• Member of program committee of International conference “Information Society and University Studies” IVUS (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Editorial board member of proceedings of International conference “Information Society and University Studies” IVUS (CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Member of program committee of “International Conference on Information and Software Technologies” ICIST (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Š. Grigaliūnas
• ICECOM certified penetration tester
• ISO 27001 ISMS certified auditor
• President of ISACA Lithuania
• Chairman of the Lithuanian LST TK/79 (LITHUANIAN STANDARDS BOARD)
• Member of the Information security technical committee (CEN/CLC/JTC 13)
• LITNET Network and Information Security Incident Response Team LITNET CERT member for investigation, prevention, and detection of security threats
• Task lead "Security Managed" in the GÉANT GN5-1 WP8 EU project

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Vladislav Fomin, Kalle Lyytinen, Stefan Haefliger, Francois-Xavier de Vaujany. “Implementation of weakly structured systems: moving from local practices to common organizational rules” // Conference “ICIS 2023”, Association for Information Systems, December 10-13, 2023, Hyderabad, India. (https://icis2023.aisconferences.org).
2. Raminta, Pučėtaitė, Donata Jovarauskiene, Aurelija, Novelskaite. “Developing sustainability competence through a case study on gender equality” // Conference “ICERI2023: 16th international conference of education, research and innovation”, 13-15 November, 2023. Valencia: IATED academy. (https://iated.org/iceri/)
3. Vytautas Rudžionis. “GDPR requirements: in theory and in practice”. Guest speaker. // Conference “ PCISTS” 2023, 27 April, 2023 (Online), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
1. Master's student Rugilė Navickaitė (VU Kaunas Faculty) was awarded the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences prize and a letter of appreciation for her research paper “Meno informacinio prieinamumo didinimas integruotosios rinkodaros komunikacijos priemonėmis žmonėms su negalia regionuose” ("Increasing the Information Accessibility of Art for People with Disabilities in the Regions by Means of Integrated Marketing Communication"). Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr Virginija Jurėnienė.
2. Master’s student Tomas Bacevičius (VU Kaunas Faculty) was awarded first place in the Ministry of Energy's student research competition on energy and climate change “Žaliasis kelias: klimato kaitos ir energetikos iššūkiai” ("Green Path: The Challenges of Climate Change and Energy"). Scientific advisor: Dr Eduardas Freitakas.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
1. Prof. Dr Dalia Štreimikienė: expert listed in main list of experts of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
2. Prof. Dr Dalia Krikščiūnienė: external expert evaluator of Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF) for National Scientific Program “Petar Beron, Science and innovations with Europe“
3. Prof. Dr Edmundas Jasinskas: expert of the National Science and Technology Evaluation Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and expert of National Science Center Poland
4. Assist. Prof. Dr Renata Danielienė: since 2016, appointed by the Government of Lithuania as a digital literacy curator in Lithuania
5. Assoc. Prof. Dr Saulius Masteika: expert at the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA), a governmental institution responsible for implementing innovation policy in Lithuania. Research fields include Fintech and blockchain applications in finance, both in the private and public sectors

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
1. Assist. Dr Skaistė Jurėnė provided training “Auditorijų įsitraukimas kultūros organizacijose” (“Audience engagement in cultural organisations”) for Kaunas cultural workers at the National Kaunas Drama Theatre. 2023/06/14.
2. Assist. Dr Dovilė Balevičienė participated in the jury of the Science Popularisation Contest (https://mokslosriuba.lt/kartumesgalime/2023/05/16/mokslo-populiarinimo-konkursas-2023/) 2023/06.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Cyber security tournament “VU Cyberthon 2023”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZXnjpKQVYoChqNDiPa1WPLBfqN3XBU5w. 2023/02/23-25.
2. Prof. Dr Dalia Krikščiūnienė held two guest lectures "Electronic Marketing "Electronic marketing" at Thomas More university of Applied Sciences (Belgium). 2023/03/15.
3. Assist. Dr Renata Danielienė organised the event “Kompiuterininkų dienos” (“Computerists’ Days”): https://www.liks.lt/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/KoDi2023_progr.pdf. 2023/09/28-29.
4. Dr Audronė Rimkutė participated in a meeting organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania with South Korean experts working on the Lithuanian ArtTech ecosystem development plan. A presentation in English was given on the study programmes of VU Kaunas Faculty, research directions and the situation of interdisciplinary study programmes in Lithuania. 2023/10/17-18.
5. Dr Šarūnas Grigaliūnas participated in designing of cyber exercise games “Kibernetinis skydas” (Cyber Shield OpEx) cyber-attacks (organised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC) (https://www.nksc.lt/naujienos/pratybu_kibernetinis_skydas_opex_rezultatai_daugej.html ). 2023/10.