91桃色

Kaunas Faculty

Sukurta: 08 June 2020

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8 Muitin臈s str., LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 37 423222,
E-mail:

Dean 鈥 Assoc. Prof. Dr. K臋stutis Driaunys

 

STAFF

85 teachers (incl. 60 holding research degree), 6 research fellows (incl. 6 holding research degree), 27 doctoral students.

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics
Institute of Languages, Literature and Translation Studies

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 2019

J. Astrauskien臈. Expression of literary wit in the 17th century drama, poetry and prose.

K. Andriu拧kevi膷ius. Merger and acquisition market: value creation for merging companies.

G. Buivyt臈. Reflexes of myth in medieval Germanic poetry and Lithuanian folk songs: common Indo-European heritage.

M. Sueldo. Strategic institutional communication management and its contribution to institutional excellence in private entrepreneurial universities.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANISED IN 2019

14th Prof. Vladas Gronskas international conference ()

2nd republican Genre Conference ()

International symposium Making and Shaping Things in Creative Economies ()

IMDA 2019: Workshop on Intelligent Methods for Data Analysis and Computer Aided Software Engineering. International conference ICIST 2019, Vilnius, Lithuania ( content/uploads/sites/317/2018/10/Final_CFP_2019_IMDA.pdf);

AKTB 2019: 11th Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business. International conference BIS 2019 ()

BSCT 2019: 2nd Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contract Technologies. Business in International Conference BIS 2019 ()

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Gibavi膷ien臈, G. Lithuanian Emigrants鈥 Journeys to Lithuania in 20th Century Travelogues. Narratives of Displacement. 26 October, 2019, St Anne's College, University of Oxford ()
  • Pu膷臈tait臈, R., Novelskait臈, A., Pu拧inait臈-Gelgot臈, R., Rusteikien臈, A., Butkevi膷ien臈, E. Understanding the role of social enterprises in attaining the sustainable development goals through the human capability approach: the case of Lithuania. Implementing the sustainable development goals: what role for social and solidarity economy? international conference, June 2019. Geneva: UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy. 2019, 1鈥16. Internet access: <
  • Radavi膷i奴t臈, J. Devoid of (e)motion: Farah鈥檚 story. 24th international conference IAWE 2019, University of Limerick, June 20鈥22, 2019. ()
  • Satkauskait臈, D. Development of Film Dubbing in Lithuania: When, Who and How? 5th international conference on audiovisual translation. University of Warsaw, September 18鈥20, 2019. (Book of abstracts: )

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019

艩treimikien臈, D., Mikalauskien臈, A., 膶iegis. R. 2019. Sustainable Development, Leadership, and Innovations 1st Edition. CRC Press. 2019, 266 p., 24 B/W Illustrations.
Rani, P., Raj Mishra, A., Raj Pardasani, K., Mardani, A., Liao, H., 艩treimikien臈, D. A novel VIKOR approach based on entropy and divergence measures of Pythagorean fuzzy sets to evaluate renewable energy technologies in India. Journal of Cleaner Production. Oxford: Elsevier Science. 2019, vol. 238, art. no. 117936: 1鈥17. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117936.

Shim, Y., Lee, H., Fomin, V. What benefits couldn't 鈥楯oyn鈥 enjoy? The changing role of standards in the competition in mobile instant messengers in Korea. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. New York: Elsevier Science. 2019, vol. 139: 125鈥134. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.09.007.

 

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND APPLIED INFORMATICS

8 Muitin臈s str., LT-03225 Kaunas
Tel. 37 422477
E-mail:

Head 鈥 Dr Giedrius Romeika

STAFF

Professors: Prof. with Distinguished Professor Status Dr. V.V. Fomin, Habil. Dr. R. 膶iegis, Dr. E. Jasinskas (part-time), Dr. V. Jur臈nien臈, D.r R. Kanapickien臈 (part-time), Dr. A. Mikalauskien臈, D.r K. Rud啪ionien臈, Habil. Dr. D. 艩treimikien臈, Dr. A. Lopata, Dr. D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, Dr. V. Sakalauskas, Dr. C. Frattima (part-time), Dr. T. Limba (part-time).
Senior research fellows: Prof. D.r R. 膶iegis (part-time), Prof. Dr. V. Fomin (part-time), Prof. Dr. D. 艩treimikien臈 (part-time), Dr. A. Novelskait臈 (part-time), Dr. R. Pu膷臈tait臈 (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. G. Gipien臈, Dr. E. Freitakas, Dr. I. Kiau拧ien臈, Dr. R. Klimaitien臈, Dr. A. Novelskait臈 (part-time), Dr. R. Pu膷臈tait臈 (part-time), Dr. R. Pu拧inait臈-Gelgot臈, Dr. A. Rimkut臈, Dr. I. 艩arki奴nait臈, Dr. A. Saiang, Dr. V. Tamulien臈 (part-time), Dr. L. Bikul膷ien臈 (part-time), Dr. K. Driaunys, Dr. S. Masteika, Dr. V. Rud啪ionis Dr. K. Budryt臈-Genevi膷臈, M. Dubnikovas.
Lecturers: R. Antanaitien臈 (part-time), Dr. M. Ambrazi奴nas (part-time), Dr. R. Bartkut臈 (part-time), Dr. A. Cha啪evskas (part-time), E. Kisielius (part-time), J. Knyvien臈 (part-time), Dr. A. Ramanauskait臈 (part-time), I. J. Vilkevi膷i奴t臈 (part-time), Dr. D. Dilijonas, K. Kubilevi膷ius (part-time), A. Stravinskien臈 (part-time), I. Veitait臈 (part-time), P. Danielius (part-time), V. Gudaitis (part-time), V. Sakalas (part-time), Dr P. Astromskis (part-time),
Assistant professors: Dr. I. Griesien臈 (part-time), Dr. G. Romeika (part-time), Dr. M. Valukonis, Dr. P. Ani奴nas (part-time), Dr. R. Danielien臈 (part-time), D.r V. Moskaliova, Dr. M. Sarvutyt臈-Gaili奴nien臈 (part-time), Dr. 艩ik拧nelyt臈-Butkien臈 (part-time)
Junior assistant professors: D. Balevi膷ien臈 (part-time), D. Ro膷k臈 (part-time), M. Vij奴nas (part-time), I. 艩膷iukausk臈 (part-time), I. Mikalauskas (part-time), M. Radzevi膷ius (part-time), I. Vitkauskait臈 (part-time), P. Boreika (part-time), K. Korovkinas (part-time), A. 弄sas (part-time), M. Gubtor (part-time), A. R. Medei拧ien臈 (part-time).
Researchers: Prof. Dr. A. Mikalauskien臈 (part-time), Dr. Triin Jerlei, Dr L. Dovydaitis, Dr. 艩ik拧nelyt臈-Butkien臈 (part-time)
Doctoral students: G. Vilutyt臈 (on academic leave), M. Sueldo, S. Jurgel臈nas (on academic leave), M. Radzevi膷ius, P. Boreika (on academic leave), I. Vitkauskait臈, D. Balevi膷ien臈, I. Mikalauskas, I. 艩膷iukausk臈, A. R. Medei拧ien臈, D. Gliaubicas (on academic leave), M. Vij奴nas (on academic leave), S. Mirinavi膷ien臈, A. 弄sas, L. Matusevi膷ien臈 (on academic leave), P. Danielius, K. Korovkinas, M. Vaitonis, N. Makrickien臈 (on academic leave), O.Pavlova, S. Jur臈n臈, M. Guptor, V.Janavi膷ien臈, U. Pavlovait臈, M. Norvai拧ait臈, K. Ma啪eikait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Innovation management
Human resource management
International human resource management
Sustainable development of tourism
Business models
Social entrepreneurship, young social entrepreneurs
Social enterprises
Sustainable development, social acceptance of technologies, economic trends, innovations, technological advances
Research of corporate finance in Central and Eastern Europe
Evaluation, accounting and reporting on intellectual capital
Theoretical and practical aspects of taxation
The problems of commercial bank and central bank 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 centres
Creative cities and clusters
Culture and consumption, peculiarities of contemporary cultural needs in Lithuanian society
Educational issues in cultural organization management
Gender issues
Organizational ethics and corporate social responsibility
Research ethics
Organizational communication
Strategic management
Organizational behaviour 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 behaviour
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 market places
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 2019

Projects funded by the University

Sustainability Assessment Prof. Dr. D. 艩treimikien臈, Prof. Habil. Dr. R. 膶iegis, Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Kiau拧ien臈, Prof. Dr. A. Mikalauskien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pu拧inait臈-Gelgot臈, Lect. Dr. I. 艩ik拧nelyt臈-Butkien臈, Asist. Prof. Dr I. Griesien臈, lect. Dr. R. Bartkut臈, PhD student I. Mikalauskas, PhD student S. Jurgel臈nas.
The sustainability assessment methodology for sustainability assessment of countries and regions was developed. This methodology integrates sustainability assessment of the most important branches of economy including energy sector. The developed methodology was empirically tested in energy sector. The most important sustainable energy indicators were identified and framework for linking these indicators in the chain of mutual impacts was developed. The sustainability assessment of energy sector development in Baltic Sea Region was performed by applying developed methodology and several multi-criteria decision aiding tools.

Main publications:

艩treimikien臈, D., Mikalauskien臈, A., 膶iegis, R. 2019. Sustainable Development, Leadership, and Innovations 1st Edition. CRC Press. 2019, 266 p., 24 B/W illustrations.

Rani, P., Raj Mishra, A., Raj Pardasani, K., Mardani, A., Liao, H., 艩treimikien臈, D. A novel VIKOR approach based on entropy and divergence measures of Pythagorean fuzzy sets to evaluate renewable energy technologies in India. Journal of Cleaner Production. Oxford: Elsevier science. 2019, vol. 238, art. no. 117936: 1鈥17. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117936.

Simionescu, M., Bilan, Y., Kraj艌谩kov谩, E., 艩treimikien臈, D., G臋dek, S. Renewable energy in the electricity sector and GDP per capita in the European Union. Energies. Basel: MDPI. 2019, vol. 12(13), art. no. 2520: 1鈥15. doi: 10.3390/en12132520.

Solving and Improving Accounting and Financial Problems. Prof. Dr. K. Rud啪ionien臈, Prof. Dr. R. Kanapickien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. G. Gipien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eduardas Freitakas, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R奴ta Klimaitien臈, Dr. Agn臈 Ramanauskait臈, Dr. Mantas Valukonis, Dr. P. Ani奴nas, PhD student L. Matusevi膷ien臈, PhD student M. Vij奴nas, PhD student M. Guptor.

Investigations are carried out in the following directions: analysation of accounting quality in Lithuanian companies, investigation of financial and non-financial information disclosure and quality of this information, identification of problems and offer of solutions; investigating financial markets, the development of financial institutions in Lithuania, researching the practice of risk management, assessment, offering improvement of these areas.

Main publications:

Klimaitien臈, R., Ramanauskait臈, J. Insight into budgeting practices: empirical study of the largest manufacturing companies in Lithuania. Apskaitos ir finans懦 mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos (Science and studies of accounting and finances: problems and perspectives). Kaunas: Vytauto Magnus University. 2019, vol 13(1): 19鈥27. doi: 10.15544/ssaf.2019.03.

Rud啪ionien臈, K., Guptor, M. 2019. Financial reporting quality in Lithuanian state-owned enterprises. Apskaitos ir finans懦 mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos (Science and studies of accounting and finances: problems and perspectives). Kaunas: Aleksandras Stulginskis University. 2019, vol. 13(1): 38鈥46. doi: 10.15544/ssaf.2019.05.

Freitakas, E., Ka啪yt臈, A. The impact of FED, ECB and PBoC monetary policies on stock markets returns. 17th international conference Management and Engineering'19. Sozopol, Bulgaria. Sofia: Sofia Technical University: conference proceedings. June 23鈥26, 2019, vol. 1: 33鈥42.

Entrepreneurship Development. Prof. Dr. E. Jasinskas, Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. 艩arki奴nait臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Tamulien臈, PhD Student I. 艩膷iukausk臈, PhD Student I. Vitkauskait臈, PhD Student A. 弄sas, PhD Student O. Pavlova.

The activities of the research group are related to various levels of entrepreneurship development: human resource management, strategic development of organizations, innovation management, business environment, consumer behaviour. 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:

弄sas, A., Jasinskas, E., Kalinina, A. V., Molchanov邪, A. V. Naudotojo patirties tyrimas vertinant svetain臋. Transformations in Business & Economics. Kaunas: 91桃色. 2019, vol. 18, 1(46): 249鈥256.

Cultural Industries and Innovations. Prof. Dr. V. Jur臈nien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Novelskait臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saiang, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pu膷臈tait臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Rimkut臈, Dr. I. Griesien臈, PhD student D. Balevi膷ien臈, PhD student R. A. Medei拧ien臈, PhD student M. Radzevi膷ius, PhD student G. Vilutyt臈, PhD student I. Vitkauskait臈, PhD student S. Jur臈n臈, PhD student U. Pavlovait臈.

The group carries out research on creative industries and their influence on organizational and national competitiveness as well as individual, social and national identity and image making. It focuses on reputation management in social media, peculiarities of communication management for branding of companies, cities and states. Another aspect of their research encompasses the impact of cultural diversity on organizational innovativeness and its outcomes such as artistic innovations or cultural enterprises. Cultural diversity is approached both from organizational and communities (countryside and urban, communities of practice in organizations) perspectives. 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鈥檚 research. The group plans to provide research-informed advice to public bodies on economic (innovation), cultural and migration policy development.

Main publications:

Pavlovait臈, U., Griesien臈, I. Development of an art platform in terms of relationship marketing: a biennial case. Transformations in Business and Economics. Kaunas: 91桃色, Kaunas Faculty of Humanities. 2019, vol. 18(2): 259鈥278.

Rimkut臈, A. European capitals of culture in Lithuania. Transforming Cities: Paradigms and Potentials of Urban Development within the 鈥淓uropean Capital of Culture鈥. Hildesheim: Universit盲tsverlag Hildesheim. 2019, vol. 40: 101鈥109.

Jank奴nait臈, R., Belevi膷ien臈, D. Modelling of critical success factors in international cultural project. International Journal on Global Business Management and Research. 2019, vol. 8(1): 32鈥44. Internet access:

Gender Issues in Lithuania. Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Saiang, Prof. Dr. V. Jur臈nien臈; Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Kiau拧ien臈.

The group focuses on manifestations and effects of social gender in different organizational, professional, economic (including different industries) and historical contexts. The research is grounded on the conviction that understanding of gender related phenomena in the society (and, indeed, dissemination of the knowledge) can contribute to development and improvement of various processes not only in the organizations (e.g. creation gender friendly procedures causing both social and economic advantages), but also in entire society (e.g. to bring more tolerance, mutual understanding etc.). Increase in gender sensibility and gender awareness in the society can lead to more sustainable development of the country.

Organizational Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Social Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management. Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pu膷臈tait臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Novelskait臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pu拧inait臈-Gelgot臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Rimkut臈, PhD student D. Balevi膷ien臈, PhD student R. A. Medei拧ien臈.

Research of the relationship between socially responsible human resource management practices and turnover intentions moderated by supervisor鈥檚 gender, construction of unity and fragmentation in organisational culture through discourses of trust and distrust were explored in Finnish organisations. Results of an international intensive course 鈥淐ases in Organizational Ethics鈥 were presented in a research publication. Empirical data for an international project CSR Research and Teaching in Central and Eastern Europe led by Sussex University (UK) were collected. Research proposal on dignity management in public organisations was submitted to Research Council of Lithuania.

Main publications:

Pu膷臈tait臈, R. Novelskait臈, A. Pu拧inait臈-Gelgot臈, R., Rusteikien臈, A., Butkevi膷ien臈, E. Understanding the role of social enterprises in attaining the sustainable development goals through the human capability approach: the case of Lithuania. International conference Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy? Geneva, June 2019. Geneva: UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy. 2019, 1鈥16. Internet access: <

Pu膷臈tait臈, R., Lamsa, A.-M., Riivari, E., Viljanen, S. Striving for inclusion through participatory practices in social enterprises. Responsible Humane Strategies for Gender Equality, Empowerment and Leadership. Eds: Ajoy Kumar Dey, Hanna Lehtim盲ki. New Delhi: Bloomsbury. 2019, 164鈥174.

ICT for Business and Education. Prof. Dr. V. Sakalauskas, Prof. Dr. D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, Dist. Prof. V. Fomin, Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Masteika, Dr. D. Dilijonas, Dr. V. Moskaliova, Dr. R. Danelien臈, PhD student M. Vaitonis, PhD student M. Liutvinavi膷ius, PhD student K. Korovkinas, PhD student P. Danielius, Assoc. Prof. Dr. K. Driaunys, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Rud啪ionis, Phd student T. Rasymas, PhD student L. Dovydaitis, Prof. Dr. A. Lopata, Prof. Dr. R. Butleris, Lect. I. Veitait臈, PhD student M. Ambrazi奴nas, Lect. A. Stravinskien臈.

In 2019, the focus was on 4 research topics:

  • on big data visualization that is based on dimensionality reduction methods. We proposed a multi-level method for data clustering and visualization. It divides the whole data mining process into separate steps and applies particular dimensionality reduction method considering the analysed data volume and type. The methods are selected according to their speed and accuracy. Therefore, we present a comparison of the selected methods according to these two criteria. Three groups of datasets containing different kind of data are used for methods evaluation. The factors that influence speed or accuracy are determined;
  • Nowadays, trade is performed by trading algorithms. The speed of trading is of the most importance; however, there is relatively little research on the increased speed of trading from milliseconds to nanoseconds. In order to address the aforementioned shortcoming, this research [2] measures the differences in the effectiveness of the pairs trading strategies, emerging when microsecond and nanosecond data are included. The effect of the increased speed of data is analysed;
  • Knowledge-based UML models generation from enterprise model technique was improved by creating information flow model transformation algorithm [1] and transformation algorithms of knowledge based UML dynamic models generation were presented [2, 3]. The main scope of research is to present how the quality of stored problem domain knowledge in Enterprise Model (EM) is significant and important in Unified Modelling Language (UML) models generation process from EM;
  • LSTM-based deep neural networks for speaker identification were investigated. The most efficient topologies of LSTM networks have been found for this type of deep networks. It has been shown that for all the tested data sets LSTM-based speaker identification outperforms baseline HMM-based speaker identification methods by at least 20%. The average correct speaker identification level with LSTM networks exceeded 98%. The increase of recognition accuracy is between 4 and 7 per cent.

Main publications:

Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, D., Sakalauskas, V., Lewandowski, R. Process mining of periodic rating scale survey data using analytic hierarchy process. Business Information Systems Workshops, BIS 2018, Berlin, Germany, July 18鈥20, 2018, revised papers. Eds: Abramowicz, Witold, Adrian Paschke. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, vol. 339: 86鈥95. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04849-5_8.

Danielius, P., Sav臈nas, T., Masteika, S. Research of ethereum mining hash rate dependency on GPU hardware settings. Business Information Systems Workshops, BIS 2018, Berlin, Germany, July 18鈥20, 2018, revised papers. Eds: Abramowicz, Witold, Adrian Paschke. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, vol. 339: 223鈥228. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04849-5_20.

Wjatscheslav, B., Fomin, V. Framework for enabling order management process in a decentralized production network based on the blockchain-technology. Procedia CIRP: 12th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering. Gulf of Naples, Italy, July 18鈥20, 2018. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 2019, vol. 79: 456鈥460. doi: 10.1016/j.procir.2019.02.121.

Research Projects

COST action European Network for Cost Containment and Improved Quality of Health Care, . Management committee members Prof. Dr. D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈, 91桃色, Lithuania, Prof. Dr. V. Sakalauskas, 91桃色, Lithuania, Project participant M. Liutvinavi膷ius.

This COST Action aims at supporting the scientific research and technology development necessary for a breakthrough in the field of cost-containment in healthcare while also maintaining the quality of health care. So far, the EU R&D agenda has under-examined this aspect while in nearly every COST Member Country rising costs of healthcare are becoming a major societal problem.

COST Association COST Action CA15123. The European Research Network on Types for Programming and Verification (EUTYPES), Management committee members Prof. A. Lopata, I. Veitait臈, 91桃色, Lithuania.

Types are pervasive in programming and information technology. A type defines a formal interface between software components, allowing the automatic verification of their connections, and greatly enhancing the robustness and reliability of computations and communications. In rich dependent type theories, full functional specification of a program can be expressed as a type. Type systems have rapidly evolved over the past years, becoming more sophisticated, capturing new aspects of the behaviour of programs and the dynamics of their execution.

BlockChain Network Online Education for interdisciplinary European Competence Transfer (BlockNet).

Project BlockNet (BlockChain Network Online Education for interdisciplinary European Competence Transfer) is funded by the European Commission in the context of the Erasmus+ program KA2-Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices. Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education.
The fundamental goal of BlockNet is the development and implementation in practice of an interdisciplinary Blockchain Technology (BCT) Small Network Online Course (SNOC). To date, there are no interdisciplinary courses providing students of different majors with knowledge of BCT, its applications and impact on business environments, as well as comprehensive essential skills to be prepared for the interdisciplinary work they will face in future projects.
The project consortium is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Habil. Vladislav V. Fomin and Darius Kara拧a from Kaunas Faculty of 91桃色. However, all participating parties assume leading tasks in the four work packages of the project. The project has commenced in September 2018 and will run through February 2021 (the duration of 30 months). The project funding obtained from Erasmus+ KA2 program amounts to 337,336.00 Euro. Project No:鈥2018-1-LT01-KA203-047044.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Evaluation of Socio-Economic Impact of Social Business: Comparison of Lithuania and Finland - SOCImpact, contract No. P-MIP-17-483.

It is a 3-year (2017鈥2020) project that aims at evaluating socio-economic impact of social business on internal and external stakeholders from a cross-cultural perspective. Research methodology for qualitative part was tuned with the researchers from Finland and collection of data on the ethical perspective of motives of social entrepreneurs in Lithuania was started.

Research Council of Lithuania. Baltic Visual Identity in Soviet Industrial Design. Project Reference: 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-08-0001.

This project focuses on design in the Baltic States between the years 1965 and 1985, mainly concentrating on small household objects, furniture and textiles. The main objective of the research is to analyse the nature of 鈥楤altic identity鈥 in Soviet industrial design economy and to understand the factors behind its development. Through a study of historical processes, the project aims at improving the public knowledge and appreciation of local design culture within the Baltic States, which are necessary for a diverse and successful development of contemporary local design. Secondly, this project proposes a new methodology for studying former Soviet and possibly also Socialist states that would step away from the simple understanding of states as simple satellites of Soviet Russia and fully consider all political, cultural and social factors that led to the development of individual design cultures in different regions. Coordinator: Dr. Triin Jerlei.

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 Jyv盲skyl盲, School of Business and Economics (Finland)
University of Tampere, School of Management (Finland)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Poznan University of Economics (Poland)
Cordoba University (Spain)
Intellerts BV Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Tampere University of Technologies (Finland)
Altacom (Estonia)
Bankera Centre of Financial Technology (Lithuania)
Hostinger International
RMD Technologies (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. R. 膶iegis 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Engineering Economics,
  • editorial board member of the journal Transformations in Business & Economics,
  • editorial board member of the journal Technological and Economic Development of Economy,
  • editorial board member of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education,
  • editorial board member of the journal Social Research, .

Prof. Dr. V. Fomin 鈥

  • editorial board member of International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR) (formerly International Journal of IT Standards & Standardisation Research (JITSR)) ();
  • editorial board member of Baltic Journal of Modern Computing (BJMC), ();
  • member of the International Advisory Board, University of Latvia, Latvia;
  • member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS),
  • member of the European Academy for Standardization (EURAS), www.euras.org;
  • member of the International Committee for Education about Standardization (ICES),

Prof. Dr. E. Jasinskas 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Leisure Time Research, ;
  • editorial board member of the journal Tourism and Recreation Journal,
  • editorial board member of the journal European Journal of Contemporary Education, .

Dr. I. 艩ik拧nelyt臈 鈥

  • World Federation of Scientists (Switzerland) fellowship to organize research The development of Lithuanian electricity system incorporating new innovative technologies fostering RES-Electricity, ;
  • member of the Association for Energy Economics, .

Dr. L. Tauginien臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the Journal of Academic Ethics;
  • Board member of European Network for Academic Integrity.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Kiau拧ien臈 鈥

  • member of the Winnet Centre of Excellence, .

Prof. Dr. A. Mikalauskien臈 鈥

  • member of the Association for Energy Economics, ;
  • Technical Committee member of Lithuanian Department of Statistics,
  • member of International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences (IISES);
  • senior member of Economics Development Research Centre (IEDRC).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. 艩arki奴nait臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Leisure Time Research,

Prof. Dr. D. 艩treimikien臈 鈥

  • member of the Association for Energy Economics, ;
  • editor-in-Chief of the journal Transformations in Business & Economics,
  • vice-editor of the journal Intellectual Economy,
  • editorial board member of the journal Technological and Economic Development of Economy,
  • editorial board member of the journal Economics & Sociology,
  • The Commission鈥檚 Horizon 2020 AGE (Advisory Group for Energy) group member.

Prof. Dr. K. Rud啪ionien臈 鈥

  • member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers;
  • editorial board member of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice.

Prof. Dr. R. Kanapickien臈 鈥

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

Assoc. Prof. Dr. G. Gipien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Klimaitien臈 鈥

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

Dr. A. Ramanauskait臈 鈥

  • member of Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors (LCA), www.lar.lt;
  • certified internal Auditor (CIA) by IIA Lithuania, www.theiia.org;
  • certified auditor (CA) by LCA, www.lar.lt .

Dr. M. Valukonis 鈥

  • member of Association of Financial Analysts (Lithuania), www.finansai.lt;
  • financial brokerage license (Bank of Lithuania), .

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pu膷臈tait臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the international journal EJBO 鈥 Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organizational Studies, publisher: Business and Organization Ethics Network (BON), Finland (ejbo.jyu.fi);
  • editorial board member of the international peer-reviewed journal Journal of Management and Change, (previously EBS Review,), published by Estonian Business School, included in EBSCO Business Source Complete database,
  • member of a follow-up group to a doctoral student Soilikki Viljanen at the University of Jyv盲skyl盲, Finland;
  • member of international advisory board in the WeAll 鈥 Social and Economic Sustainability of Future Working Life project funded by the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland (2015鈥2020), carried out by Universities of Helsinki and Jyv盲skyl盲 and Hanken School of Economics, ();
  • expert on the data base Lituanistika.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Urbonien臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici Pedagogika, published by The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru艅, Poland,
  • editor of the journal International Journal on Global Business Management and Research, publisher Rajalakshmi Engineering College, India,

Prof. Dr. V. Jur臈nien臈 鈥

  • expert at the European Institute for Gender Equality,
  • expert at the Faculty of Economic Science and Information Technology, North West University: Vaal Triangle Campus, South Africa, ;
  • expert on the data base Lituanistika;
  • editorial board member of the international journal Economics and Sociology,
  • editorial board member of the international journal Developing World Women Issues: Law, Justice and Health,
  • editorial board member of the international Journal of Cultural and Religious Studies,
  • editorial board member of the international journal Problems of World History: Scientific Journal, Institute of World History of the NAS of Ukraine,

Prof. Dr. A. Lopata 鈥

  • member of Lithuanian Computer Society (LIKS),
  • programme committee member of the 20th International Conference on Information and Software Technologies (ICIST2019),
  • Chair of special session Intelligent Methods for Data Analysis and Computer Aided Software Engineering (International Conference ICIST2019), .

Prof. Dr. V. Sakalauskas 鈥

  • programme committee member of the annual international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS),
  • co-chair, member of the programme committee and organiser of Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB) in conjunction with BIS, Poznan, Poland,
  • member of the Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs),
  • member of Spanish Research Group Knowledge Discovery and Intelligent Systems (KDIS) at the University of Cordoba, .

Prof. Dr. D. Krik拧膷i奴nien臈 鈥

  • editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Marketing Principles and Practices (IJMPP) (Online)(Print),
  • associated editor of International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications,
  • associated editor of the international journal Electronic Commerce Research and Applications,
  • editorial committee member of the International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems (IARIA),
  • co-chair of the programme committee of workshop of international conference Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB) at International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS),
  • member of the programme committee of international conference BIS, International Conference on Business Information Systems,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Masteika 鈥

  • associated partner of Marie Curie Actions EU project Training in Modern Quantitative Methods and High-Performance Computing for Finance,
  • associated partner of Tampere University of Technology in research project Efficient Numerical Methods on High-performance Computing Platforms for the Underlying Financial Models;
  • 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;
  • editorial board member of the journal Transformations in Business and Economy.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Rud啪ionis 鈥

  • editorial board member of the international journal Northern European Language Technologies,
  • programme committee member and organiser of Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB in conjunction with 17th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS),

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

  • Prof. Dr. Dalia 艩treimikien臈: The Commission鈥檚 Horizon 2020 AGE (Advisory Group for Energy) group member;
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raminta Pu膷臈tait臈: Member of international advisory board in the WeAll 鈥 Social and Economic Sustainability of Future Working Life project funded by the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland (2015鈥2020), carried out by Universities of Helsinki and Jyv盲skyl盲 and Hanken School of Economics ()
  • Assoc.Prof.S. Masteika: an expert of Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology- MITA, governmental institution, responsible for implementation of innovation policy in Lithuania. Research fields: Fintech and blockchain applications in finance, private and public sectors.
  • Distinguished Prof. Dr. Vladislav V. Fomin: Expert of Latvian Academy of Sciences (www.lza.lv).
  • Prof. Audrius Lopata: Expert of Lithuanian Business Development Agency (LVPA). Completed evaluation activities for more than 14 EU funding related tenders of scientific and business fields.

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Audit of information systems reduction to cyber security issues and cyber security training for Trakai municipality

MOST IMPORTANT RESEACH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • Hackathon on big data analysis and visualization, ();
  • Science popularization article Vandens ir deimant懦 paradoksas 鈥 sunkiai 寞menama m寞sl臈 ir 拧iuolaikiniams ekonomistams [Water and diamonds鈥 paradox- difficult conundrum for nowadays scientists] by Remigijus 膶iegis and Stasys Girdzijauskas ();
  • Workshop for secondary school student companies Principles of Marketing;
  • Computer Days 鈥 2019 (Kompiuterininku dienos 鈥 2019) ().

 

INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES

12 Muitin臈s str., LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 37 422 926
E-mail:

Director 鈥 Prof. Dr. Danguol臈 Satkauskait臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. D. Ali奴kait臈 (part-time), Dr. G. Bankauskait臈, Dr. H.-H. Droessiger (part-time), Dr. A. Krasnovas (part-time), Dr. J. Kr奴minien臈, Dr. D. Mikul臈nien臈 (part-time), Dr. S. Radzevi膷ien臈, Dr. D. Satkauskait臈 (part-time), Dr. T. Solomonik-Pankra拧ova (part-time), Dr. S. 艩arkauskien臈, Dr. L. Ulvydien臈 (part-time).
Senior research fellows: Dr. G. Bankauskait臈 (part-time), Dr. I. Stepukonien臈 (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. R. Baranauskien臈, Dr. S. Bir啪ietien臈, Dr. E. Gabr臈nait臈 (part-time), Dr. S. Juzel臈nien臈, Dr. J. Kerevi膷ien臈, Dr. E. Keturakien臈, Dr. S. Keturakis (part-time), Dr. R. Kudirka, Dr. I. Mickien臈, Dr. 沤. Nemickien臈, Dr. L. Niedzviegien臈, Dr. G. Rum拧ien臈, Dr. D. Vengalien臈 (part-time).
Assistants: Dr. E. Alosevi膷ien臈 (part-time), Dr. I. Koverien臈 (part-time), Dr. V. Linkevi膷i奴t臈 (part-time), Dr. J. Radavi膷i奴t臈 (part-time).
Research fellow: Dr. E. Alosevi膷ien臈 (part-time), Dr. I. Koverien臈 (part-time).
Junior assistant: J. Astrauskien臈 (part-time).
Lecturers: L. Abraitien臈 (part-time), D. Aleksandravi膷ien臈 (part-time), G. Dubauskien臈 (part-time), L. Fedor膷enkien臈 (part-time), Dr. M. Grigaitis (part-time), L. Grikietis (part-time), L. Kami膷aityt臈 (part-time), J. Kau拧ylait臈, A. Kuzmickien臈, R. Ma膷iulskien臈, T. Ru拧kien臈 (part-time), J. Skovorodko, Dr. I. 艩le啪ait臈, E. Voidogien臈.
Doctoral students: L. Abraitien臈, G. Gibavi膷ien臈, E. Merkyt臈-艩varcien臈, D. Burbien臈, M. Triau拧yt臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Linguistic means of social discourse
Cognitive aspects of media and political discourse analysis
Sociolinguistic research of dialectal speech
Perceptual analysis of dialectal discourse
Cultural significance of dialects
Exploration of toponyms
Visual metaphors: methodological approaches
Terminological basis of sranslation studies
Translation of culture-bound units
Vernacular translation as Modus Interpretandi
Interdisciplinary approach to audiovisual translation
Development, characteristics and perception of voice-over
Strategies and problems of audio description
Theatre and opera subtitling as a multimodal construct
Polysemiotic cohesion in film dubbing
Fictional worlds within conceptual categories: from etymology to pragmatics
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
Phenomenon and instrumentarium of literary wit
Historical awareness in the Lithuanian poetry of the 19th century
Contemporary reception of literary heritage and literary criticism
Poetics, Stylistics and Rhetoric in fictional texts and public discourse

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Multimodality in Public Discourse. Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Juzel臈nien臈, Prof. Dr. S. 艩arkauskien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Baranauskien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Bir啪ietien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Kerevi膷ien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Vengalien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. 沤. Nemickien臈, Assist. Prof. Dr. E. Gabr臈nait臈.

The research carried out under this project is based on the exploration of multimodal texts, focusing on areas such as politics, advertising and films. Theories of cognitive metaphor and metonymy, conceptualization of emotion as well as interaction of verbal and visual modes are applied in the analysis.

Main publications:

Juzel臈nien臈, S., Baranauskien臈, R., and Mourettou, G. FATI project: From alienation to inclusion. INTED 2019: 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, March 11鈥13, 2019, Valencia, Spain. Conference Proceedings. 2019: 1881鈥890.

Vengalien臈, D. 2019. Patterns of imonic Metaphors in Lithuanian politicized discourse. Respectus Philologicus. 2019, 35: 30鈥43.

Nemickien臈, 沤. Means of expression of epistemic modality in Russian political discourse. Respectus Philologicus. 2019, 36(41): 19鈥31.

Audiovisual Translation Research. Prof. Dr. D. Satkauskait臈, Prof. Dr. H.-H. Droessiger, Prof. Dr. L. Ulvydien臈, Prof. dr. J. Kr奴minien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Kerevi膷ien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. G. Rum拧ien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Niedzviegien臈, Dr. E. Alosevi膷ien臈, Dr. I. Koverien臈, Dr. J. Astrauskien臈, PhD student L. Abraitien臈.

The research carried out under this project deals with theoretical frameworks and research methodologies of audiovisual translation, history, strategies and problems of dubbing, voice-over and subtitling as well as translation for audiences with special needs.

Main publication:

Droessiger, H.-H. The diversity of body and translation: just a matter of perspective. Respectus Philologicus. 2019, 36: 158鈥170.

The Interaction of Text and Context. Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Bir啪ietien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Keturakien臈, Prof. Dr. J. Kr奴minien臈, Prof. Dr. L. Ulvydien臈, Prof. Dr. T. Solomonik-Pankra拧ova, Prof. Dr. A. Krasnovas, Prof. Dr. G. Bankauskait臈, Prof. Dr. S. 艩arkauskien臈, Dr. J. Radavi膷i奴t臈, Dr. S. Radzevi膷ien臈, senior research fellow Dr. I. Stepukonien臈, PhD student G. Gibavi膷ien臈, J. Astrauskien臈, E. Voidogien臈.

The research explored the representation of traumatic events as well as the mythological elements and archetypal images in various texts, the links between ego-documents and lyrics of Lithuanian writers, the portrayal of society in novels, the literary wit in English poetry and the persuasive tools in Lithuanian travel literature.

Main publications:

Bankauskait臈, G., Vai拧vylait臈, D. T臈vyn臈s vaizdinys Antano Vai膷iulai膷io lai拧kuose. Respectus Philologicus. 2019, 36(41): 110鈥122.

Voidogien臈, E. Humanitarika 艩vedijoje 鈥 didvyr臈 ar tarnait臈? Respectus Philologicus. 2019, 35: 169鈥181.

Stepukonien臈, I. XVI a. diduomen臈s vaizdavimas moderniame lietuvi懦 ir suomi懦 istoriniame romane 鈥 P. Dirg臈los Joldijos J奴ra ir M. Waltari Karina. Gimtasai kra拧tas. 2019, 16鈥27.

Language Varieties and Language Attitudes: Approaches of Perceptual Dialectology, Sociolinguistics etc.
Prof. Dr. D. Ali奴kait臈, Prof. Dr. D. Mikul臈nien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Mickien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Baranauskien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Kudirka, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Linkevi膷i奴t臈, PhD student E. Merkyt臈-艩varcien臈, PhD student M. Triau拧yt臈.

The research carried out under this project focused on the analysis of the variant ability of the Lithuanian and English languages from the perspective of perceptual dialectology and sociolinguistics aiming at working out cultural and social characteristics of the horizontal and vertical language continuum; considerable attention was given to grammatical-structural classification of Lithuanian toponyms.

Main publications:

Ali奴kait臈, D. Objektyvusis tarmi拧kumas: Po啪ymiai ir vert臈. Respectus Philologicus. 2019, 35: 63鈥91.

Linkevi膷i奴t臈, V. Conceptual metaphors in Donald Trump鈥檚 political discourse: Politics domain (2018). Kalb懦 Studijos. 2019, 34: 46鈥55.

Kudirka, R. Lietuvi懦 kalbos 啪argono priesagini懦 prieveiksmi懦 morfologija ir adaptacin臈s ypatyb臈s: Priesagos -ai hibridiniai vediniai i拧 priesagini懦 rus懦 kalbos kilm臈s b奴dvard啪i懦. Respectus Philologicus. 2019, 36(41): 47鈥59.

International Research Projects

Erasmus+ project. Developing Modernized \Curricula on Immigrants鈥 Lives (DEMO). (No. 585583-EPP-1-2017-1-IL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP). Prof. L. Ulvydien臈. 2017鈥2020.

DEMO is conceived to increase the awareness and knowledge about migrants鈥 life experiences among applied social professionals (teachers, social workers, counsellors and others) so that they can provide this population with better-attuned services. DEMO proposes to achieve this aim by developing, implementing and disseminating innovative courses on the lives of migrants in Higher Education Institutions. DEMO will pilot and disseminate 12 new courses (26 class hours) and 5 short modules (1.5鈥3 class hours) to be incorporated in existing courses. The syllabi will be developed by bi-national teams in collaboration with local NGOs working with immigrants. Novel teaching methodologies will be applied.

Erasmus+ project. From Alienation to Inclusion (FATI). (No. 2017-3-CY02-KA205-001111). Assoc. Prof. S. Juzel臈nien臈, Assoc. Prof. R. Baranauskien臈. 2018鈥2020.

The innovative character of the project From Alienation to Inclusion lies on the effective collaboration of the project partners, who are seeking to create activities by developing a unique on-line environment which contains comprehensive training modules on social integration of migrants and refugees into EU societies, while seeking to eliminate all those social, linguistic and psychological barriers, which prevent migrants and refugees from being integrated in the new environment.

National Research Projects

State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. Distribution of Regional Variants and Quasistandard Language at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Perceptual Approach (Perceptual Categorisation of Variants) (No. K-2/2017/MTS-620000-223). Prof. Dr. D. Ali奴kait臈. 2017鈥2019.

The project aims at the analysis of the perceptual competence of ordinary members of language community by applying the principles of perceptual dialectology. In 2019, the analysis of variant perception was performed; the data of variant perception research was systemically and analytically estimated; 5 papers were delivered in the scientific conferences; 2 articles were prepared. The articles focus on the discourse of perceptual dialectology with the emphasis on the issue of the objective dialecticity and quasistandard as well.

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

Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
University of 艁贸d藕 (Poland)
Institute of Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. D. Ali奴kait臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus,
  • editorial board member of the international journal of scholarly papers Taikomoji kalbotyra,
  • expert for database Lituanistika,
  • Board member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics,
  • member of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language,
  • member of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics,

Prof. Dr. G. Bankauskait臈 鈥

  • editor-in-chief of the international journal Respectus Philologicus,
  • the editorial board member of the journal 校泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻懈泄 褨薪褎芯褉屑邪褑褨泄薪懈泄 锌褉芯褋褌褨褉 (Ukrainian Information Space; Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts) ;
  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA),
  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Comparative Literature,
  • scientific expert for the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco庐 (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
  • scientific expert for Database Lituanistika,
  • scientific expert for 91桃色 (Lithuania)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Baranauskien臈 鈥

  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA),
  • member of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS),
  • member of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM);
  • expert for Database Lituanistika,
  • external expert for proposal(s) of COST Association, www.cost.eu.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Bir啪ietien臈 鈥

  • member of International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR),
  • member of the Lithuanian Classical Association Societas Classica,

Prof. Dr. H. H. Dr枚脽iger 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Studies about Languages, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania),
  • editorial board member of the journal 袠薪芯褋褌褉邪薪薪褘械 褟蟹褘泻懈 胁 胁褘褋褕械泄 褕泻芯谢械, Ryazan State University (Russia),

Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Juzel臈nien臈 鈥

  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics,
  • member of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM);

Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Keturakien臈 鈥

  • member of the Association of Lithuanian Comparative Literature, htttp:/www.llla.lt

Prof. Dr. A. Krasnovas 鈥

  • editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus,

Prof. Dr. J. Kr奴minien臈 鈥

  • member of Belarusan Association for American Studies (BELAAS) as a constituent member of European Association for American Studies, ,
  • member of The John Donne Society. Bldg. 250/251F, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2020, www.stanford.edu,
  • editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus,
  • member of International Advisory Board of the International Multidisciplinary Research Journal European Academic Research (EAR), www.euacademic.org .

Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Mickien臈 鈥

  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. 沤. Nemickien臈 鈥

  • member of the scientific committee-reviewers for the conference ScieConf 2018 on Advanced Scientific Results in Slovakia,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. L. Niedzviegien臈 鈥

  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics,
  • member of the Lithuanian Computer Society (Localisation Section);
  • member of the Temporary Subcommittee Guide for Translators of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language,

Prof. Dr. S. Radzevi膷ien臈 鈥

  • member of the Association of Lithuanian Comparative Literature,
  • member of the European Network of Comparative Literary Studies;
  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators,
  • member of World Lithuanian Language Community,
  • member of the Association of Lituanistics (Baltistics) Centres.

Prof. Dr. T. Solomonik-Pankra拧ova 鈥

  • member of the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature Medium 脝vum.

Prof. Dr. S. 艩arkauskien臈 鈥

  • member of the Lithuanian Classical Association Societas Classica,

Prof. Dr. L. Ulvydien臈 鈥

  • deputy editor-in-chief of Respectus Philologicus,
  • member of ESSE The European Society for the Study of English,
  • member of Belorussian Association for American Studies (BELAAS) as a constituent member of European Association for American Studies,
  • member of the Creative Group for Institute of Science and Encyclopaedia Publications, www.meli.lt;
  • editorial board member of Black Sea Scientific Journal of Academic Research;
  • editorial board member of TOJDE (Anadolu University, Turkey),

Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Vengalien臈 鈥

  • member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics,
  • member of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor RaAM,

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

  • May 4, 2019, Jurgita Astrauskien臈, Jurgita Kerevi膷ien臈, the representatives of Audiovisual translation programme, received an award from the Lithuanian Association of the Deaf for the important input into accessibility of audiovisual material for the deaf and fruitful cooperation.

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

  • Since February 2018 Jurgita Astrauskien臈 has been a member of the working group of the Seimas Committee on Culture working on the law regarding the availability of TV material for hearing or visually impaired people. The law (March 21, 2019) is available on the website of the Lithuanian Seimas:

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • In August 2019, Laura Niedzviegien臈 consulted architect Rasa Chmieliauskaite, a project manager of the project (Ne)matoma architekt奴ra ((In)visible Architecture) initiated by architect Rasa Chmieliauskait臈 and Kaunas Artists鈥 House (KMN) on involving blind and partially sighted members of society into cultural events and on issues of audio description of architectural objects.
  • In December 2019, Laura Niedzviegien臈 consulted the Lithuanian Library for the Blind on involving blind and partially sighted members of society into cultural events and on issues of audio description of films.
  • In December 2019, Laura Niedzviegien臈 consulted the National Gallery of Art on involving blind and partially sighted members of society into project Blind Date and on general issues of audio description of visual art.


MOST IMPORTANT RESEACH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • In March 2019, Laura Niedzviegien臈 participated in the broadcast radio programme Aklas pasimatymas. (13:32 min)
  • March 10, 2019, Jurgita Kerevi膷ien臈 participated in LRT broadcast radio programme Ryto Allegro.
  • In April 2019, Laura Niedzviegien臈 and Jurgita Astrauskien臈 participated in LRT broadcast radio programme Ar膷iau man臋s. Kaip kin膮 patiria neregiai ir kurtieji?. Interview about Audio Description and Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
  • September 23, 2019, Jurgita Astrauskien臈 and Jurgita Kerevi膷ien臈 presented a report at the international conference Social Well-being of the Deaf: Cases of the European Countries held in the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
  • December 10, 2019, Saulut臈 Juzel臈nien臈 and Rita Baranauskien臈 gave opening speech Eliminating the linguistic barriers through innovative language learning platforms in the international conference Eliminating the Barriers towards the Social Inclusion of Migrants held in Nicosia, Cyprus, under the context of the organized activities for the EU funded project From Alienation to Inclusion.