Research News
Prof. Robert van Voren. Lithuania Takes the Lead
When a month and a half ago I wrote a brief op-ed in 15min calling on people not to use the term “social distancing”, I did not expect such an overwhelming reaction. My “crie de couer” was the result of the feeling that the notion was a damaging one and only increased the isolation in which a significant portion of the population was already living due to psychosocial or physical disability or because of old age.
DeuS Project is Researching the Cultural and Creative Sector
DeuS, a regional Vocational Educational Training (VET) project that aims to unlock the potential of the cultural and creative sector in Europe, is organising four surveys for representatives of this sector.
Prof. Robert van Voren. Questionable Decisions
The COVID-19 pandemic has found the world completely unprepared, in spite of multiple warnings. It has given huge possibilities to authoritarian regimes and rulers who exploited the panic to introduce supervisory or restrictive measures that will be hard to undo. In my view, a key mistake in many if not most countries is the fact that advisory bodies did not include psychologists or psychiatrists.
VMU Scientists Created a Tool for Predictions of Coronavirus Spread
The number of infected people in Lithuania could exceed 3,000, while the spread of the virus will only be contained if quarantine restrictions are not significantly loosened for at least two more months. This is indicated by a new interactive mathematical model: a tool which can be used to conduct analysis and make decisions related to COVID-19. The model was created by researchers from Vytautas Magnus University (VMU): Prof. Juozas Augutis from the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, who is also the university’s rector, and PhD student Justinas Dainauskas from the Dept. of Applied Informatics.
Prof. Alpo Russi. About Recognition of Independence of Baltic States
I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the victims of January events. Their courage paved the way for independence and freedom. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were the last to enter the Soviet Union as union republics and the first to leave in 1991.
Prof. Alpo Russi. On Recognition of Independence of the Baltic States
I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the victims of January events. Their courage paved the way for independence and freedom. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were the last to enter the Soviet Union as union republics and the first to leave in 1991.
