Research News

Ukrainian Center to Hold International Conference Marking 3rd Year of War in Ukraine

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On Friday 21 February, 12.30–5.30 p.m., international conference ‘Three Years, Countless Futures: Protecting Freedom and Ukraine’s Children’ will be held at the Ukrainian Center in the Education Academy of Vytautas Magnus University (31 T. Ševčenkos g., Vilnius) in commemoration of the third year of the war in Ukraine.

T4EU Online Course on Matlab and Data Analysis for PhD Students

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The European university alliance Transform4Europe and Saarland University invite PhD students to register for the online course Matlab and Data Analysis, which will be held on Microsoft Teams on the 25th and 27th of March and on the 1st and 3rd of April at 3–7 p.m. (Lithuania time). Online registration of participants is open until 28 February.

Methodological Workshop on Focus Group Discussion Method in Research

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The VMU Vytautas Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute invites academic community members to a methodological workshop on applying the focus group discussion (FGD) method in cross-national, cross-cultural, multi-lingual research.

Historic Investment into the Country’s Future: Lithuania is Signing Cooperation Agreement with MIT

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On Tuesday 28 January, 4 p.m., at the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Lithuania (S. Daukanto a. 3, Vilnius) an event will be held dedicated to Lithuania’s signing of cooperation agreement with the world’s research and innovation leader Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Boston, USA), which frequently tops various global rankings. The cooperation, which opens up wide opportunities for Lithuania, was initiated by the consortium for the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program in Lithuania. The consortium is coordinated by Vytautas Magnus University (VMU).

If There Is Mobbing at Work, Pray

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Nobody advised to pray? Needlessly. When co-workers turn into monsters, praying is very healthy. And there is no medieval darkness here – that is what science says.

V. Kavolis Institute is Strengthening Cooperation with the Helsinki Institute

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On December 4-5, a team of researchers from the Helsinki University Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH) visited the V. Kavolis Institute. During their visit, the guests from Helsinki shared their experiences and insights on initiating and implementing transdisciplinary research at the international seminar “Disciplines and their Boundaries”, organised by the V. Kavolis Institute.