Researchers - Vytautas Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute

The Kavolis Institute brings together junior, senior, and associate researchers from a wide range of social sciences and humanities: psychology, sociology, law, management, political science, economics, communication and information, philosophy, history and archaeology, and art history.

V. KAVOLIS INSTITUTE RESEARCHERS

Dr. Eglė Aleknaitė-Škarubskė

Dr. Eglė Aleknaitė-Škarubskė

Research interests: religion; gender; migration; identity politics; heritage politics.

Prof. dr. Milda Ališauskienė

Prof. dr. Milda Ališauskienė

Research interests: minority and new religions; religious diversity; religion and state; religion and gender.

Prof. dr. Oles Andriychuk

Prof. dr. Oles Andriychuk

Research interests: competition law; internet law; digital markets; media law.

Dr. Paulius Astromskis

Dr. Paulius Astromskis

Research interests: technology law and legal technologies.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktoras Bachmetjevas

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktoras Bachmetjevas

Research interests: ethics; humour; general history of ideas.

Prof. dr. Auksė Balčytienė

Prof. dr. Auksė Balčytienė

Research interests: digital change and media transformations; media policy and governance; media literacy; democratic capacities and epistemic resilience; media activism; Central and East European Studies.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė

Research interests: local self-government and governance; local politics; local democracy; intergovernmental coordination.

Prof. dr. Dovilė Budrytė

Prof. dr. Dovilė Budrytė

Research interests: historical memory; gender studies; international politics; Eastern Europe.

PhD candidate Martynas Butkus

PhD candidate Martynas Butkus

Research interests: associational culture; civil society; Lithuanian voluntary associations in 1905–1940.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aušrinė Cemnolonskė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aušrinė Cemnolonskė

Research interests: art processes in Lithuania and Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries; art and historical memory.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Remigijus Civinskas

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Remigijus Civinskas

Research interests: public service reform; public policy formations and implementation; NGO management; behavioristic public policy and public administration; 19 century city history.

Dr. Anna Sylwia Czyż

Dr. Anna Sylwia Czyż

Research interests: architecture in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; founding activity of noblemen in the context of the Baroque culture and power propaganda; Italian artists in Lithuania.

Prof. dr. Vytis Čubrinskas

Prof. dr. Vytis Čubrinskas

Research interests: migration and diaspora studies from anthropological perspective; ethnicity; nationalism and transnationalism; politics of identity; cultural and family heritage studies.

Dr. Mantas Antanas Davidavičius

Dr. Mantas Antanas Davidavičius

Research interests: eco-philosophy; environmental politics; object-oriented ontology.

PhD candidate Irma Dirsytė

PhD candidate Irma Dirsytė

Research interests: family demography; social stratification; historical demography.

Dr. Adas Diržys

Dr. Adas Diržys

Research interests: ontology; epistemology; contemporary realisms; esotericism studies; weird studies.

PhD candidate Gytis Dovydaitis

PhD candidate Gytis Dovydaitis

Research interests: philosophy of technology; new media arts; internet culture; social theory of space; critical cartography.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Linara Dovydaitytė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Linara Dovydaitytė

Research interests: memory culture; critical heritage; museum studies; industrial heritage; nuclear aesthetics; socially engaged practice.

Dr. Ieva Dryžaitė

Dr. Ieva Dryžaitė

Research interests: precarity; inequality; family and gender sociology; social suffering; time.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Gaigalienė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Gaigalienė

Research interests: financial literacy; financial behaviour; financial socialisation; financial resilience and self-employment.

Dr. Dovilė Galdauskaitė

Dr. Dovilė Galdauskaitė

Research interests: demography; fertility studies; sociology of family and gender; sociology of personal life.

Dr. Inga Gaižauskaitė

Dr. Inga Gaižauskaitė

Research interests: social and political trust; political participation; local governance; solidarity in the EU; advancements of social research methodology.

Dr. Benediktas Gelūnas

Dr. Benediktas Gelūnas

Research interests: addiction; chronic illness; public health; masculinities; adulthood.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liudas Glemža

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liudas Glemža

Research interests: history of towns; history of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (administration, society, states).

Prof. dr. David Hoinski

Prof. dr. David Hoinski

Research interests: philosophy; rationality; comedy, politics; literary criticism.

Dr. Ričardas Jaramičius

Dr. Ričardas Jaramičius

Research interests: history of the Catholic Church; history of Parliamentarism; research on the Third Statute of Lithuania.

Prof. dr. Domantas Jasilionis

Prof. dr. Domantas Jasilionis

Research interests: demography; demographic methods; public health; health inequalities; population and health policies.

Prof. dr. Dalius Jonkus

Prof. dr. Dalius Jonkus

Research interests: phenomenology; philosophy of culture; anthropology; aesthetics; history of Lithuanian philosophy.

Dr. Kristina Jonutytė

Dr. Kristina Jonutytė

Research interests: political anthropology; Siberia; Russia; Buryatia; ethnicity; identity; migration.

PhD candidate Evelina Juchnevičiūtė

PhD candidate Evelina Juchnevičiūtė

Research interests: religion; politics; far-right politics; human rights; gender.

Dr. Bernd Justin Jütte

Dr. Bernd Justin Jütte

Research interests: copyright; platforms; artificial intelligence; intellectual property fundamentals rights.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ignas Kalpokas

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ignas Kalpokas

Research interests: AI and digital technologies; political communication; disinformation and fake news; media and communication theory.

Dr. Julija Kalpokienė

Dr. Julija Kalpokienė

Research interests: intellectual property law; artificial intelligence regulation; artificial intelligence and education; internet governance; cybersecurity and data protection.

Prof. dr. Vaida Kamuntavičienė

Prof. dr. Vaida Kamuntavičienė

Research interests: history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; history of the Catholic Church; microhistory.

PhD candidate Rimgailė Kasparaitė

PhD candidate Rimgailė Kasparaitė

Research interests: communication; digital ethics; co-governance; collaboration; resilience.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aistė Lazauskienė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aistė Lazauskienė

Research interests: local government; local democracy; urban governance; municipal history.

Dr. Gintarė Leckė

Dr. Gintarė Leckė

Research interests: economic (financial) socialization; financial literacy (individuals and entrepreneurs); market participant’s rationality.

Prof. dr. Renata Legenzova

Prof. dr. Renata Legenzova

Research interests: financial socialization; financial literacy; investor rationality; business resilience; corporate reporting.

PhD candidate Patricija Lenčiauskienė

PhD candidate Patricija Lenčiauskienė

Research interests: young audiences’ literacy qualities (digital and media literacy); digital skills; platformisation and disinformation.

Dr. Eugenijus Liutkevičius

Dr. Eugenijus Liutkevičius

Research interests: sociocultural anthropology; anthropology of Christianity; Biblical hermeneutics; trauma healing.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daiva Majauskienė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daiva Majauskienė

Research interests: history of sports; sports ethics; anti-doping; biopsychosocial well-being of people of all ages.

Prof. dr. Aušra Maslauskaitė

Prof. dr. Aušra Maslauskaitė

Research interests: demography; family change; gender.

Prof. dr. Natalija Mažeikienė

Prof. dr. Natalija Mažeikienė

Research interests: gender studies; critical theory in education; communication and social work; inclusion and the eradication of inequality.

Prof. dr. Gintautas Mažeikis

Prof. dr. Gintautas Mažeikis

Research interests: critical theory of symbolical thinking; history of philosophy; theory of ideas and rationalities.

Dr. Péter Mezei

Dr. Péter Mezei

Research interests: copyright; intellectual property; comparative law; disruptive technologies; digital society.

Dr. Agita Misāne

Dr. Agita Misāne

Research interests: religious diversity; nationalism; religion and politics; secular worldviews, especially contemporary stoicism.

Dr. Modesta Morkevičiūtė

Dr. Modesta Morkevičiūtė

Research interests: workaholism/work addiction; personal and situational factors of workaholism/work addiction.

Dr. Kęstutis Mosakas

Dr. Kęstutis Mosakas

Research interests: applied ethics; philosophy of technology; bioethics; theoretical ethics.

Prof. dr. Hannu Nieminen

Prof. dr. Hannu Nieminen

Research interests: media and communications policy and regulation; media and democracy; theories of the public sphere; political economy of artificial intelligence.

Prof. dr. Sevket Benhur Oral

Prof. dr. Sevket Benhur Oral

Research interests: education; contemporary continental philosophy; East Asian philosophy; American pragmatism; crisis studies.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tomas Pabedinskas

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tomas Pabedinskas

Research interests: photography; media art; contemporary art; subcultures.

Dr. Ernesta Platūkytė

Dr. Ernesta Platūkytė

Research interests: family and gender sociology; qualitative research; social politics; social mobility.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lina Preišegalavičienė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lina Preišegalavičienė

Research interests: history of architecture and interior design; cultural identity; collecting of arts; museology.

Dr. Viltė Migonytė-Petrulienė

Dr. Viltė Migonytė-Petrulienė

Research interests: History of 20th century architecture and resort science; modern society; cultural heritage and digitization; curatorship; management of international cultural.

Dr. Inga Puidokienė

Dr. Inga Puidokienė

Research interests: history of religious and national communities in 20th century Lithuania; history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ina Pukelytė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ina Pukelytė

Research interests: memory studies; migration studies; Jewish theatre history; theatre and totalitarianism.

Prof. dr. Egdūnas Račius

Prof. dr. Egdūnas Račius

Research interests: Islam; Muslims in Europe; governance of religion; churchification of Islam.

Assoc. Dr. Sima Rakutienė

Assoc. Dr. Sima Rakutienė

Research interests: international relations; EU foreign politics; EU institutions and decision making; EU green politics; EU neighbourhood politics.

Dr. Monika Rogers

Dr. Monika Rogers

Research interests: history, digital humanities, Soviet and Post Soviet studies, criminology and transitional justice, gender studies.

PhD candidate Milda Rutkauskaitė

PhD candidate Milda Rutkauskaitė

Research interests: museums; galleries; ICT; AI projects; communities’ art.

Dr. Marius Sirutavičius

Dr. Marius Sirutavičius

Research interests: history of Grand Duchy of Lithuania; early modern diplomacy; early modern financial history.

Prof. dr. Albertas Skurvydas

Prof. dr. Albertas Skurvydas

Research interests: human well-being; harmony of physical, emotional, mental, and social health; integrated health education; true sources of truth; philosophy and methodology of science.

Dr. Daumantas Stumbrys

Research interests: alcohol; sociology of health; mental health; mortality; demographic differentials.

Prof. dr. Ilona Tamutienė

Prof. dr. Ilona Tamutienė

Research interests: child protection; alcohol policy; alcohol’s harm to others; social exclusion and inclusion; NGOs.

Prof. dr. Artūras Tereškinas

Prof. dr. Artūras Tereškinas

Research interests: sociology of gender; critical men’s studies; social inequality; queer studies; prison studies.

PhD candidate Tadas Vadvilavičius

PhD candidate Tadas Vadvilavičius

Research interests: work-family interaction; leadership assessment; career choices; dark triad personality.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aušra Vasiliauskienė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aušra Vasiliauskienė

Research interests: 17th-19th century Lithuanian art; Sacred art; art collections.

PhD candidate Morta Vidūnaitė

PhD candidate Morta Vidūnaitė

Research interests: religion; gender; sexuality; agency; politics.

Prof. dr. Eran Vigoda-Gadot

Prof. dr. Eran Vigoda-Gadot

Research interests: public management; governance and digital transformation; trust and citizenship; performance.

Prof. dr. Jolita Vveinhardt

Prof. dr. Jolita Vveinhardt

Research interests: workplace mobbing; employee reification.

Dr. Dániel Vékony

Dr. Dániel Vékony

Research interests: Muslims; Islam; Hungary; Europe; multiculturalism; populism; religious governance; collective memory; social media.

Prof. dr. Rasutė Žukienė

Prof. dr. Rasutė Žukienė

Research interests: art and politics; Baltic diaspora culture; modernism; symbolism; museology.

V. KAVOLIS INSTITUTE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Dr. Aistė Bimbirytė

Dr. Aistė Bimbirytė

Research interests: history of art collecting; Lithuanian manor houses; intercultural relations; museology; 19th century culture.

Dr. Aušra Čižauskaitė

Dr. Aušra Čižauskaitė

Research interests: social Investment; childcare policies; work-life balance; life-course; gender equality.

Dr. Vytenis Juozas Deimantas

Dr. Vytenis Juozas Deimantas

Research interests: migration; fertility, life course; subjective well-being, public policy.

Dr. Deimantė Krisiukėnienė

Dr. Deimantė Krisiukėnienė

Research interests: creative industries; innovation productivity; international economy.

Dr. Monika Maminskaitė

Dr. Monika Maminskaitė

Research interests: personality differences; individual and societal resilience; migration.

Dr. Dovilė Stumbrienė

Dr. Dovilė Stumbrienė

Research interests: education inequality; benchmarking; data envelopment analysis; education policy; decision making.

Dr. Vika Veličkaitė

Dr. Vika Veličkaitė

Research interests: Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Radziwiłł Rybeńko; history of everyday life.

Dr. Darius Žukauskas

Dr. Darius Žukauskas

Research interests: history of Art; Lithuanian religious art; Benedictine art; iconography.