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MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026 Call

Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University welcomes expressions of interest from excellent postdoctoral researchers intending to apply for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 call. We offer a strong and supportive host environment with proven experience in international research projects, interdisciplinary collaboration, and high-impact scientific output in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, social sciences, and applied informatics. Fellows will benefit from dedicated supervision, proposal development support, access to modern research infrastructure, and integration into active national and European research networks.

How to Apply?

1. Find a Supervisor
Identify a suitable supervisor by browsing the research offers of Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty researchers on EURAXESS.

2. Contact the Supervisor
To express your interest in submitting an MSCA PF application, contact the supervisor directly (please copy
in the email). Attach the following documents to your email:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• List of publications
• Proposal summary

3. Candidate Approval
Request a letter of support from the potential supervisor. Send the letter of support to the Vilnius University Research Projects Office at:  and start preparing your MSCA PF project proposal.

Useful links:

• Information about MSCA 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships and the application process on the Vilnius University website
• MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 call for proposals
• Official website of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Culture and Creative Industries Organization Management, Cultural Tourism Management, Cultural Heritage Industries Management - 2026

Possible Research Topics: 

1. Involving communities in the development of cultural tourism products.
2. A model of community management of cultural heritage in the context of cultural tourism development.
3. Improvisational management in arts organizations.
4. Applying AI tools to the development of cultural or creative industry products.

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Virginija Jurėnienė

Announcement on EURAXESS here

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Sustainable Development; Climate Change; Social Responsibility; Behavioral Economics; Consumer Behavior - 2026

Possible Research Topics: 

1. Integrated social responsibility and climate action assessment model for organisations;
2. Integrating social inequality into sustainability assessment systems;
3. The phenomenon of climate fatigue and its impact on consumer decisions;
4. Transformation of corporate responsibility communication in the green economy;
5. Social responsibility communication and its role in reducing the risk of "greenwashing";
6. Artificial intelligence-driven digital communication to promote sustainable behavior;
7. Integrating social inequality into sustainability assessment systems in the context of a just green transition.

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Asta Mikalauskienė

Announcement on EURAXESS here

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Gender Equality (policy / measures); Equal Opportunities (policy / measures); Organizational Performance Indicators; Effect Measurement

Possible Research Topics: Impacts of equal opportunities measures on the performance indicators of the organization

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Aurelija Novelskaitė

Announcement on EURAXESS here 

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Low Carbon Transition; Climate Change Mitigation; Sustainability Assessment; Behavioural Change; Households - 2026

Possible Research Topics: 

1. Addressing inequalities in the low carbon transition;
2. Societal challenges of low carbon transition;
3. Ageing society in low carbon transition;
4. Vulnerable population in low carbon transition;
5. Green ceilings and the gender inequalities in low carbon transition.

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dalia Streimikiene

Announcement on EURAXESS here

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Sustainability Reporting, Financial Accounting, Non-Financial Disclosure, Digital Transformation - 2026

Possible Research Topics: 

1. Digital Transformation and its Impact on Financial and Non-Financial Reporting Practices;
2. Evaluating the Quality and Consistency of Sustainability Reporting in European Markets;
3. Integrating Financial and Non-Financial Information: Challenges for Corporate Reporting in the Context of Sustainability.

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kristina Rudžionienė

Announcement on EURAXESS here

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Natural Language Processing; Artificial Intelligence; Cybersecurity; Signal Processing; Machine Learning - 2026

Possible Research Topics: 

1. Automatic identification of human emotions from visual and textual materials;
2. Automatic identification of manually and automatically generated texts;
3. Possibilities to use machine learning in phishing identification;
4. Efficiency of automatic code generation in large scale programming products. 

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Dr. Vytautas Rudzionis

Announcement on EURAXESS here

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Artificial Intelligence; Innovation Management; Strategic Management; Customer Experience; Human Resource Management

Possible Research Topics: 

1. The impact of AI on companies' ability to respond to market changes and crises.
2. The role of AI in creating new markets and products/services.
3. AI in personalizing customer experience and service.
4. AI in talent acquisition and recruitment.
5. The role of AI in evaluating employee performance and motivation.

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Edmundas Jasinskas

Announcement on EURAXESS here

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Digital Transformation, Customer Data Analytics, Marketing Technologies, Intelligent Systems - 2026

Possible Research Topics: 

1. Customer data analytics and behavior modeling. 
2. Marketing analytics and digital transformation.
3. Fintech and insurtech innovation.
4. Advanced healthcare and clinical decision support systems.

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dalia Krikščiūnienė

Announcement on EURAXESS here

 MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Labour Market, Gender Equality, Institutional Change Management, Sustainable Development - 2026

Possible Research Topics: 

1. The impact of the application of circular economy principles on the performance of companies.
2. The impact of digital technologies on the labour market.
3. The impact of sustainable business models on consumer engagement in sustainability initiatives.

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Dr. Ilona Kiaušienė

Announcement on EURAXESS here

MSCA Posdoctoral Fellowship 2026: Cryptocurrencies, fintech, digital identity, zero-knowledge proof protocols, crypto payments, crypto mining, trading algorithm development - 2026

Possible Research Topics: 

1. Zero-knowledge proof integration in blockchain-based systems
2. Privacy-enhancing protocols in decentralized systems using zero-knowledge proofs
3. Optimization of blockchain-based digital identity systems
4. Algorithmic trading strategies and HFT technologies in crypto markets
5. NFTs and Web3 technologies in enabling decentralized ownership and monetization across real-world and metaverse ecosystems

Faculty: Kaunas Faculty

Institute: Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Saulius Masteika

Announcement on EURAXESS here

Seeking to Join a Consortium: HORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-03

Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University seeking to join a consortium for "Economics of climate change and cost of inaction" (HORIZON-CL5-2026-07-D1-03) call. Project type: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Research focus:
Economics of climate change, sustainable entrepreneurship, and innovation-driven business models supporting climate mitigation and adaptation.

Our goal:
To analyse the economic impacts of climate change and the cost of inaction by examining how enterprises, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and policy instruments influence sustainable transitions.

Expertise we bring to the consortium:
Climate-related economic analysis, sustainability assessment frameworks, qualitative and quantitative empirical research, and expertise in evaluating entrepreneurial responses, corporate responsibility, and policy impacts in the context of climate transition.

The Sustainability Assessment group at the Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics conducts research on sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation-driven business in the context of climate change, analysing how enterprises affect economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Using interdisciplinary methods, including climate-related economic analysis and impact assessment, the group supports evidence-based policymaking and strategies to reduce the costs of inaction.

The call deadline: April 15, 2026
View the call info

LMT Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 (for Foreign and Lithuanian Postdoctoral Fellows)

LMT Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 call is expected to be officially launched in the second quarter of this year.

The list of supervisors will be announced soon.

We invite you to submit applications together with the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University

LMT Student Summer Internship 2026 (for Foreign and Lithuanian Students)

The Research Council of Lithuania is continuing its summer internship competition to encourage student involvement in research, strengthen their scientific skills, and support their career in science.

Submission of Student Applications is open from 24th March 2026 to 23rd April 2026. A student may submit no more than two applications for summer internship positions in the Council’s electronic system at https://projektai.lmt.lt/#login

Internship period: July–August 2026
Internship funding: €4,000 or €4,900 (in accordance with the provisions of Point 35 of the Guidelines). The student will receive a scholarship of €1000 per month (a total of €2000). Students of foreign research and higher education institutions are encouraged to participate in this call.

The call information in Lithuanian language could be found here

All topics could be found here.

Read more here

Seeking to Join a Consortium:  Advanced cryptographic schemes and High-Assurance high-speed cryptographic implementations (HORIZON-CL3-2026-02-CS-ECCC-03)

The research group “FINTECH, BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY RESEARCH GROUP” of Kaunas Faculty is seeking to join a consortium as a partner for the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL3-2026-02-CS-ECCC-03.

The group can contribute to the proposal through its expertise in advanced cryptographic methods, blockchain-based security architectures, and applied research in secure financial technologies, as well as in the design and implementation of secure blockchain-based digital wallets and eID solution

The call information is provided here 

Deadline date: 15 September 2026