On October 26th, a welcoming event for doctoral students will take place at Vilnius University's (VU) Theatre Hall. This event will focus on discussions about collaboration between doctoral students and their academic supervisors, emphasizing the importance of feedback. The event will feature the participation of VU's Pro-Rector for Research Prof. Edita Sužiedėlienė, as well as representatives from the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Department, the PhD committees of different research fields, and VU Student Representation.

All VU PhD students (especially those in their first year) are invited to a welcome event. The event will be conducted in both Lithuanian and English on October 26th, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the VU Central Palace, Theatre Hall.

You can register for the event here.

Programme

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM - Welcome Address by Prof. Edita Sužiedėlienė

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM – “Collaboration Between Doctoral Students and Supervisors. The Importance of Feedback” (Dr. Mariana Sueldo)

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM - Small Group Discussions using the “World Café” Method: by rotation at different tables we will engage in informal conversations with representatives of Doctoral Committees, experienced Doctoral Students, and Doctoral Department Staff.

The autumn wind has ushered us into the 59th academic year. This year is special for the VU Kaunas faculty community because the term of the dean of the Faculty is coming to an end.

We invite you to discuss what is important to us this autumn, and, of course, to share the cake of “Friendship“, the goodies of the garden harvest, and some new ideas.

The Dean of Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty invites the community of teachers, students and non-academic workers for a conversation

Tempus disputandi – Time to discuss about the 59th academic year of Kaunas Faculty

on Wednesday, 18 October, at 11:15 AM

At the Student leisure space, in the cellar of Building No 3

Topics on the agenda: 

• celebrate the establishment of the Faculty of Vilnius University in Kaunas; 
• Start the brainstorm of ideas for the 60th aniversary of the Faculty; 
• current issues of the 59th academic year; 
• the plans of this semester and... your expectations.

International students might face some challenges regarding their employability in Lithuania. That’s why we invite everyone to online seminar “Landing your dream job in Lithuania: how to maximize your opportunities.” The seminar will be held on Microsoft Teams platform on the 18th of October, starting at 15:00 h. The seminar will be led by Work in Lithuania Business Advisor Karolina Zelbienė.

Don’t hesitate and register here: https://forms.office.com/e/NkBT7P32qg

More information about Work in Lithuania:

“We encourage highly-skilled professionals from around the globe to build their lives in Lithuania. Together with our partner companies, aiming to build international teams, we enable global talents to achieve their full career potential.”

This event is organized by Vilnius University Career Centre.

You can find more information about Vilnius University career services here: https://www.vu.lt/en/studies/student-services/for-your-development-and-career

For more training events organized at Vilnius University, please click here: https://www.vu.lt/trainings

 At the 15th International Conference on "Culture & Creativity" Prof. Dr. Paul Long is willing to share his work concerned with the political representation of migrants in terms of their individual and proportional presence and inclusion in the Australian cultural economy. This approach to representation encompasses the role of makers, intermediaries, producers, entrepreneurs and, potentially, policy makers. This research is based on exploratory empirical work that seeks insight into migrant practice and narratives qua migrants, of their roles and experiences in the sector.

Paul Long is Professor in Creative and Cultural Industries and Director, Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre. He has published widely on issues in popular cultural history, participation, and creative work. He co-founded the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research at Birmingham City University in 2009 and is founding co-editor of the Journal of Beatles Studies (Liverpool University Press). He is currently researching the role of migrants in the creative and cultural industries as well as Australian home-made, amateur, and DIY creative production.

The Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics at Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty invites to the 35th seminar of Prof. Vladas K. Gronskas on „Leadership for Sustainable Development in the Context of Higher Education Institutions“. 

The seminar will take place at 14:00 on 30 October 2023 in auditorium III (Muitinės Str. 8, Kaunas) and will be also available online on Microsoft Teams platform. The language of the seminar will be English. 

On 28 September 2023, the Kaunas Faculty Council elected a new Dean of Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty during a public meeting.

 Assoc. Prof. Dr. GIEDRIUS ROMEIKA was elected as the Dean.

 Election results:

 15 out of 15 voting members of the Kaunas Faculty Council participated in the election.

 14 members of the Kaunas Faculty Council voted IN FAVOUR of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giedrius Romeika, i.e., more than half of the members of the Kaunas Faculty Council.

 1 member of the Kaunas Faculty Council voted AGAINST Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giedrius Romeika.

 There were no invalid ballots.

The results of the election may be appealed against to the Central Election Commission of Vilnius University within 2 working days from the date of their publication.

Kaunas Faculty Election Commission

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Audronė Rimkutė (Chairperson), e-mail:

Deimantė Dubovskienė, phone +370 37 422523, e-mail  

Ernestas Žiogas (member of the Students’ Representative)

28 September 2023

Are you a PhD candidate or a young researcher at an Arqus university? Do you use Applied Linguistics methods in your research, or would you like to know more about it? Are you looking for an international forum to present your method and discuss it with peers? If so, we invite you to apply as a presenter for AL4ALL.

 About the platform

In today's globalized and digitalized world, when striving for more relevant research outcomes, it is vital to seek multiperspectivity in research. This can be fostered via interdisciplinary exchange. We believe that linguistics has always benefitted from methods of other disciplines just as we believe that linguistic methods could benefit other disciplines.

AL4ALL seeks to provide a space for discussion, exchange of ideas and growth in all stages of education in PhD studies. In doing so, AL4ALL aims to catalyze the potential of applied linguistics and other methods in order to bridge the gap between different fields of research.

AL4ALL provides an online video conferencing platform for PhD candidates and other young researchers from various disciplines who use applied linguistics methods. 10 seminars of 90 minutes each will allow participants not only to present their methods to other peers, but also to engage in fruitful discussions about these methods.

This project is one of the winning proposals presented by Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty and University of Graz for the 2023 call in student co-designed projects launched by The Arqus European University Alliance.

At the 15th International Conference on "Culture & Creativity" Assistant Professor Dimitra Kanellopoulou is willing to share her experience in urban planning and human geography. The topic of culture and creativity are large ones and give us the opportunity to federate scholars and professionals from different disciplinary backgrounds. From her position as a professor and researcher on public space and tourism issues, she finds it interesting to participate in this debate as I consider that a great part of the discussion around Culture and Creativity, takes as a tangible space of expression, the urban space, created by several political, social forces but also exposed to and shaped by cultural dynamics. The Professor strongly believes that a discussion on the subject should include questions and fieldwork experiences concerning the way people inhabit their everyday environments, invest on public space, claim urbanity, etc. The shift that has been taking place after 2000 in actions linking cultural activities bottom-up to urban transformation. It’s a must to question the impacts of such a shift and to highlight the important connection with the debate about environmental crisis and rapid urbanization.

Since 2019 she holds the position of associate professor at the ENSAPM School of Architecture in Paris. Her research focus on urban walking, public space, soft mobility and tourism issues applied to spatial planning using both quantitative and qualitative methods and a variety of perspectives (economic, sociological, psychological) to study this area. Her teaching experience include topics of urban planning theory, urban tourism and fieldwork methodology. She is a member of the Research Laboratory AAU within the research team CRESSON (France). In 2022, she holds the position of Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano, coordinating the master class course Contemporary Cities.
How is creativity helping cities? How important is it for a city to be creative, especially in our times – in a world of transitions?

Creativity is present from the very first moment to the creation of the City. The latter, as an amalgam of competences, cultures, is based on creativity for its existence, survival, and evolution. Not only does creativity accompany scientific progress but it also nourishes a wide range of professions structural for the function of the City as a social formation. Arts, Politics, but also everyday life are transcended by forms of creativity that lead people claiming sociability, change, citizenship, and a common future. In our days of recurrent crisis and uncertain destiny for many territories across the world, creativity is in fact a line raft that can bring people to find sense in everyday life, reason to keep hoping, to keep inventing solutions to problems, and to believe in a shared world worthy of being inhabited and protected.