LSRC | Doctoral (PhD) Studies

General information

Order No V-1019 (08 06 2011) of the Minister of Education and Science validates, that Lithuanian Social Research Centre and its partner institutions are given the doctoral right in the indicated science fields:

CODE OF SCIENCE FIELD	SCIENCE FIELD	INSITUTION OF SCIENCE AND STUDIES
S 005	Sociology	Vytautas Magnus University with Lithuanian Social Research Centre and Kaunas University of Technology
S 004	Economics	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University with Lithuanian Social Research Centre and Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics

General criteria and requirements

Admission rules for doctoral studies of Sociology

Application form for doctoral studies of Sociology

List of the dissertation topics and possible supervisors

The payment for documents registration

Phd students

Irma DIRSYTĖ

Institute of Sociology

Enrollment date: 2020

Supervisor: A. Maslauskaitė

Scientific interests

Family demographic processes; family and social mobility.

Contacts

E-mail: irma.dirsyte@gmail.com

Justina KRAULEDAITĖ

Labour Market Research Institute

Enrollment date: 2020

Supervisor: R. Brazienė

Scientific interests

Transition of young people from the education system to the labor market; labor market policy; employment-to- population; the situation of socially vulnerable persons as NEETs in the labor market.

Contacts

E-mail: justina.krauledaite@lstc.lt

Alina NORGĖLAITĖ

Institute of Sociology

Enrollment date: 2020

Supervisor: A. Maslauskaitė

Scientific interests

Birth rate development and social factors; family demography.

Contacts

E-mail: alina.norgelaite@gmail.com

Violeta VILKOITYTĖ

Institute of Social Welfare

Enrollment date: 2020

Supervisor: D. Skučienė

Scientific interests

Social investment; social politics; employment of elderly people.

Contacts

E-mail: violeta.vilkoityte@gmail.com

Paulius BALSYS

Labour Market Research Institute

Enrollment date: 2019

Supervisor: R. Brazienė

Scientific interests

Military sociology; identity; social integration.

Contacts

E-mail: pauliuqas@gmail.com

Asta DILYTĖ

Institute of Social Welfare

Enrollment date: 2019

Supervisor: J. Aidukaitė

Scientific interests

Sociology of education; social politics; youth policy.

Contacts

E-mail: astadilyte@gmail.com

Indrė KIRELIENĖ

Labour Market Research Institute

Enrollment date: 2019

Supervisor: R. Brazienė

Scientific interests

Sociology of migration; labor market research; inclusion of migrants; international migration; community and diaspora research; socio-economic integration of young people.

Contacts

E-mail: indre.kireliene@lstc.lt

Tautvydas VENCIUS

Institute of Social Welfare

Enrollment date: 2019

Supervisor: J. Aidukaitė

Scientific interests

Social mobility; social politics; social protection of vulnerable groups; sociological context of social problems.

Contacts

E-mail: tautvydas.vencius@lstc.lt

Dovydas VIDZBELIS

Institute of Human Geography and Demography

Enrollment date: 2019

Supervisor: D. Burneika

Scientific interests

Political field; elections; electoral system; voting behavior; local influence on political attitude; statistical portrait of political campaign participants; social geography.

Contacts

E-mail: d.vidzbelis@gmail.com

Laura BAGOČIŪNĖ

Institute of Sociology

Enrollment date: 2018

Supervisor: A. Novelskaitė

Scientific interests

Gender equality in science; research ethics; responsible research and innovation.

Contacts

E-mail: laura.bagociune@gmail.com

Julija MAŽUOLIENĖ

Institute of Sociology

Enrollment date: 2018

Supervisor: A. Maslauskaitė

Scientific interests

Gender equality and non-discrimination in the labor market; economic gender (in) equality; social innovation; social inclusion; gender roles and relationships in the family and labor market; paternity and motherhood; reproductive health; family policy.

Contacts

E-mail: julija.mazuoliene@lstc.lt

Giedrė PLEPYTĖ-DAVIDAVIČIENĖ

Institute of Sociology

Enrollment date: 2018

Supervisor: V. Gaidys

Scientific interests

Sociology of emotions; communication and audience research; methodology of sociological research.

Contacts

E-mail: giedrepl@gmail.com

Asta VISOCKAITĖ

Institute for Ethnic Studies

Enrollment date: 2018

Supervisor: M. Frėjutė-Rakauskienė

Scientific interests

Ethnic minorities; parties and party systems; political participation; electoral behavior; youth policy; migration.

Contacts

E-mail: astaviso@gmail.com

Inga GAIŽAUSKAITĖ

Institute of Sociology

Enrollment date: 2017

Supervisor: D. Janušauskienė

Scientific interests

Social research methodology and research ethics; democratization; social and political trust research; sociology of the way of life; academic integrity research.

Contacts

E-mail: inga.gaizauskaite@lstc.lt

Karolis DAMBRAUSKAS

Institute for Ethnic Studies

Enrollment date: 2017

Supervisor: K. Šliavaitė

Scientific interests

Nationalisms; national minority policy; ethnic minorities; anthropology of post-socialism; management studies; return of land.

Contacts

E-mail: dambrauskas@ces.lt

Simona ŠČERBINSKAITĖ

Institute of Human Geography and Demography

Enrollment date: 2017

Supervisor: E. Kriaučiūnas

Scientific interests

Development and transformations of rural territories, socio-demographic aspects; rural community organizations, their activities; rural development policy.

Contacts

E-mail: simonascerbinskaite@gmail.com

Sonata VYŠNIAUSKIENĖ

Institute of Sociology

Enrollment date: 2017

Supervisor: D. Janušauskienė

Scientific interests

Family policy; gender policy; gender (in) equality; problems and challenges of the paid parental leave system; social politics; welfare state.

Contacts

E-mail: sonata.vysniauskiene@lstc.lt

Viktorija BARANAUSKIENĖ

Institute of Human Geography and Demography

Enrollment date: 2016

Supervisor: D. Burneika

Scientific interests

Population geography; sparsely populated areas of Lithuania; socio-territorial exclusion; change of public service infrastructure network; studies of peripheralization and metropolitanization phenomena; regional policy; regional differences.