
Jolanta AIDUKAITĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Welfare state; social policy; family policy; housing policy and urban movements.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 249 1601, email: jolanta.aidukaite@lstc.lt

Viktorija BARANAUSKIENĖ
Junior researcher, PhD Student
Scientific interests
Geography of the population, sparsely populated areas of Lithuania, socio-spatial exclusion, change of network of public service infrastructure, peripheralization and metropolisation studies, regional policy, regional differences.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 211 3777, email: baranauskiene.viktorija@gmail.com

Inga BLAŽIENĖ
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Employment and labour market policy, working conditions, social dialog, industrial relations.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 614) 93722, email: inga.blaziene@dsti.lt

Giedrė BLAŽYTĖ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Contemporary migration processes; family migration; migration and gender; integration of beneficiaries of international protection; public attitudes towards migrants and beneficiaries of international protection.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 272 2063, email: blazytegiedre@gmail.com

Rūta BRAZIENĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Labour market policy, the situation of young people, the elderly and the socially vulnerable in the labor market, the transition of young people from the education system to the labour market, insecure employment, general employment trends and quality of employment.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 275 2503, email: ruta.braziene@dsti.lt

Donatas BURNEIKA
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Regional and urban studies; regional development and regional policy; social and economic geography; migration, socio-spatial (socio-territorial segregation, suburbanization, peripheralization and metropolisation studies).
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 211 3777, email: donatas.geo@gmail.com

Karolis DAMBRAUSKAS
Junior researcher, PhD Student
Scientific interests
Nationalisms; national minority policy; national minorities; anthropology of post-socialism; governmentality studies; land restitution.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 272 2063, email: dambrauskas@ces.lt

Vytenis Juozas DEIMANTAS
Junior researcher
Scientific interests
Contacts

Monika FRĖJUTĖ-RAKAUSKIENĖ
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Ethnicity, social inclusion and equal opportunities; ethnic, ethno-confessional identity; civic participation of ethnic minorities groups and non-governmental organizations; manifestations of ethnic intolerance and representation of ethnic groups in media discourse.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 272 2063, email: monika@ces.lt

Vladimiras GAIDYS
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Public opinion surveys, political sociology, trust in institutions.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: vladas@vilmorus.lt

Inga GAIŽAUSKAITĖ
Junior researcher, PhD Student
Scientific interests
Social research methodology and research ethics; democratization; social and political trust research; sociology of the way of life; academic integrity research.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: inga.gaizauskaite@lstc.lt

Margarita GEDVILAITĖ-KORDUŠIENĖ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Population ageing, intergenerational relationships, family and migration, childlessness, family and gender policy.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: mgedvilaite@gmail.com

Boguslavas GRUŽEVSKIS
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Employment, labour market, unemployment and its social consequences, labour market policy measures, unemployment insurance, activities of employment services, social dialogue, reducing poverty and social exclusion, regional social policy and social investment.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 275 2113, email: boguslavas.gruzevskis@dsti.lt

Ramunė GUOBAITĖ-KIRSLIENĖ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Individual and collective labour law, legal regulation of working time, links between labour and social security law, employment law, industrial relations.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 684) 68901, Email: ramune.guobaite@dsti.lt

Diana JANUŠAUSKIENĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Transitology; political parties; security; national minorities; discrimination; social research methodology.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: diana.janusauskiene@lstc.lt

Jolita JUNEVIČIENĖ
Junior researcher
Scientific interests
Ageing society; social services; home care for the elderly; support for informal caregivers; links between formal and informal care.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 249 1601, email: jolita.juneviciene@lstc.lt

Vita KONTVAINĖ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Sociology of education; children sociology; research of Roma ethnic group; theory of sociology and social anthropology.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 272 2063, email: vita@ces.lt

Edis KRIAUČIŪNAS
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Rural development; the transformation of rural areas; socio-demographic differentiation of rural spaces; development of accommodation services in rural areas; geography of settlements; regional geography; recreational geography.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 211 3777, email: edis.geo@gmail.com

Sandra KRUTULIENĖ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Quality of life research, quality of life of people with chronic diseases and their employment, integration of vulnerable groups into the labour market.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: sandra.krutuliene@dsti.lt

Lilija KUBLICKIENĖ
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Research on democratization processes, civil society, equal opportunities, social inclusion, cultural research; local development.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: lilija.kublickiene@gmail.com

Liutauras LABANAUSKAS
Researcher
Scientific interests
International migration, social cohesion, national identity, youth, vulnerable groups, hate crime, social innovations.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: liutauras.labanauskas@gmail.com

Anna LIPNEVIČ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Inequality, social mobility, prestige of professions; housing policy, social housing; migration, diaspora organizations; lifestyle; health / medical tourism.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: anna.lipnevic@gmail.com

Darius LIUTIKAS
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Tourism, sociology of tourism, sociology of leisure, cultural and religious tourism, pilgrimage, geography of tourism.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: darius.liutikas@gmail.com

Andrius MARCINKEVIČIUS
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Research on ethnic identity; social inclusion of ethnic minorities; history of ethnic minorities in the mass media; historical narrative and identity construction in the public discourse.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 272 2063, email: andrius@ces.lt

Aušra MASLAUSKAITĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Family demography, families and inequalities, family and social mobility; gender relationships in the family and the labour market; parenthood: intergenerational relationships; family support policy, gender policy; comparative international studies.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 211 3777, email: amaslauskaite@lstc.lt

Arvydas Virgilijus MATULIONIS
Scientist emeritus
Scientific interests
Social stratification, sociology of culture, political sociology, sociology of education, life style.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: arvydas.matulionis@gmail.com

Rasa MIEŽIENĖ
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Labour market policy; working conditions; living standards and its measurement.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 275 2434, email: rasa.zabarauskaite@dsti.lt

Sarmitė MIKULIONIENĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Demographic aging, social inclusion / exclusion of older people, loneliness, ageism, intergenerational solidarity.
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Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: mikulioniene@lstc.lt

Julija MOSKVINA
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Employment, employment policy, the measures of active labour market policy, the challenges of an aging society for the labor market, vulnerable groups in the labour market.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 275 2235, email: julija.moskvina@dsti.lt

Aurelija NOVELSKAITĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Sociology of gender: gender equality, gender in organizations, gender in professions; research ethics: RRI, academic integrity, organizational measures; social research methodology.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: aurelija.novelskaite@lstc.lt

Laima OKUNEVIČIŪTĖ NEVERAUSKIENĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Labour market, labour market policy, regional differentiation, integration and monitoring of target groups (vulnerable groups), social economy.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 275 2235, email: laima.okuneviciute@dsti.lt

Vilana PILINKAITĖ SOTIROVIČ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Gender and equality policies: critical frame analysis; social and political intersectionality; gender based violence; migration research.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 272 2063, email: ces@ces.lt

Arūnas POCIUS
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Labour market’s situation analysis, regional internal and external migration of labour resources, shadow economic and illegal employment, general employment trends, changes of labour resources.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 275 2503, email: arunas.pocius@dsti.lt

Gintarė POCIŪTĖ SEREIKIENĖ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Spatial polarization, peripheries and peripherality, urban shrinkage, gated communities, gentrification and segregation in the cities.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 211 3777, email: gintarei.pociutei@gmail.com

Gražina RAPOLIENĖ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Cultural aspects of aging: identity, stigmatization, ageism, social exclusion in old age (especially social participation, loneliness, care), childlessness infertility, consumption.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: g.rapoliene@gmail.com

Virgilijus RUTKAUSKAS
Junior researcher
Scientific interests
Behavioral economics, macroeconomic accounting, tax policy, housing policy, income and wealth inequality, security studies.
Contacts
Email: virgis.lstc@gmail.com

Daiva SKUČIENĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Social policy and welfare state; well-being, income inequality and poverty, ageing society, social insurance and pensions.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 249 1601, email: daiva.skuciene@lstc.lt

Daumantas STUMBRYS
Researcher
Scientific interests
Demographic differentials, sociology of health, mortality differentials, alcohol control policy, illicit drug control policy.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: dstumbrys@gmail.com

Simona ŠČERBINSKAITĖ
Junior researcher, PhD Student
Scientific interests
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 211 3777, email: simonascerbinskaite@gmail.com

Kristina ŠLIAVAITĖ
Senior researcher
Scientific interests
Socio-cultural identities; ethnicity and social inclusion; ethnic/national minority groups and equal opportunities; education and equal opportunities; anthropology of education.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 272 2063, email: kristina@ces.lt

Meilutė TALJŪNAITĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Social stratification, middle class, European social integration, citizenship, national identity.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: taljunaite@gmail.com

Vaida TRETJAKOVA
Specialist
Scientific interests
Sociology of families and intimate lives; (adolescent) fertility; childlessness; reproductive health; contraceptive practices; youth wellbeing; gender roles, relations and inequalities; sexuality education, reproductive health, fertility policies.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 211 3777, email: vaida.tretjakova@gmail.com

Rūta UBAREVIČIENĖ
Researcher
Scientific interests
Socio-spatial change, depopulation, internal migration, regional inequalities, social segregation, urban regions, post-socialist development, Big Data.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 211 3777, email: ruta.ubareviciene@gmail.com

Sonata VYŠNIAUSKIENĖ
Junior researcher, PhD Student
Scientific interests
Family policy, gender policy, gender (in)equality, problems and challenges of the paid parental leave system, social policy and welfare state.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: sonata.vysniauskiene@lstc.lt

Laimutė ŽALIMIENĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Labour force and occupational welfare of social services, social services for elderly and persons with disability, models of services integration.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 249 1601, email: laimazali@gmail.com

Alina ŽVINKLIENĖ
Chief researcher
Scientific interests
Equality politics, gender studies, human rights, institutions, conflict resolution.
Contacts
Phone: (+370 5) 210 2071, email: alinazvin@gmail.com

Inga BLAŽIENĖ
Vyresnioji mokslo darbuotoja
Kontaktai
Tel.: (8 5) 275 3568
El. p.: inga.blaziene@dsti.lt
Mokslinių interesų sritys
Užimtumo ir darbo rinkos politika, kolektyviniai darbo santykiai/socialinis dialogas, darbo sąlygos.

Giedrė BLAŽYTĖ
Jaunesnioji mokslo darbuotoja
Kontaktai
Tel.: (8 5) 272 2063
El. p.: blazytegiedre@gmail.com
Mokslinių interesų sritys
Šiuolaikinės migracijos procesai; lyties aspektas migrantų integracijos procese; tarptautinės apsaugos gavėjų integracija; visuomenės nuostatos migrantų ir tarptautinės apsaugos gavėjų atžvilgiu.