The Institute of Sociology at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences has successfully completed the Horizon 2020 project “Gender-based violence and institutional response: Building a knowledge base and operational tools to make universities and research organizations safe (UniSAFE)”.
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We invite you to join the seminar-discussion, “Can Social Sciences Make a Difference? The Application of Sociology and Anthropology in the Public Sector and NGOs.”
On 30 November, 2023 researchers of the Institute of Sociology have completed a two-year project “DEFEN-CE: Social Dialogue in Defence of Vulnerable Groups in Post-COVID-19 Labour Markets”.
A short video was produced to present the project activities, carried out by the Lithuanian team.
In October 23-24 dr. Vilana Pilinkaite Sotirovic participated in the conference “Making Universities and Research Organizations Safe from Gender-Based Violence”.
The International Conference “Changes and Perspectives of Tourism in a Reshaped World” is organised by the Institute of Sociology at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (Vilnius, Lithuania).
The International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee 19 (RC19) “Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy” annual conference this year was organized by the Institute of Sociology of the Lithuanian Center for Social Sciences. The conference took place in Vilnius on August 24-26, 2022. Scientists from Canada, the USA, Estonia, Italy, Israel, Japan, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Lithuania presented and discussed their latest research. The conference was organized in a hybrid format, which involved a mixture of in-person and remote attendees. Congratulations to the conference organizing committee for a very successful conference! The conference program can be found here. The conference was financed by the Research Council of Lithuania, financing agreement: S-MOR-22-20.
On 21-23 September, 2022 14th Annual TURI conference, organised by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the Institute of Sociology (IS LCSS) of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (LCSS) took place in Vilnius. The conference was attended and presentations were delivered by Liina Carr, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Philippe Pochet General Director of ETUI, Stan De Spiegelaere, Director Policy and Research at UNI Europa, Vytautas Šilinskas Vice Minister of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania, Boguslavas Gruževskis, Director of the LCSS, Jūratė Jasiūnienė, representative of the Lithuanian Industry Trade Union Federation (LITUF) of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation (LTUC) as well as ETUI experts and members of TURI network from Austria, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, other EU countries. Conference participants discussed issue of European minimum wage, collective bargaining, role of trade unions in climate change policies and other issues. Agenda . More information – IS LCSS senior researcher dr. Inga Blažienė.