In March 21–23 Dmytro Mamaiev, PhD student of the LCSS Institute of Sociology, participated in Symposium “Heritage and Sustainability“ at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). He has delivered presentation on the importance of researching a ways how to recover and secure Ukrainian heritage given the times of the full-scale war.

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)”.

Dr. Jolanta Aidukaitė and dr. Rūta Ubarevičienė have successfully completed the Horizon 2020 project EuSocialCit “European Social Citizenship”. The project aimed to provide alternative policy scenarios to strengthen European social citizenship by comparing and contrasting concrete policy scenarios for reinforcing European social citizenship. The LSMC SI part of the project was related to the analysis and the assessment of housing policy and housing rights in Europe.
Applications and required documents for admission to doctoral studies are welcome until July 31, 2025. Applications can be submitted by email to moksline.sekretore@lcss.lt or delivered in person to the following address: A. Goštauto str. 9, Vilnius, Lithuania.

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”.

On October 17–19, the Institute hosted a visit of scientists from the COST Action CA19129 “Decolonising Development: Research, Teaching and Practice”, including Dr. Haley McEwen (USA / Sweden), Dr. Svitlana Babenko (Ukraine / Sweden), and Dr. Ana Cristina Pereira, aka Kitty Furtado (Portugal).