RESEARCH PROJECTS
The faculty conducts a variety of research in the humanities and social sciences and in an interdisciplinary manner. Applying the methodology of communication and information, sociology, education, philosophy, art, management philology and political sciences, research is carried out on society, culture, language, education systems and other.
The research and innovation promotes integration of social science and humanities in the research, open science and responsible research and innovation apprach, quadruple helix stakeholders engagement while being active in the international research arena. More: CITIZEN SCIENCE HUB
DIGICHer
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| Digitisation of cultural heritage of minority communities for equity and renewed engagement (DIGICHer). Grant agreement: 101132481. Call: HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01-03 |
Aelita Skaržauskienė crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOmFlbGl0YS5za2FyemF1c2tpZW5lQHZpbG5pdXN0ZWNoLmx0Ij5hZWxpdGEuc2thcnphdXNraWVuZUB2aWxuaXVzdGVjaC5sdDwvYT4=:xx, Kristina Kovaitė crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOmtyaXN0aW5hLmtvdmFpdGVAdmlsbml1c3RlY2gubHQiPmtyaXN0aW5hLmtvdmFpdGVAdmlsbml1c3RlY2gubHQ8L2E+:xx |
‘Digitisation of cultural heritage of minority communities for equity and renewed engagement’ (DIGICHer) aims to re-visit and provide new understandings on the key legal and policy, socio-economic and technological factors that drive the digitisation of minorities’ cultural heritage (CH) in order to develop a novel validated scalable framework, designed via user-centric approaches, to promote equitable, diverse and inclusive practices. Building on such a framework, the project provides research and knowledge-based recommendations for policy and decision makers, as well as CH institutions, for mainstreaming equity, diversity and inclusiveness of minority groups through participation and engagement in CH digitisation processes. It also delivers methodologies for decision support to enable decision makers to monitor the field of digital heritage with specific regards to its diversity long-term. Our ambition will be elaborated through pilots from three representative minority groups in Europe, namely the Sámi, the Jewish people and the Ladin people. In addition, we will engage in co-creation activities also with representatives of other minorities in the EU. Through this conceptually novel validated user-centric framework and related evidence-based recommendations, DIGICHer seeks to support the European CH sector to become more digitally adept, capable to reap the benefits and capitalise fully on the opportunities of digital CHby fostering practices for production, management, sharing, and (re-)use of digital CH of minorities in a manner that is value and context respectful, and ethically-empowered. Long-term, this will enable preservation, maintenance and renewal of digital CH in a way that appropriately reflects its intended content and promotes digital practices in accordance with European values, decreasing the risk of content misuse, increasing re-use opportunities, and promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in European digital CH, contributing to a more responsive and democratic cultural sector, whose digital activities reflect the plurality of European worldviews.  The DIGICHer project is funded by the European Union’s HORIZON EUROPE research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No 101132481 |
CLIMAte change citizens engagement toolbox for dealing with Societal resilience (CLIMAS)
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| CLIMAte change citizens engagement toolbox for dealing with Societal resilience (CLIMA) | Kristina Kovaitė crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOmtyaXN0aW5hLmtvdmFpdGVAdmlsbml1c3RlY2gubHQiPmtyaXN0aW5hLmtvdmFpdGVAdmlsbml1c3RlY2gubHQ8L2E+:xx |
Climate change is one of the most critical issues to tackle today as it is foreseen to have detrimental social, environmental and economic impacts in the near future. The last climate change events, such as flooding in Germany and Belgium in both Continental and Atlantic regions, heat waves and lack of water in both Mediterranean and Boreal regions, show that the policymakers, experts and stakeholders' actions are not enough, and a 360º citizens engagement is urgently needed. Therefore, we need to learn from the good experience in citizens' engagement in climate change action and build up citizens` supporting infrastructure for climate adaptation measures to help the 150 European regions and local communities to resist. Climate assemblies and Living labs are considered as sustainable and reasonable tools to stimulate deliberative democracy in climate policymaking. The ambition of the current project is to support a transformation to climate resilience by offering an innovative problem-oriented climate adoption Toolbox, co-designed together with stakeholders by applying a values-based approach, design thinking methods and citizen science mechanisms. It is expected that the use of the Toolbox will anticipate possible tensions, points of controversy and dilemmas vis-a-vis the adaptation to resilience - therefore enabling empowerment and engagement strategies that produce a society "resilient by design". In addition, CLIMAS will include the empirical component for testing this Toolbox and formulating scientific-based guidelines for policymakers on how to shift Climate Assemblies from technically based deliberations that belong to climate change experts to multi-stakeholders deliberations based on solving the dilemmas from a bottom-up, more societal and value-based perspective. CLIMAS outcomes will positively influence policy development and awareness-raising process and offer sustainable strategies to enhance the acceptance of citizens' led decisions by policymakers |
AIware: The Artificial Intelligence-Aware Classroom
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| AIware: The Artificial Intelligence-Aware Classroom | crypt:bW9uaWthLm1hY2l1bGllbmVAdmlsbmlzdXRlY2gubHQ=:xx | Artificial Intelligence and in particular machine learning has become a highly discussed topic in society. People are concerned about the enormous progress which might lead to both challenges and opportunities for the job market and for individual careers. However, Artificial Intelligence has not made it into the curricula of most countries in Europe. This is the starting point for the AIware project: We aim at creating a ready to use solution for schools consisting of a model curriculum, learning scenarios and materials for different aspects of AI for teachers and students of grade 7-12. Artificial Intelligence has already changed the job market and individual careers - AI-powered algorithms outperform human beings in different aspects of personal and business life. Many job types even for well educated people will disappear in the coming years. It will be a key competency for people to understand how to utilize AI in their jobs and personal life productively. Furthermore, concrete competencies are necessary regarding the creation and utilization of AI-based systems, e.g. to analyze, interpret and utilize different types of data. Last but not least, dangers and concern need to be taken into account. For this purpose, we aim at creating the following: Curriculum describing competencies for teachers and students (between grade 7 and 12/13) Pedagogical framework based on problem based learning in real life Learning scenarios for different aspects of Artificial Intelligence as Open Educational Practices Learning Materials for different aspects of Artificial Intelligence as Open Educational Resources Collection of Open Educational Resources for AI Validations of the learning scenarios and materials. A certification scheme for the “AI ready school” Policy and curriculum recommendations Therefore, we provide solutions for incorporating AI into schools which is validated and transferable as a reference for further initiatives |
FabCitizen: Data-centered Citizen Science for Schools in the Environment of FabLabs
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| FabCitizen: Data-centered Citizen Science for Schools in the Environment of FabLabs |
crypt:bW9uaWthLm1hY2l1bGllbmVAdmlsbmlzdXRlY2gubHQ=:xx | Aim: The main aim is to enable schools, in particular teachers, parents and students, to participate in high quality citizen science projects in both curricular and extracurricular contexts, integrating FabLabs as a mainstream educational environment, and providing both technological and methodological competences |
Challenging of pre-schools for an innovative and creative environment (CHILD)
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| Challenging of pre-schools for an innovative and creative environment | Vaida Nedzinskaitė-Mitkė crypt:dmFpZGEubmVkemluc2thaXRlLW1pdGtlQHZpbG5pdXN0ZWNoLmx0:xx |
CHILD project aims at providing an innovative model for strengthening skills and capacities in preschool education. The main idea is to integrate innovative approaches to practice, dedicated specifically to a certain stratum of EU population, and professional training by sharing best practices in favor of pre-school staff, by developing specific learning modules and tools. CHILD project aims to create: 1) Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) Handbook and Training for Preschool Teachers (PR1) which will contribute to the upgrade of competences of the target beneficiaries; 2) Applied DAP Activities and Educative Digital Resource Library (PR2), with a purpose to directly impact the enriching of the critical thinking skills of children; 3) CHILD Innovative and Creative Web-based Digital Environment (PR3) for providing a complete environment to support the created methodology (from PR1), activities and library of resources (from PR2), and animated interactive activities that will be developed also during PR3. → FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES, CLICK HERE |
Erasmus+ project "Leading universities - catalysts for change (CATCHANGE)
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| Erasmus+ project "Leading universities - catalysts for change (CATCHANGE) | Doc. dr. Živilė Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė crypt:eml2aWxlLnNlZGVyZXZpY2l1dGUtcGFjaWF1c2tpZW5lQHZpbG5pdXN0ZWNoLmx0:xx |
Teaching is a multifaceted performance, demanding a wide range of knowledge and skills containing hard and soft skills. Numerous studies have revealed that students learn more when they have role models to look up to and motivate them to be inspired and guided accordingly. Therefore, there is a strong need for higher education teaching process improvements. There are collected and developed innovative teaching methods nowadays, and there is an active part of academics who improve their lectures. But at the same time, there is a significant amount of academics who are missing design–thinking skills for using innovative methods in their classes and still prefer traditional methods. Besides that, there is no practical, motivational system in the university that would support academics to use innovative methods. The project "Leading universities - catalysts for change (CATCHANGE)" aims to develop 3 Intellectual outputs: • Course "Academic leadership." • Course "Design thinking skills." • Creation of "Motivational system for academics." The project will allow academics to tackle skills and mismatches and support individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competencies. Project partners: Latvia University Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Tallinn University |
Erasmus+ project Media: to Understand and to Create (the Implementation of Media Education in Schools) (ImES)
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| Erasmus+ project Media: to Understand and to Create (the Implementation of Media Education in Schools) (ImES) |
October 2019 – February 2021 | Assoc. Prof. dr. Kristina Stankevičiūtė crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOmtyaXN0aW5hLnN0YW5rZXZpY2l1dGVAdmlsbml1c3RlY2gubHQiPmtyaXN0aW5hLnN0YW5rZXZpY2l1dGVAdmlsbml1c3RlY2gubHQ8L2E+:xx |
VILNIUS TECH Faculty of Creative Industries was a partner in an international media literacy enhancement project “Media: to understand and to create (ImES – The Implementation of the Media Education in Schools)”, funded by Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. Together with five other educational institutions from three countries – Lithuania, Croatia, and Greece – we developed a school curriculum Media and Society, and the methodological materials for it. The project included three transnational meetings, during which the participants – representatives from Vilnius Salomėja Nėris gymnasium (Lithuania), Electrotechnical and Transport School (Osijek, Kroatija); 4th Lyceum Katerini (Katerini, Greece), Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek the Academy of Arts and Culture (Osijek, Croatia), Kentro Erevnas Programmatismou Kai Anaptyxis (KEPA) (Pierias, Greece), and VILNIUS TECH Faculty of Creative Industries – developed the curriculum and introduced the project to various stakeholders, such as officials of the Ministry of Education and local municipalities. During the three teacher, training-learning activities that were organized in each project member country teachers from all six educational institutions were trained how to integrate the new media practices, such as filming, sound recording, photography, social networks into their lectures. Theoretical seminars of the trainings allowed the participants to expand their understanding of the new media field and its peculiarities as well as its effects on contemporary society. The project culminated in the creation of the Media and Society curriculum that was piloted in Vilnius Salomėja Neris gymnasium in the school year of 2019-2020. The curriculum and the accompanying methodological material – 74 lessons on various topics of new media field, created by the project participants – have been translated into the three national languages (Lithuanian, Croatian and Greek) and together with the English variant are available free of charge in the project website that was created specifically for this purpose. Each member country organized multiplier events that introduced the ImES project to the educational communities of secondary schools and other interested parties. The last multiplier event of Lithuania, organized in the form of a zoom conference in February 2021, attracted almost 150 listeners – teachers from various parts of the country. The ImES project was funded from Erasmus+ programme of European Union, project no. 2018-1-LT01-KA201-046996. Website: www.imesproject.com Facebook: www.fb.com/imesproject |
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Cultural planning as a method for urban social innovation
| Project | Implementation period | Contact person | Main objective |
| Cultural Planning as a method for Urban Social Innovation | 2019-2021 | Jekaterina Lavrinec | To advance the Baltic Sea Region performance in citizen-citizen and citizen-city authorities' cooperation in order to increase urban social innovation, inclusion, and sustainable development of neighbourhoods in cities and towns in rural areas. |
Cultural Studies in Business
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| Cultural Studies in Business | 2018-2020 | Tomas Kačerauskas | The project aims to renew dialogue practices and International exchanges among European academies and inside the social research environment. More information here. |
Media: to Understand and to Create (IMES)
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| Media: to Understand and to Create (The Implementation of the Media Education in Schools (IMES)) | 2018-2020 | Kristina Stankevičiūtė | Media literacy is often neglected at school, with teachers nor students possessing general media literacy skills, therefore it is essential to fill the gap by creating a new curriculum for teaching media literacy and to equip educators with necessary skills and knowledge for its implementations. |
Conception of creative city within Central Europe: historical images and empirical indices
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Conception of creative city within Central Europe: historical images and empirical indices. The international programme “Joint Research Projects. Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. 2016-2018”.
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2016-2018
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Tomas Kačerauskas
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To implement systematic comparative research on creative city images and indexes in Central Europe from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
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Clustering creativity
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Clustering creativity. Erasmus+. Key Action 2 activity: Strategic partnerships for higher education. Project No. 123.
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2015-2017
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Justas Nugaras
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To renew studies and research contents in Faculty of Creative Industries (Vilnius Tech) as well as intensify synergy among business, higher education institutions and creative communities on the basis of standards of contemporary business.
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Personal Names of Lithuania Minor (XVIII-XIX centuries)
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Personal Names of Lithuania Minor (XVIII-XIX centuries). The National Lithuanian studies development programme for 2009-2015. Project No. LIT-9-8.
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2015
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Aušra Žeimienė
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To gather material and publish monograph „Personal Names of Lithuania Minor (XVIII-XIX centuries)“.
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Research on the functioning of foreign words in the language for professional purposes
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| Research on the functioning of foreign words in the language for professional purposes. The Lithuanian standard language, dialects and other variants of functioning and change research program for 2011-2020. Project No. K-1/2015. |
2015-2017
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Rasuolė Vladarskienė
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To implement research on origin, functioning and spread of loanwords in professional language (especially, technical one) as well as academic environment.
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Impact of Complex Environmental Factors on a Creator (KAVA)
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Impact of Complex Environmental Factors on a Creator (KAVA)
The National complex programme “Lithuanian Creative and Cultural Industries”, a project code of the European Union structural funds is No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-08-K-01-007 |
2012-2015
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Jūratė Černevičiūtė
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To implement systematic sociocultural comparative research of creativity and innovations environment.
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VGTU and Edinburg Neipier Universities: the Creation of Product Design, Innovation and Creative Industries Center ,,LINK MENŲ fabrikas“
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VGTU and Edinburg Neipier Universities: the Creation of Product Design, Innovation and Creative Industries Center ,,LINK MENŲ fabrikas“. EU fund No. VP2-1.1-ŠMM-04-V-02-015.
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2012-2015
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Žilvinas Jančoras
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To create an infrastructure for studies, research and experimental development within VGTU.
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