COST Voices Action Capacity BuildingSymposium for Early Career Researchers
March 3-4 , 2025
Vilnius University Aula Parva, Universiteto g. 3, Vilnius
March 3 rd - Monday
12:30
Registration
13:00
Welcome
- Prof. Dalia Satkovskiene,
VU FF, BASNET Forumas President - Prof. Edita Sužiedelienė,
VU Vice Rector for Research
13:10
Experience in achieving gender equality at VU
- Prof. Dr. Birutė Švedaitė-Sakalauskė,
Chairwomen of VU Council Patirtis siekiant lyčių lygybės VU (TBC)
13:30
Introductory speech: COST Voices and objectives of the Symposia
- Prof. Anne-Sophie Godfroy,
Ecole Normale Supérieure,
CNRS,Collège de France, PSL University,
Paris, France
14:30
Coffee break
15:00
Policies ensuring better career prospects and career development within and outside academia
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eneli Kindsiko,
School of Economics and Business Administration,
University of Tartu
15:30
Participation of ECRs in decision-making bodies.
- Prof. Liudvika Leišytė,
TU Dortmund University
16:00
Intersectionality in Policy: A Deeper look at Early Career Inequalities
- Assoc. Prof. Victoria Showunmi,
University College London, UK
16:30
Making Universities Safe from Gender-Based Violence: Steps Towards Cultural Change
- Dr. Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič,
Research fellow at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Science,
Institute of Sociology
Dinner
March 4 th - Tuesday
9:30
Gender equality policy at Vilnius University
- Ms. Marija Norvaišaitė Vilnius University
Equal Opportunities Coordinator
10:00
Shaping Gender-Power Dynamics in Academia.
- Prof. Dr. Aurelija Novelskaitė
Vilnius University, KF
10:30
Gender equality policy and its impact on women in Latvia
- Dr. oec Liva Grinevica, Latvian Council of Science,
Latvian Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Research and education policies targeted to ECR: Lithuanian case
- Dr. Edita Bagdonaitė, (online)
Policy Analysis Unit,
Lithuanian Research Council
12:00
Unpacking ECR Challenges for change in the Baltic States: Round table on specific topics for revealing the possibility to add to the Voices White Book
Moderators:
- Dr. Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič
- Aurelija Novelskaitė
Participants:
- Dr. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eneli Kindsiko (Estonia)
- Assoc. Prof. Dalia Satkovskiene (Lithuania)
- Dr. Liva Grinevica (Latvia)
12:30
Lunch
14:00
Voices Action results and Recommendations to the EC and EP (White Paper)
- Prof. Anne-Sophie Godfroy,
Ecole Normale Supérieure,
CNRS,Collège de France, PSL University,
Paris, France
14:30
Discussion on Voices White Book
Moderator:
- Prof. Anne-Sophie Godfroy
Participants:
- Dr. Regina Valutytė, Vice Minister of Education and Science (TBC),
- Dr. Joana Smirnovienė VU LSC (Lithuania)
- Dr. Anda Abola UL (Latvia)
- Dr. Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič (LCSS)