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 - 13:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee


13:00 - 13:10

Opening & Welcome


  • Assoc. Prof. Dalia Satkovskiene,
    VU FF, BASNET Forumas President
  • Prof. Edita Sužiedelienė,
    VU Vice Rector for Research

13:10 - 14:30

The first Session


  • Chair: Prof. Dr. Aurelija Novelskaitė, VU Kaunas Faculty

 

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birutė Švedaitė-Sakalauskė,
    Vice-Chairwoman of VU Council. Experience in achieving gender equality at VU.
  • Assoc. Prof. Anne-Sophie Godfroy,
    Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Collège de France, PSL University, France.
    Introductory speech: COST Voices and objectives of the Symposium

14:30 - 15:00

Coffee break


15:00 - 17:00

The second Session


  • Chair: Dr. Inga Matijošytė, VU Life Sciences Centre

 

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eneli Kindsiko,
    School of Economics and Business Administration,
    University of Tartu.Policies ensuring better career prospects and career development within and outside academia
  • Prof. Liudvika Leišytė,
    Deputy Director at the Center for Higher Education,
    Department of Business and Economics at the TU Dortmund University, Germany.Participation of ECRs in decision-making bodies
  • Assoc. Prof. Victoria Showunmi,
    University College London, UK.
    Intersectionality in Policy: A Deeper look at Early Career Inequalities
  • Dr. Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič,
    Research fellow at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Science,
    Institute of Sociology.Making Universities Safe from Gender-Based Violence: Steps Towards Cultural Change

19:00

Dinner


March 4 th - Tuesday


09:30 - 11:00

The third Session


  • Chair: Dr. Giedrė Purvaneckienė,
    Adviser to the Prime Minister of Lithuania

 

  • Ms. Marija Norvaišaitė,
    Vilnius University Equal Opportunities Coordinator.
    Gender equality policy at Vilnius University
  • Prof. Dr. Aurelija Novelskaitė,
    Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty.
    Shaping Gender-Power Dynamics in Academia.
  • Dr. Liva Grinevica,
    expert in Latvian Council of Science and in Latvian Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences.
    Gender equality policy and its impact on women in Latvia,

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break


11:30 - 12:30

The fourth Session


  • Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sandra Pralgauskaitė,
    Vilnius University, Faculty of Physics
  • Dr. Edita Bagdonaitė, Policy Analysis Unit,
    Lithuanian Research Council.
    Research and higher education policies targeted to ECR: Lithuanian case

 

Round table.
Unpacking ECR Challenges for change in the Baltic States: Specific topics for revealing the possibility to add them to the Voices White Book

 

  • Moderators:
    Dr. Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič & Aurelija Novelskaitė
  • Participants:
    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eneli Kindsiko (Tartu University, Estonia),
    Dr. Liva Grinevica (Latvian Research Council),
    Dr. Rima Budvytytė VU Life Sciences Centre (Lithuania)

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch


14:00 - 15:15

The fifth Session


  • Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dalia Satkovskiene,
    Vilnius University, Faculty of Physics
  • Assoc. Prof. Anne-Sophie Godfroy
    Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Collège de France, PSL University, France.
    Voices Action results and Recommendations to the EC and EP (White Paper)

Discussion on Voices White Book

 

  • Moderators:
    Prof. Anne-Sophie Godfroy
  • Participants:
    Dr. Joana Smirnovienė, Vilnius University Life Science Centre (Lithuania),
    Dr. Anda Abola, University of Latvia,
    Dr. Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič, Lithuanian Centre for Social Science.

15:15 - 15:30

Closing


15:30 - 16:00

Networking & Coffee