
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.