ECONOMICS SOCIOLOGY LAW
Application deadline: March 30, 2026. Studies will begin on October 1, 2026.
Congratulations to the researchers of the Institute of Economics and Rural Development (IERD) of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (LCSS) – Principal Researchers Dr Tomas Baležentis and Dr Genovaitė Liobikienė, and Senior Researcher Dr Indrė Šikšnelytė-Butkienė – on being ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in 2025.
The Lithuanian Social Science Centre is launching the project “Strengthening the Competences of Innovation and Technology Transfer Centres.”
In 2026, researchers from the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (LCSS), Institute of Economics and Rural Development (IERD), have published a new international scientific monograph, Human Settlement in the Service Economy Era: An Evolutionary Perspective. The publication presents an innovative perspective on how human settlements should evolve in response to profound economic, social, and environmental transformations.
On May 5, 2026, Dr. Milda Ališauskienė, Director of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, and Acad. Vytautas Nekrošius, President of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, signed the renewed cooperation agreement
On 4 March 2026, a focus group meeting entitled “Creating the vision of National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPP): shaping a shared and integrated vision in Lithuania” was held in Vilnius.
On February 9, 2026, Dr. Milda Ališauskienė began her work as the Director of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
LCSS implementing the activity “Increasing the attractiveness of researchers’ careers and promoting brain circulation – my first research team” (hereinafter – MPK), announces a call for proposals for the vacant position of Research Leader-Young Scientist.