COST Voices Action Capacity BuildingSymposium for Early Career Researchers


March 3-4 , 2025

Vilnius University Aula Parva, Universiteto g. 3, Vilnius


Day 1


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


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


Day 2


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,


Dr. Edita Bagdonaitė, Policy Analysis Unit,Lithuanian Research Council.Research and higher education policies targeted to ECR: Lithuanian case


Assoc. Prof. Anne-Sophie GodfroyEcole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Collège de France, PSL University, France.Voices Action results and Recommendations to the EC and EP (White Paper)