Economic Research in Lithuania
Dr. Albertas Žalys
Director
Department of Science and Technology
Ministry of Education and Science
Forum of Economic Researchers,
30 August, 2006
Riga
Distribution of R&D institutions over Lithuania
Parliament
Commission
on Science, Government
Technology
and
Innovation Ministry of Other
Development Ministry Ministries
of Education
Economy and
Science
RTD institutional system in Lithuania
State Universities (15) State Research Institutes (17)
Private Universities (6)
University Research Institutes
(18)
State Colleges (16)
State Research
Private Colleges (12) Establishments (8)
Total number of researchers (2002-2005)
6400 6210
6200 6056
6000 5904
5800 5641
5600
5400
5200
2002 2003 2004 2005
Number of ISI publications (with universities affiliation)
2002-2005 m
800 759
613
600 439
377
400
200
0
2002 2003 2004 2005
Money from international programs
in thousands Lt (2002-2005)
20000
14504,77
15000
10069,19 9945,53 10731,06
10000
5000
0
2002 2003 2004 2005
Money from business sector in thousands Lt
(2002-2005)
20000 17087,17
14029,34 13537,15
15000
10000 8210,12
5000
0
2002 2003 2004 2005
Number of PhD and Habil. Dr. according to
the field of science
2644
3465
Biomedical research
Physical sciences
Humanities
Social sciences
1810
Technological sciences
2047
1454
Number of PhD and Habil Dr. Social sciences
77
117
23
543 Education
Economics
Political science
Pshycology
Socialogy
752
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Department on Political economics
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Main actors in Economic research
Kaunas University of Technology
Klaipėda University
Lithuanian University of Agriculture
Mykolas Romeris University
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Vilnius University
Vytautas Magnus University
Institute for Social Research
Institute of Economics
Lithuanian Energy Institute
Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics
Main directions of R&D activities (1)
Kaunas University of Technology (Faculty of Economics and Management)
Finance management
Improvement of organization and personnel management of enterprises
Total quality management, Marketing management, E-business management
Competitive marketing
Modeling and regulation of market economy
International business economics and management
Formalization and modeling of processes in enterprise management
Forecast of business environment
Lithuanian University of Agriculture (Faculty of Economics and Management)
Investigation of rural integrated development management, trades and their infrastructure
organizations management
Investigation of accounting and finance systems
Investigation of sustainable agricultural development economics
Klaipėda University (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Interdisciplinary research of economic, social and political potential of Lithuania in the
Baltic region through the aspect of global and national interaction
Peculiarities of organization management
Recourses of modern politics in Lithuania
Spatial organizing problems in Lithuania
Main directions of R&D activities (2)
Mykolas Riomeris University (Faculty of Finance Management and
Economics)
Future scenario of multilevel governance effectiveness and sustainable development
Prognosis of effective application of European Union’s structural funds and budget
Security of individual, society and private sector
Effectiveness of business development in the context of increasing competitiveness
Analysis of effectiveness of public sector‘s activities
Security of individual, society and private sector
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Faculty of Business Management)
Research and modeling of economic and social development in Lithuania
Methods for improving management and competitiveness of business organization
Information and telecommunication technologies in business management
Finance forecast and management under the conditions of uncertainty
Improvement of specialists career planning and studies systems in the field of business
management:
Competitiveness of enterprises, analysis of direct foreign investments into the Baltic
countries
Creation of regional business risk informative system
Main directions of R&D activities (3)
Vilnius University (Faculty of Economics)
Social and economic development of Lithuania in the context of integration into the
European Union: modeling and management
Factors of business environment
Impact of economic integration on the small open economy: statistic analysis, outlook
and management
The Lithuanian economic and social policy in the process of integration to the European
Union
Peculiarities of Lithuanian business at the European Union market
Marketing theory and practice towards improving competitiveness of Lithuania‘s economy
Vytautas Magnus University (Faculty of Economics and Management)
Innovative changes in economics and management in the context of globalisation
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Development of business infrastructure system
Modeling of the Lithuanian finance system
Economic development and globalization
Main directions of R&D activities (4)
Institute for Social Research
Theory and methodology of socio-economic research
Social welfare and stratification, income and poverty of the elderly
Social changes in post communist society: social stratification, political elite,
Lithuanian Energy Institute
Development of energy economy planning methods, research of safety and
reliability of the power plants, their impact on the environment, efficient energy
Institute of Economics
Economic theory and mathematical modelling
Economic and social development problems of Lithuanian economy
Economic thought in Lithuania in the XVI–XX centuries
Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics
Rural and regional development
Competitiveness of the agricultural and food sector
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Analysis of EU integration processes and their impact on the Lithuanian
agricultural and food sector
The best RTD actors in Economics
Vilnius University
Faculty of Economics
Kaunas University of Technology
Faculty of Economics and Management
Lithuanian University of Agriculture
Faculty of Economics and Management
Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics
New governance and funding system of
R&D
to introduce tender- and programme-based
funding system for research
to fund the most important developments both in
high-level research (Centres of excellence) and
Centres or Research-Driven Innovation
to implement a new system of grants for young
scientists
to restructure Science Council of Lithuania into a
Research Council
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