Dr. Aurelija Novelskaitė

Aurelija Novelskaitė graduated from Kaunas University of Technology with BSS in business management (1995), MSS in sociology (1997) and PhD in sociology (2003). Since then she has been studying and working as KONE fellow at Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies and as post-doctoral researcher at Swedish School of Social Sciences (University of Helsinki, Finland), as independent researcher at Institute of Sociology and Social Policy (Tartu University, Estonia) and in market research company CEMASE (Lisbon, Portugal), etc. Currently dr. A. Novelskaitė is an associate professor of Kaunas Faculty and of Gender Studies Centre of Vilnius University dr. A. Novelskaitė is a senior researcher at Institute of Sociology of Lithuanian Social Research Centre (since 2002) where she concentrates exclusively on empirical research. Since 2005 she has been initiating and leading such research projects as “Women physicians in post-soviet medicine” (2005, in cooperation with Prof. E. Riska, funded by Finnish Academy), “Lithuanian female pupils and students in exact and technological sciences” (2007-2008, funded by Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuanian), “Entering ERA: Social peculiarities of scientific careers in Lithuania” (2008, funded by Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation), “Scientific Research Ethics in Lithuania: the status analysis” (2010-2011, funded by Lithuanian Research Council), etc. Since 2002 A. Novelskaite acted as a researcher and (later) as an expert in such projects as FP6 project “Baltic states network: Women in science and high technology” (BASNET). “Young women’s empowerment for professional career during university studies in physical and technological sciences in Lithuania” (2007, funded by Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation), “Gender Equality Implementation in Research Institutions: Collaborative Approach – GEIRICA, funded by EEA and Norwegian grant, FP7 project “Structural change promoting gender equality in research organizations – SAPGERIC, etc.