Dr. Donatas Burneika
Professor
Scientific Interests, Keywords
Regional geography,
Economic geography,
Urban studies,
Migration studies
Links to External Profile
Project and/or Grant leadership
1. 2021 – 2023 The changes of tourism sector and it perspectives after the COVID pandemic. Chief researcher. Research council of Lithuania and EU ESF.
2. 2021 – 2023. The peripheral regions in Lithuania: migration and local communities. Chief researcher. Research council of Lithuania.
3. 2018. Research project “The situation of human resources in 2019: Emigration of Lithuanian citizens”. MOSTA. Expert.
4. 2017-2018. ESPON-COMPASS project: “Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe.” Leading institution - TU De Research council of Lithilft. 2017 – 2018. National expert.
5. National research program “Welfare society”. Project: “Regional differences of wellbeing in Lithuania”. Team member.
Invited Talks
Migration trends in Lithuania. Nordic-Baltic migration Conference: Cross-border Mobility in the Nordic-Baltic Region. 18th September 2020. Tallinn
Supervision of Doctoral Students and/or Postdoc Students
2013 – 2018: Ruta Ubareviciene (defended thesis in 2018)
2019 – 2021 Viktorija Baranauskienė (defened thesis on the 15th of May 2021)
2019 – present Dovydas Vidzbelis
Head of G. Pociūtė - Sereikienė postdoctoral studies.in 2017 - 2019.
Teaching Courses
• Regional development and regional policy (2019 – 2023),
• Theories in Human geography, (2003-2023)
• Economic geography (2021 - 2023)
Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc.
The member of Georaphical programs' study committee
Expertise
The reviewer of papers in various Lithuanian and International scientific journals (Geografijos metraštis, European Spatial Research and Policy, Acta Universitatis Lodzensis, Folia Geografica Socio-economica, Population, Space and Place, Local and Regional studies, Regional Science, Policy and Practice)
Member of editorial boards of scientific journals (Folia geographica, Economic and Social Geography, Geografijos metraštis).
Member of Regional studies association, American association of Geographers