Dr. Dovilė Krupickaitė
Phone: +3702398290
Professor
Scientific Interests, Keywords
Population geography, demography;
urban geography, planning, urbanization studies;
regional geography, politics and planning
Links to External Profile
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dovile-Krupickaite/research
Project and/or Grant leadership
Coordinator in Lithuania of research projects:
2011–2013, international research project of Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) „Socio-economic development and the pattern of growth and stagnation areas“, funded by National Science Centre of Poland;
2007–2012, international research project of Leipzig Lebniz Institut für Länderkunde (Germany) „Between Gentrification and Downward Spiral: Socio-spatial change and persistence in residential areas of selected urban regions in Central and Eastern Europe“;
2004–2007 coordinator of international research project with London University College „Youth emigration“ (VU Nr. LR309108078);
2003–2004 supervisor in Lithuania of research project with Bamberg University (Germany) „Gentrification in Užupis (Vilnius, Lithuania)“.
"Growing regions of Lithuanian cities and spatial segregation of their inhabitants" (2014-2016, contract with LMT No. MIP-086/2014)
Researcher in the projects:
"Regional features of changes in the functions of rural settlements in Lithuania" (2013–2014)
"Language of emigrants" (2011–2013);
"Sociolinguistic map of Lithuania: cities and towns" (2010–2012);
"Regional socioeconomic changes in Lithuania after 1990." (1999–2000);
"The effect of Ignalina NPP on public territorial processes" (1996–2000);
"Comparison of the development of the central part of the cities of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn" (1995–1999).
Social development works:
2021 08–12 manager of the preparation of the "Dictionary of Geography" (Lithuanian Geographical Society and Vilnius University Publishing Agreement with State Lithuanian Language Commission. No. K-6/2021; dictionary published 2021-12);
2019–2022 leader of the Study Quality Assessment Center expert group updating the Descriptor of the Study Fields of Physical and Human Geography;
2017–2018 Member of the working group for the draft demography, migration and integration policy strategy under the Ministry of Social Security and Labor of the Republic of Lithuania
2012–2016 I manager of the preparation of the "Dictionary of Geography" (Lithuanian Geographical Society and Vilnius University publishing agreement with VLKK. No. VP-4/2012; dictionary approved by VLKK);
2012–2013 Head of the group for preparation of the Descriptor of the Study Fields of Physical and Human Geography.
2010-2012 coautor of the "Study on the Social Impact of Emigration and Rural-Urban Migration in Central and Eastern Europe" commissioned by the EC (European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities) (led by Gesellschaft für Versicherungswissenschaft und -gestaltung e V.);
Invited Talks
2013 03 07-08 „Destination Change of Emigration from Lithuania“, international conference „Challenges of Migration and Demography in the Nordic-Baltic Region“, Tallinn, http://www.norden.ee/images/regionaal/info/migra/Dovile_Krupickaite_78MarchTallinn.pdf
Supervision of Doctoral Students and/or Postdoc Students
2021-06/12 Arqus Online Mentoring Program
2015-09-01 – 2021-11 doctoral supervisor of Simona Balčaitė, doctoral thesis "Closed settlements in Lithuania: the problem of territorial integration", 05S, Vilnius University;
2008-10 - 2013-12 supervisor of doctoral thesis (Gintare Bevainienė, "The influence of the quality of the natural environment on the social differentiation of the population in the city (the example of the city of Vilnius)", 06P, Vilnius University (not finished)
opponent, reviewer, member of defense committees of several Doctoral thesis;
2008, 2010-2011 supervisor of students' scientific practice (LSC project).
Teaching Courses
Applied Research Methods in Geography, Demography, Urban geography, Sociogeographic Research Methodology and Teaching Practice, Regionen in Litauen, Stadtgeographie.
Supervision of Students' Thesis
Since 2002 supervisor of bachelor's and master's final theses, second supervisor of final theses in foreign university
Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc.
2017-2018 Member of the working group at Ministry of Social Security and Labor of the Republic of Lithuania for preparation of the Strategy of Demographical, Migration and Integration Policy in Lithuania
Expertise
Expert of Lithuanian Science Council, and of National Science Centre in Poland
2019-09-23/27 Twinning projekto ENI/2018/395-401 "Support to strengthening the higher education system in Azerbaijan" expert