This programme is designed for adults interested in developing practical skills in designing empirical social research. The workshop focuses on real cases submitted by participants, including specific scientific problems, questions or research situations. Throughout the training, participants analyse and model alternative empirical research design solutions. They will learn to choose the most suitable data collection methods (e.g. surveys, interviews or document analysis), define appropriate sampling strategies, and apply relevant analytical techniques. Practical sessions reinforce the ability to critically plan research, formulate clear questions, and make evidence-based methodological decisions. The training is especially relevant for researchers, project managers, policy analysts or anyone involved in planning and conducting empirical social research.
phone +370 676 92 702
email ineta.simonaite@ktu.lt
Dr. Audronė Telešienė is Professor of Sociology and Head of the Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA) Centre (Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, KTU). Her research interests include environmental behaviour and attitudes, social perception and communication of climate change, social welfare studies and social research methods. Her research uses systematic literature analysis alongside other qualitative and quantitative methods.
Vilma Sukackė is an associate researcher at the Centre for Data Analysis and Archiving, Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, KTU, a lecturer, editor of the scientific journal "Information Technologies and Management" and a doctoral candidate in KTU Education. Research interests: technology-enriched learning, research methods and sociolinguistics. She teaches the following modules to Bachelor and Master students: Social Network and Media Analysis, Computer Assisted Qualitative Research Methods, Introduction to Research Methods, and Contemporary Educational Systems and Technologies. Vilma is registered as one of the MAXQDA Professional Lecturers in the MAXQDA Lecturers' Network from 2020. Vilma organises seminars and workshops on research methods, computer-assisted data analysis, academic writing and technology-enriched teaching in Lithuania and abroad. She organises trainings and events aimed at developing the competences and networking of lecturers and PhD students.
Dr. Aistė Balžekienė is a professor of sociology and the principal investigator of the “Civil Society and Sustainability” Research Group at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, KTU. Her research interests include risk and environmental sociology, social perception of climate change, and the methodology of social sciences. She is the president of the Thematic group TG04 Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty of International Sociological Association (ISA), a board member of the research network Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and Society for Risk Analysis Nordic Chapter. She teaches quantitative and qualitative research methods and has published on methodological issues in international survey research on risk perception. She has participated in the implementation of international comparative research in Lithuania: the European Social Survey (ESS) and the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP).
Dr. Vaidas Morkevičius is an associate researcher at the Centre for Data Analysis and Archiving, Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, KTU, and a professor in the research group "Civil Society and Sustainability", Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, KTU. His research interests include: political communication, attitudes and behaviour of citizens and elites, social structure and inequality, social research methods. With Zenonas Norkus, he published the textbook "Qualitative Comparative Analysis" in 2011. Since 2002 he has taught various research methods courses at KTU, VMU and ISM. From 2008-2018 he was the National Coordinator of the European Social Survey in Lithuania. As a co-author, he has contributed to the development of statistical analysis of quantitative data and computer-assisted qualitative data analysis training materials. He has more than 15 years of experience in training and consulting on quantitative data analysis software.
Dr. Rimantas Rauleckas is Associate Professor at the Centre for Data Analysis and Archiving, Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, KTU. His research area is Public Governance, and his main taught module is Social Research Methods. His research applies statistical analysis methods to survey data. As a co-author, he has contributed to the development of training material on statistical analysis of quantitative data.
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