Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
Sociologist Dainius Genys – is a senior researcher at Andrei Sakharov Research Center for Democratic Development, Lithuanian Emigration Institute and Educational Research Institute at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania). His research interests, among others, include democratization processes and civic education research as well as higher education discourse analysis. In his work, Dainius is focusing on relations among dominant topics as well as practices in educational methods with wider social problems trending in the country. He took part in many research projects dedicated to the creation of innovative research methodologies and its implementation (interdisciplinary, cross national, comparative, monitoring and etc.). Dainius has participated in national science foundation projects as a researcher and project team leader as well as in international Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Horizon and others programs. Recently D. Genys is working on construction of the professional identity of young people entering the labor market and social media role in process. Dainius is also currently conducting a research on the dynamics of civic education and its implementation efficiency at different settings. His peculiar approach is often based on sociological imagination and interdisciplinary methodology and critical discourse analysis. He is a member of Lithuanian Sociological Association, the European Sociological Association, International Sociology Association, the Advancement of the Baltic Studies Association (AABS) and other organizations.