Publications

• J.Černevičiūtė, R.Strazdas, V.Morkevičius, Ž.Jančoras, R. Kregždaitė. Studentų komandinis darbas kaip kūrybingumo versle (entrepreneurship) ugdymo priemonė. VU leidinys  Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia . 2014
• R. Strazdas, J. Cerneviciute, Z. Jancoras, V. Morkevicius, R. Kregzdaite. Collective creativity skills development in study process: insights about students teamwork. Konferencija 6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Sevilija. Ispanija. 2013
• Martinaitytė, E, ir Kregždaitė, R. Kūrybinės industrijos svarba ekonomikos plėtrai. Mykolo Romerio Universiteto leidinys Intelektinė ekonomika. 2013
• Misiūnas, A., ir Kregždaitė, R. Assessment of Conditions for the Sustainability of the Baltic State‘s Balances of Payments. Konferencija “The Global Challenges for Economic Theory and Practice in CEE Countries”. Kijevas, Ukraina.  2012
• Kregždaitė, R. Baltijos šalių ir Lenkijos mokėjimų balansų tvarumo tyrimas. Vilniaus Universiteto Ekonomikos Fakulteto studentų mokslinės draugijos konferencijos leidinys. 2012

Research Projects

• 2013 – 2015 junior researcher in the project „Kompleksinis aplinkos veiksnių poveikio kūrėjui tyrimas (KAVA)“ („Impact of Complex Environmental Factors on a Creator (KAVA)”), project leader Dr. Jūratė Černevičiūtė. Project promoter: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Human resources development operational programme of EU Structural Investment.

Presentations in scientific conferences

• KREGŽDAITĖ, R.; ČERNEVIČIŪTĖ, J.; STRAZDAS, R.; JANČORAS, Ž. Problems of Evaluating CCI: Constructing Indexes. „19th International Conference of Cultural Economics“, Association for Cultural Economics International. Valladolid, Spain, 2016.
• KREGŽDAITĖ, R. European Cultural and Creative Industries Index. Young investigators forum at the conference „19th International Conference of Cultural Economics“, Association for Cultural Economics International. Valladolid, Spain, 2016.
• KREGŽDAITĖ, R. Metrics of Creativity: European Creative Industries Index. Conference „Communication And Information Sciences In Network Society: Experience And Insights. III“, Vilnius University, 9–10 June 2016.
• STRAZDAS, Rolandas; ČERNEVIČIŪTĖ, Jūratė; MORKEVIČIUS, Vaidas; JANČORAS, Žilvinas; KREGŽDAITĖ, Rusnė. Collective creativity skills development in study process: insights about students teamwork // ICERI2013 Proceedings: 6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation Seville, Spain, 18–20 November, 2013.

Academic Qualification

Education:

• 2012-2016 PhD at Mykolas Romeris University. Theme of PhD thesis: Kultūros ir kūrybinių industrijų vertinimo modeliavimas Europos Sąjungos šalyse. Dissertation defenden on 27 April 2017.
• 2010-2012 master studies of  Economical analysis and planning at Vilnius University. Master thesis: The sustainability of balances of payments of Baltic countries and Poland
• 2009-2013 bachelor studies of Theatre management at Lithuanian academy of music and theatre.
• 2008 -2009 Erasmus studies at Huelva University (Spain).
• 2006-2010 bachelor studies of Economics at Vlnius University

Academic work history:

•  Lecturer at Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University Since 2014.
•  Lecturer at  International school of law and business Since 2013. 
•  Junior Researcher at Faculty of Creative industries of Vilnius Gediminas technical university Since 2013. 

Qualification Advancements

Taught Subjects

• Economics of Creative Industries 
• Introduction to Creative Industries 

Expert and other activities

• Since 2014 – Founder and head of „Meno ir mokslo laboratorija“ (Arts and Science Lab).
• Since 2013 – Assistant at VILNIUS TECH, lecturer at International School of Law and Business.
• Founder, director for management. Coordination of all the processes in young theatre: projects, marketing, public relations 2012-2014.
• Lithuanian academy of music and theatre, International relations department. Coordination of foreign professors visits in Academy, coordination of  students performances presentations in international festivals. 2012 - 2014.

Research Projects

• „Connective digital memory in borderlands: a mixed-methods study of cultural identity, heritage communication and digital curation on social networks” (since 2020), researcher.
• „Visuomenės poreikius atitinkančios virtualios kultūrinės erdvės vystymas“ (2019-2021), project expert.
• „Europeana Archaeology“ (2019-2020), project leader.
• „Europeana Food and Drink“ (2014-2016), project leader.
• „Local content in a Europeana cloud“ (LoCloud) (2013-2016), project leader.
• „Connecting Archaeology and Architecture in Europeana“ (CARARE) (2010-2013), chief specialist.
• „Virtuali istorinė Lietuva: Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė“ (2011-2012), chief specialist.
• „HISTORIUS-P: Lituanistinių mokslo tyrimų ir paveldo infrastruktūrų tinklo kūrimas: projektavimo fazė“ (2010-2011), junior researcher.

Presentations in scientific conferences

• Laužikas, Rimvydas; Jovaišaitė-Blaževičienė, Indrė; Kelpšienė, Ingrida; Šuminas, Andrius. Archaeology data and non-archaeological professionals: Why do people need archaeology? 30th EAA Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, 28–31 August, 2024.
• Kelpšienė, Ingrida; Dallas, Costis. Shifting Lithuanian Identity: Contemporary Perceptions of the 1990s on Social Network Sites. Conference Cultural Heterologies and Democracy II. Transitions and Transformations in Post-Socialist Cultures in the 1980s and 1990s. Tallinn, Estonia, June 26–28, 2024.
• Dallas, Costis; Kelpšienė, Ingrida; Laužikas, Rimvydas. Digital Resources, Methods and Tools in the Research Lifecycle: the Connective Digital Memory in the Borderlands Project (poster presentation). Baltic DH Forum 2024. House of Science, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 25–26 April, 2024.
• Kelpšienė, Ingrida; Dallas, Costis. Archaeological communities on Facebook: metaphors admins live by (2019). International ARKWORK conference „On shifting grounds – the study of archaeological practices in a changing world“. Rethymno, Greece.
• Costis Dallas; Kelpšienė, Ingrida. What motivates, and what troubles, archaeology-related Facebook administrators? Results from a focus group and interviewing study (2019). Public Archaeology Twitter conference #PATC4 (remote).
• Dallas, Costis; Kelpšienė, Ingrida. Archaeological interactions between amateurs and professionals on Facebook (2017). International conference „European Association of Archaeologists (EAA). Maastricht, Netherlands.
• Vosyliūtė, Ingrida. Archaeology in social media: users, content and communication on Facebook (2014). International conference „Digital Humanities 2014 (DH2014)“. Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Vosyliūtė, Ingrida. Communicating and interpreting archaeological heritage in social media: passion for archaeology on Facebook. International conference „Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 2014 (CAA2014)“. Paris, France.

Academic Qualification

• 25 June 2021 – Doctoral degree, Vilnius University. Dissertation topic: "Participatory heritage: a multiple-case study of Lithuanian grassroots cultural heritage communities on Facebook". Supervisor – Prof. Dr Rimvydas Laužikas.

Qualification Advancements

Taught Subjects

• Audiovisual media (bachelor's study programme) since 2022.
• Innovative culture communication (bachelor's study programme) 2015-2016.
• Electronic information services (bachelor's study programme) 2014-2015.
• Project management (bachelor's study programme), 2011-2012.

Expert and other activities

• International research infrastructure „The Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities“ (DARIAH), since 2011, representative of Vilnius University, member of the scientific working group „Digital Methods and Practices Observatory“) (DiMPO).
• „Europeana“ digital library network, since 2011 – member of the “Europeana Pro” group expert researchers.
• International association „Connecting Archaeology and Architecture to Europeana“, member of the association, since 2016.
• COST action (CA20105) „Slow Memory: Transformative Practices for Times of Uneven and Accelerating Change“, member of the research groups „Transformation of Politics“ and „Transformation of Conflict“, since 2021.
• COST action (CA18128) „Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age“ alternate representative on the Operational Management Committee and member of the research group „Use and Reuse of Archaeological Data“, since 2019.
• COST action (CA16213) „New Exploratory Phase in Research on East European Cultures of Dissent“, 2017 – 2021, alternate representative on the Operational Management Committee and member of the research group „Mediating Research through Technology“.
• COST action (CA15201) „Archaeological Practices and Knowledge Work in the Digital Environment“, 2016 – 2020, alternate representative on the Operational Management Committee and member of the research group „Archaeological Knowledge Production and Global Communities”.

Presentations in scientific conferences

• Zamauskė, Justina. TikTok – more than games? The role of the social network in business and political communication. Scientific-practical symposium "Politics as a communicative commodity". Vilnius University, Faculty of Communication, 8 May 2025.
• Zamauskė, Justina. Different platforms but the same methods? Political communication on social media and its impact on the audience. Scientific-practical symposium "Intersections of Political Communication: Society, Media, Politics", Lithuanian Parliament, Vilnius, May 6, 2024. https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Naujienos_2024/Simposium_programme.pdf
• JANUŠKEVIČIŪTĖ, Justina. The tendency of political parties and independent political-civic movements on the Facebook pages of Facebook pages towards political polarization and the formation of an information well. International Scientific Conference "Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28-29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf

Research projects

Academic Qualification

• 2022 - PhD at Vilnius University. Title of the thesis: The impact of social media on the process of receiving news.

Qualification Advancements

Taught Subjects

• Business Communication in Social Media
• Theory and Practice of New Media

Academic Qualification

2023 - PhD Dissertation topic: Communication of Heavy Heritage in a Changing Social Context: Holocaust Remembrance Sites. Supervisor– prof. dr. Rimvydas Laužikas (VU KF MK)

Qualification Advancements

Taught Subjects