My Coauthorship Network Looks Like a Multinational Enterprise, and That’s the Point.

Our university library is currently reviewing Dimensions as a possible subscription, and part of my role in that process has been to test-drive its features under limited access. One I found especially informative is the researcher analytics function, which lets you generate a visual network of your co-authorship connections. Naturally, the first thing I did was run it on myself. The network diagram confirmed what … Continue reading My Coauthorship Network Looks Like a Multinational Enterprise, and That’s the Point.

Diaspora & Cultural Identity

I surveyed over 1,100 Lithuanian migrants worldwide expecting to find cultures drifting apart across generations. What we found was more surprising. The story we usually tell about diaspora goes something like this: a people displaced from their homeland carry its culture with them, transmit it to their children, and over generations it slowly fades as they assimilate into their host countries. The Lithuanian diaspora, consisting … Continue reading Diaspora & Cultural Identity

Understanding Openness to Change among Lithuanian Generations

VALUEHOST is a three-year research project funded by the Lithuanian Research Council. We explore changing Lithuanian values, with a focus on emigrants and their experiences in their host countries. In this post, I introduce some interesting findings from one of our studies on changing values at home. We have analyzed data between the years 2010-2020, from the European Social Survey database on individuals’ values. In … Continue reading Understanding Openness to Change among Lithuanian Generations