Lithuania Between Past and Present: What Ten Years of Data Tell Us about Changing Values

What do Lithuanians value today compared to a decade ago? And why have those values shifted? These are the questions at the heart of a study I recently published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, co-authored with colleagues at Kaunas University of Technology. Drawing on six waves of the European Social Survey covering 11,199 Lithuanian respondents between 2010 and 2020, we tracked how personal values … Continue reading Lithuania Between Past and Present: What Ten Years of Data Tell Us about Changing Values

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

Migration Culture: A Comparative Perspective

This book examines the emergence of a culture of migration through outward migration as a country-specific phenomenon and analyzes it from different perspectives, covering various aspects such as the history of a country, its migration flows, migration push factors, social, economic, and political issues, as well as individual values. Continue reading Migration Culture: A Comparative Perspective