Marius Akulavicius

Department of Business Economics and Management

Kaunas Faculty of Humanities

Vilnius University, Lithuania

E-mail: m.akulavicius@yahoo.com

MANAGING MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS: THE CASE OF LITHUANIA

Dainora Grundey

Department of Management

Faculty of Politics and Management

Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

E-mail: dainora.grundey@mruni.eu

ABSTRACT. The mobility of experienced scientists and young scientists has always been the top priority of the European agenda and still is, even though the financial opportunities were considerably cut due to the global economic slowdown in 2008. The focus of this paper is the opportunities for mobility of PhD students in Lithuania. Therefore, the aim of the paper is two-fold: firstly, to overview the European and Lithuanian opportunities for PhD students’ mobility, structuring the ways of programmes and funds; secondly, to present the survey results from Lithuania on the trends in PhD students’ mobility opportunities.

Received: September, 2011

1st Revision: October, 2011

Accepted: November, 2011

JEL Classification:  M10, I21, I23, P2

Keywords: process management, analysis of education, higher education and research institutions, PhD studies, Lithuania.