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Dr. Lina Zenkienė

Lina Zenkienė is a postdoctoral researcher at the Professorship of Higher Education since September 2021. She teaches at the Department of Business and Economics and conducts research on the interaction of higher education policy and practice.

ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8298-2412

Further information on Lina Zenkienė

Before joining the Professorship of Higher Education team, Dr. Lina Zenkienė was an Associate Dean at LCC International University in Klaipeda, Lithuania. She is an expert and evaluator in program development and transnational collaborative projects in tertiary education. In her field of expertise, she participated in international and national research and consultancy projects. Lina Zenkienė is an occasional peer reviewer for the Higher Education Policy studies journal.

To enhance her understanding of the interaction among higher education policy, theory and practice, Lina Zenkienė was engaged in various international and local training and research activities, e.g. at Stockholm School of Economics, University of Twente, Central European University. She visited a number of institutions, both academic and policy-making, tertiary and non-formal throughout Europe and North and Central America; participated and presented at higher education researchers’ and stakeholders’ venues. In her dissertation, Lina Zenkienė focused on the institutional work of quality in the context of cross-border collaborative engagements.

Lina Zenkienė holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Ghent University, Belgium, School of Political and Social Sciences, Center for Higher Education Governance Ghent, a Master of Research in Management from the University of Bath, UK, a Master in Education in Higher Education Administration, Continuing and Adult Education from Rutgers University, USA, Graduate School of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts with an English major and Business Administration minor from LCC International University, Lithuania. She is an E. Muskie Freedom Support Act Fellow.

  • Higher education policy and practices,
  • university role in society,
  • organizational learning and change,
  • knowledge and practice transfer,
  • cross-border cooperation and quality of higher education,
  • institutional work.

2021
Aligning higher education and vocational training with Klaipėda economic development strategy 2030 (contracted research project for Klaipeda ID and Klaipeda municipality).

2010–2013
Establishment of a model for international internships/traineeships for Lithuanian higher education lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students abroad (EU, EFTA and NATO countries) in resident companies and international organisations (a collaborative interuniversity project).

Publications and Conference Contributions

Talks and Presentations

Zenkienė, L. (2022). Joint programme quality practice in the European Higher Education Area. Presentation at the 44th Annual EAIR Forum "Accelerating the Future of Higher Education", Paola, Malta, September 5.

Zenkienė, L. & Leišytė, L. (2022). University alliances: How transnational collaboration facilitates and/or inhibits regional relevance. Presentation at the 20th Triple Helix Conference "Governing new and traditional partnerships for innovation and development in the post-pandemic world", Florence, Italy, June 29.

Zenkienė, L. (2013). Lithuania in the context of the European higher education area. Invited speaker at the Open Society Foundations Scholarship Programs Coordinators' Conference 2013, Palanga, Lithuania, September 29.

Zenkienė, L. (2011). Bologna process: What's good for students. Invited speaker at the European Student Forum 2011, Klaipėda, Lithuania, February.

Leišytė, L., Navickienė, V., Želvys, R., & Zenkienė, L. (2009). The understanding of the Bologna process in Lithuanian higher education institutions. Paper presented at the 31st EAIR Annual Forum 2009 "Fighting for Harmony: Students, Society and the Academy in Tune", Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, August 24.

Zenkienė, L. (2002). A case study of LCC: Management of a private university. Invited speaker at the Higher Education Management conference 2002, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 7.

Zenkienė, L. (2001). The quality of studies and private universities: ways and opportunities. Invited speaker at the Higher Education Quality /Present and Future/ conference 2001, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 8.

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