The Academic Profession in the Knowledge-Based Society (APIKS)
Project Description
The "Academic Profession in the Knowledge-Based Society (APIKS)" project aims at an international comparison of working conditions for academics at universities across the world. The APKIS project is the third of its kind – two similar studies have already been conducted in 1992 and 2007 (The Changing Academic Profession = CAP). The 2017 survey will be carried out by research teams from more than 20 countries across the world, including Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, and the USA.
The country study Lithuania will focus on two main questions:
- Which transformations of the academic profession can be observed in Lithuania?
- (To what extent) is the academic profession in Lithuania embedded into the knowledge-society and -economy?
Project Period
7/2016 – 12/2023
Project Team
Team leader of the country study (Lithuania)
Prof. Dr. Liudvika Leišytė (Coordinator)
Team members of the country study (Lithuania)
Prof. Rimantas Želvys (Department of Education, Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Anna-Lena Rose (Scientific staff member, HdHf, zhb, TU Dortmund, Germany)
Sude Pekşen (Scientific staff member, HdHf, zhb, TU Dortmund, Germany)
Publications
Bégin-Caouette, O., Aarrevaara, T., Rose, A.-L., & Arimoto, A. (2023). International research collaboration practices and outcomes: A comparative analysis of academics' international research activities. In A. Çalıkoğlu, G. A. Jones, & Y. Kim (Eds.), Internationalization and the academic profession: Comparative perspectives (pp. 191–215). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26995-0_9
Carvalho, T., Leišytė, L., Queirós, A., & Diogo, S. (2025). Gender and decision-making in the managerial university: A comparative analysis of women's perceptions in Portugal and Lithuania. In L. Leišytė, M. Marquina, & G. A. Jones (Eds.), University governance, management and the academic profession: Transformations and challenges (pp. 153–172). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86889-4_9
Huang, F., Leišytė, L., Kuzhabekova, A. & Diogo, S. (2023). Academics with international educational and research experiences: Differences across countries? In A. Çalıkoğlu, G. A. Jones, & Y. Kim (Eds.), Internationalization and the academic profession: Comparative perspectives (pp. 113–137). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26995-0_6
Jones, G. A., Leišytė, L., & Marquina, M. (2025). Governance, management and the academic profession: Themes and concluding observations. In L. Leišytė, M. Marquina, & G. A. Jones (Eds.), University governance, management and the academic profession: Transformations and challenges (pp. 223–234). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86889-4_12
Leišytė, L. (2025). Conceptualising external governance of higher education: Towards multi-level and multi-actor hybrid arrangements. In L. Leišytė, M. Marquina, & G. A. Jones (Eds.), University governance, management and the academic profession: Transformations and challenges (pp. 13–28). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86889-4_2
Leišytė, L. & Želvys, R. (Eds.). (2021). International perspectives on transforming management of higher education [Special issue]. Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, 46. Online available
Leišytė, L., Jones, G. A., & Marquina, M. (2025). Trends in higher education governance and the academic profession. In L. Leišytė, M. Marquina, & G. A. Jones (Eds.), University governance, management and the academic profession: Transformations and challenges (pp. 3–10). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86889-4_1
Leišytė, L., Marquina, M., & Jones, G. A. (Eds.). (2025). University governance, management and the academic profession: Transformations and challenges. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86889-4
Leišytė, L., Rose, A.-L., Želvys, R., & Pekşen, S. (2021). The role of universities in the knowledge-based society in Lithuania. In T. Aarrevaara, M. Finkelstein, G. A. Jones, & J. Jung (Eds.), Universities in the knowledge society: The nexus of national systems of innovation and higher education (pp. 203-219). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76579-8_12
Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S., Rose, A.-L., & Želvys, R. (2022). The teaching-research nexus in the Lithuanian higher education compared to other European higher education systems. In F. Huang, T. Aarrevaara, & U. Teichler (Eds.), Teaching and research in the knowledge-based society: Historical and comparative perspectives (pp. 137–160). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04439-7_8
Pekşen, S., Queirós, A., Flander, A., Leišytė, L., & Tenhunen, V. (2021). The determinants of external engagement of hard scientists: A study of generational and country differences in Europe. Higher Education Policy, 34(1), 18-41. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-020-00214-w
Pekşen, S., Rose, A.-L., Leišytė, L., & Želvys, R. (2025). The impact of managerialism on control and autonomy in the academic profession in Europe. In L. Leišytė, M. Marquina, & G. A. Jones (Eds.), University governance, management and the academic profession: Transformations and challenges (pp. 93–115). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86889-4_6
Stephenson, G. K., Pekşen, S., Reznik, N., Manatos, M. J., & Chen, R. J.-C. (2023). Internationalisation activities: The influence of governance and management models in Argentina, Canada, Lithuania, Portugal, and Taiwan. In A. Çalıkoğlu, G. A. Jones, & Y. Kim (Eds.), Internationalization and the academic profession: Comparative perspectives (pp. 37–65). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26995-0_3
Želvys, R., Leišytė, L., Pekşen, S., Bružienė, R., & Rose, A.-L. (2021). From collegiality to managerialism in Lithuanian higher education. Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, 46, 27-42. https://doi.org/10.15388/ActPaed.2021.46.2