GASPARĖNIENĖ LIGITA, Dr.

Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise

Reniewable Energy Sources, Shadow Economy, Unemployment, Corruption, Money Laundering, Smuggling.

Education

2013 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
2009 acquired a Doctor of Economy degree, Kaunas University of Technology.
2004 acquired a Master’s of Information degree, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University.
2002 acquired a Bachelor of Management and Business administration degree, Kaunas University of Technology.

Main publications

Gasparėnienė, Ligita; Remeikienė, Rita; Williams, Colin. Unemployment and the informal economy: lessons from a study of Lithuania. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022. 111 p. (SpringerBriefs in Economics, ISSN 2191-5504, eISSN 2191-5512). ISBN 9783030966867. eISBN 9783030966874. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96687-4.
Remeikienė, Rita; Gasparėnienė, Ligita; Yorulmaz, Ozlem; Schieg, Martin; Stasiukynas, Andrius. Evaluation of the level of shadow economy in Lithuanian regions // Journal of business economics and management. Vilnius : Technika. ISSN 1611-1699. eISSN 2029-4433. 2021, vol. 22, no. 5, p. 1360-1377. DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2021.15405.

Main scientific and research projects

Since 2021 chief researcher in the project “Protecting work and income in the digital economy: a case study of platform workers”.
Since 2021 chief researcher in the project “Model of the interaction of labour market and social support policies and development of methodologies for its implementation” (No. 13.1.1-LMT-K-718-05-0008). The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
2020 chief researcher in the project “Organisational, economic and legal preconditions to optimise psychological support for professionals working in emergency situations” (No. S-MIP-19-18 / (1.78)SU-1074). Project was financed by the Research Council of Lithuania.

Popularization of science

Languages

Lithuanian and English.