Aida SAVICKA

Ph. D., Senior researcher

E-mail: aida.savicka@lkti.lt

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4290-1005

In 1991–1995, Aida Savicka studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of Vilnius University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in sociology. She continued her studies at the Central European University, Faculty of Sociology (Warsaw), where she gained master's degree in sociology and political science in 1996. In 1996–2000, she proceeded with doctoral studies at the Graduate School for Social Research at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She defended her doctoral dissertation in the humanities “The Dynamics of Postmaterialism in Central European Societies: The Reevaluation of R. Inglehart’s Perspective” at the Jagiellonian University (Cracow, Poland) in 2001. Aida Savicka has been working at the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute since 1998 (until 2010, the Institute of Culture, Philosophy and Art).

Areas of academic interests: value change in contemporary societies, cultural identity, the impact of new communication technologies on individual self-perception and identity formation, and the cultural manifestations of generational change.

Professional memberships and expert activities:

• Member of the Lithuanian Sociological Association;
• Member of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA);
• Member of the Lithuanian team of the European Values Study (2007–2019);
• Expert for the Research Council of Lithuania;
• Member of the Editorial Board and Managing Editor of the peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal SPHAIROS: Cultural and Media Studies.

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Monographs:

Aida Savicka, Rūta Žiliukaitė, Pokyčių kartos Lietuvoje: vertybių kaitos perspektyva [Generations of Change in Lithuania: A Societal Value Perspective]. Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2026.

Aida Savicka, Asmens tapatybė ir bendruomeniškumas pasaulinio tinklo pinklėse [Personal Identity and Communality in the Entanglements of the Global Network]. Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2020, 176 p., ISBN 978-609-8231-27-4, doi: 10.53630/savicka2020.

Rūta Žiliukaitė, Arūnas Poviliūnas, Aida Savicka, Lietuvos visuomenės vertybių kaita per dvidešimt nepriklausomybės metų [Value Change in Lithuanian Society over Twenty Years of Independence]. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2016, 316 p., ISBN 978-609-459-737-4.

Aida Savicka (Ed.) , Lithuanian Identity and Values (Lithuanian Philosophical Studies IVa, vol. 31). Washington: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 2007, 184 p., ISBN 978-1565-182-36-3.

Aida Savicka, Postmaterialism and Globalization: The Specificity of Values Change in the Post-Communist Milieu. Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas. 2004, 163 p., ISBN 9986-638-51-8.

Main publications in English:

Aida Savicka, Changing Perceived Life Control: Intergenerational Insights from Lithuania, Socialinė teorija, empirija, politika ir praktika, T. 30, 2025, p. 99–116. doi: 10.15388/stepp.2025.30.6.

Aida Savicka, Doug Baer, Lionel  Prouteau,  David Swindell,  David H.  Smith,  Kuang-Ting TAI, Conducive Macro-Contexts Influencing Volunteering. In: D. H. Smith, R. A. Stebbins, J. Grotz (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, p. 580–608, ISBN 978-1-137-26316-2. doi: 10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9_27.

Aida Savicka, The Song and Dance Celebration in Lithuania: Public Engagement, the Festival‘s Concept and Evaluation, Culture Crossroads, vol. 9. Riga: Research Centre of the Latvian Academy of Culture, 2016, p. 36–49, ISSN 2500-9974. doi: 10.55877/cc.vol9.149.

Aida Savicka, Volunteer Work: Our Way Back to a Civil Society? Specifics of Volunteering in a Post-Communist Milieu. In: D. Janušauskienė, A. M. Blasko (Eds.) Political Transformation and Changing Identities in Central and Eastern Europe. Washington: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 2008, p.281–297, ISNB 978-1565-182-46-2.

Aida Savicka, Personal Identity: In Between Destiny and Choice. In: A. Savicka (Ed.) Lithuanian Identity and Values (Lithuanian Philosophical Studies IVa, vol. 31). Washington: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 2007, p. 15–36, ISNB 978-1565-182-36-3.

Aida Savicka, Voluntary Work: Our Way Back to a Civil Society?, Post-Communist Lithuania: Culture in Transition. Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas. 2005, p. 111–126, ISBN 978-9986-638-63-1.

Aida Savicka, Rationalizing the Relation of Globalization and Nationalism. In: T. Buksinski, D. Dobrzanski (Eds.) Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series, IVa, vol. 27, Eastern Europe and the Challenges of Globalization. Washington: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 2005, p. 213–228, ISBN 978-1565-182-18-9.

Aida Savicka, Economic Performance and Work Ethic: The Comparison of European Countries. In: J. Koralewicz (Ed.) The European Value System. Warsaw: Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. 1999, p. 131–165, ISBN 978-8386-759-72-9.

Aida Savicka, Materialism and Postmaterialism in Lithuanian Culture, Spectrum. Studies in the History of Culture. Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas. 1998, Nr. 2 (4), p. 171–187.

Research projects :

2025–2027 Applied research project “Developing an Indicator of Everyday Creativity to Measure the Success of Implementing Lithuania’s Future Vision ‘Lithuania 2050’” (funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, S-REP-25-9).

2025–2026 Dissemination project “Generational Change and Generations of Change in Lithuania: A Value Perspective” (funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, S-LISs-25-2).

2025 Research study “Fostering Ethnic Culture in Lithuanian Diaspora Communities and Lithuanian Saturday Schools Abroad” (commissioned by the Council for the Protection of Ethnic Culture, implemented within the Action Plan of the Lithuanian Diaspora Policy Strategic Guidelines ‘Global Lithuania’ 2022–2030).

2017–2019 Comparative study “Value Change in Lithuania and Poland” (research team project funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, S-MIP-17-105).

2015–2016 Research project “Value Change in Lithuanian Society over Twenty Years of Independence” (research team project funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, MIP-15288).

2014 Research project “The Song and Dance Celebration: An Interdisciplinary Study” (funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture).

2007 Project “The Unity of the Lithuanian Nation: History, the Present, and Future Challenges” (funded by the Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation).

2005–2007 Project “The Lithuanian Nation: An Analysis of Its Condition and Development Prospects” (Civil Society Institute and the Centre for Strategic Studies).

2005–2007 Project “The European Dimension in the Transformation of National Identity: Globality and Locality” (funded by the Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation).