From Monday 27 March until Friday the 31th Businet Moot Court Competition will be organized by the Businet Law Group in cooperation with Kazimieras Simonavicius University.
A Moot court is an extra curricular activity in which Law students take part in simulated court proceedings, which usually involves drafting briefs (or memorials) and oral argumentation.
12 teams of law students from different countries will take part in this competition. Special guest Irmantas Jarukaitis (Judge at the EU Court of Justice) will talk about the role and the impact of the EU CoJ.
Main competition will be held in Kazimieras Simonavicius University. The semi-finals and the final battle will take place at the Vilnius District Court.
Event date: March 27-31, 2023.
We are happy to announce virtual KSU OPEN DAY 2022 for international students!
When: March 22, 2023 at 13:00-15:00 (GMT +2)
Where: Open Day will be held on-line on Zoom platform.
Register: HERE
It’s a great opportunity to learn about KSU university, Bachelor and Master study programmes, meet International office staff and to know about admission process.
Questions: admission@ksu.lt
We are happy to have 22 Erasmus exchange students from Spain, Italy, France, and Turkey in spring semester. Foreign students got to know each other and KSU Erasmus mentors as well, introduced their home countries, got to know the study process at KSU and traditionally visited Trakai.
We are happy to announce virtual KSU OPEN DAY 2022 for international students!
When: November 9, 2022 at 13:00-15:00 (GMT+2)
Where: Open Day will be held on-line on Zoom platform.
It’s a great opportunity to learn about KSU university, Bachelor and Master study programmes, Summer School courses, meet International office staff and to know about admission process.
Questions: admission@ksu.lt
Kazimieras Simonavicius University joined one of the biggest global higher education networks Businet which unites more than 140 institutions in 37 countries in Europe, Australia, Asia, South America. Network provides an environment that encourages the sharing of good practice and encourages co-operation between like-minded individuals and like-minded organisations.
The international conference “Scientific Communication. Observed with Social System Theory” organized by the Next Society Institute of Kazimieras Simonavičius University and the Inter-University Center in Dubrovnik (Croatia) took place on September 13-16, 2022.
During the conference, speakers from around the world presented the latest interdisciplinary theoretical and empirical researches on the past, present and future challenges of scientific communication. Here, the COVID-19 pandemic, the communication of climate change research in social media, as well as the relationship between science and political and economic systems have received a lot of attention.
Jan Inge Jönhill’s (Sweden) contribution “Scietific Knowledge and Political Communication” was announced as the best conference paper and awarded the prize established by the Next Society Institute of Kazimieras Simonavičius University for theoretical excellence and inspiration for new research perspectives.
The next conference dedicated to N. Luhmann’s theory “Environments. Observed with Social System Theory” will be held on September 12-15, 2023. Detailed information will be published on the conference website: https://luhmannconference.com.
Dear members of KSU academic community,
We kindly invite you to the Science and Knowledge Day celebration on the 1st September 2022, 1:00 PM at Kazimieras Simonavicius University. (Darius ir Girėnas str. 21, Vilnius). Let’s start the new academic year together!
Run with KSU!
Members of KSU community are invited to join KSU team and run in RIMI Vilnius marathon* on 11 September! KSU team will consist of KSU students, teachers, administrative staff and Erasmus students who have come to KSU.
Please register by e-mail international@ksu.lt till 29 August! When registering, specify your contact phone number and the size of t-shirts that the organisers will provide during the marathon. For those who wish to become team captains, please indicate your wish during registration.
KSU team will consist of only 20 people, so don‘t wait and register now! The participation is free of charge for the members of KSU team. More information about marathon is available here. * KSU team will run 5 km route.
Last week (on June 30), the members of the Board of Kazimieras Simonavičius University gathered for a meeting. During the meeting, the new image of KSU, the results of the 2021-2022 academic year, and the current admission to the bachelor’s, master’s and integrated study programs offered by the University were discussed. The members of the KSU Board also discussed and made proposals regarding the strengthening of the international strategy of the university, the development of the innovative teaching methodology and improvement of the content of study programmes to meet the needs of the market and employers.
We are extremely happy that heads of foreign universities, experienced scientists, representatives of various businesses and the public sector have become involved in the activities of the University and have expressed their trust in our vision.
The Board is an advisory body of the University’s strategic management, the purpose of which is to determine, analyze and monitor the directions of the University’s strategic development, as well as the maintenance and development of strategic international, political, business and cultural relations.
Current members of the Kazimieras Simonavičius University Board:
Assoc. Dr. sc. Mislav Balković
Henrika Bivainienė
Saulius Buivys
Tadas Četkauskas
Kęstutis Drazdauskas
Žydrė Gavelienė
Vismantas Ivoškevičius
Koit Kaskel
Assoc. Dr. Austė Kiškienė
Prof. Dr. Tomas Krilavičius
Assoc. Dr. Marius Lanskoronskis
Orijana Mashalė
Prof. Dr. Inga Minelgaitė (Chairperson)
Dalius Morkvėnas
Arnold Nausėda
Jarūnė Preikšaitė
Eglė Radišauskienė
David Rafanavičius
Giedrė Ramanauskienė
Prof. Dr. Augusto Sales (Vice Chair)
Dovilė Satkauskienė
Gabija Skučaitė
Darius Verbyla
Antanas Zabulis
Dear members of KSU community,
We kindly invite you to the solemn celebration of awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees at KSU.
The ceremony will take place on 23 June 2022 (Thursday) 1 p.m. at Kazimieras Simonavicius University (Dariaus ir Girėno str. 21, Vilnius). Please notify us about your participation till 20 June 5 p.m. by email: studijos@ksu.lt
We look forward to seeing you!
The Senate of Kazimieras Simonavičius University convened last week. KSU Senate consists of 20 members representing the academic community of the university – professors and students – and other Lithuanian and foreign research and study institutions.
Prof. Dr. Steffen Roth was elected Chairman of the Senate, and Prof. Dr. Ryšardas Burda was elected Vice-Chairman.
During the Senate meeting, a new image and logo of KSU were presented, and discussions were held on the university’s research strategy and university development.
We are pleased with the involvement and contribution of the KSU Senate to the strategic development of the university, community mobilization and networking.
Last week, researchers from Kazimieras Simonavicius University Next Society Institute gathered in Vilnius for a three-day seminar during which the planning of research ideas and projects, a strategic planning session and preparations for the Next Society Forum took place.
Next Society Institute (NSI) was established at KSU in 2021. The NSI advances social systems theory in the tradition of Niklas Luhmann and explores synergies with alternative schools of systems theories in domains such as:
– Theories of society;
– Social theories;
– Theories of social differentiation;
– Theories of new and old media;
– Management and organisation theories;
– Theories of foresight and anticipation.
Image credit: Franzicek Dayan.
