Successfully defended dissertations

1. Martynas Simutis "Research on the Rational Use of Tugs in Difficult Navigation Conditions, Increasing Shipping Safety in Ports", Transport Engineering

1. Jurgita Viršilienė "Factors Influencing the Granting of Heritage Status to Hillforts in Lithuania between 1919 and 1990", History and Archeology
2. Esther Robbe "Ecosystem Service Assessments of the Coastal Zone: Case Studies and Management Implications", Ecology and Environmental sciences 
3. Edvinas Tiškus "Advancements in Ecological Monitoring through Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Satellite Data: Studies in Water Clarity, Coastal Management, and Vegetation Dynamics", Ecology and Environmental sciences
4. Deimena Montvydaitė "Effects of Responsible Tourism on Economic Performance in the Context of Tourism Destination", Economics
5. Titas Tamkvaitis "Coastal Defense Systems along the Shoreline of Lithuania and Latvia from 1939 to 1945 and Problems of their Preservation" History and Archaeology 
6. Samanta Šamrejienė "Development of Personalized Healthcare in Organizations Integrating Psychosocial Support" Managemant
7. Remigijus Dailidė "Application of Climatographic Methods for Climate Change Assessment of the Baltic Sea Coast", Physical geography
8. Indrė Ignotaitė "Translanguaging between Lithuanian and English on “Twitter”, Philology
9. Paola Forni "Energetic Value of Coastal Benthic Environment for Benthivorous Wintering Sea Ducks Based on their Feeding Ecology", Ecology and Environmental sciences
10. Martynas Drazdauskas "Optimization of the Combustion Cycle of a Marine Diesel Engine Operating on Ammonia", Transport Engineering
11. Gerda Kazlauskienė "Political Discourse on the Formation of Compulsory Military Service in Lithuania", Political Sciences

1. Dainius Elertas "Land Tenure and Socioeconomic Structure in the District of Klaipeda (Hauptamt Memel): the first Decades of Secularised Prussia", History and Archaeology
2. Soukaina Elyaagoubi "Comparative Study of Ecosystem Services Provided by two Coastal Lagoons in Relation to their Hydrodynamic Features", Ecology and Environmental sciences 
3. Arvydas Urbis "Aesthetic Valuation of Dune and Forest Landscape of the Curonian Spit", Physical geography
4. Reza Pashaei "Distribution, Bioaccumulation, and Ecotoxicological Effects of Emerging Pollutants in Aquatic Ecosystems", Ecology and Environmental sciences
5. Tomas Čepaitis "Formation of a Rational Structure of the Cogeneration Organic Rankine Cycle for Ship Main Engine Under Operational Conditions", Transport Engineering
6. Viljaras Reigas "Impact of Accreditation on Quality Assurance of Healthcare Services", Management
7. Mindaugas Sereičikas "The Interaction between Civilians and the Lithuanian Military 1918-1923", History and Archaeology
8. Julius Morkūnas "Quantification of Wintering Seabird Bycatch in the Baltic Sea Coastal Fisheries and Ingestion of Marine Debris", Ecology and Environmental sciences

1. Rasa Kulevičienė "Conscious Directing to Learning“: Constructivist Grounded Theory of Enabling Primary School Students to Reflect on Learning in Lithuanian Lessons", Education Sciences
2. Žydrūnė Šalaviejūtė "Lithuanian Zoonyms Nomination and Motivation: Names of Domesticated Animals, Poultry and Insects", Philology
3. Lukas Oliver Ritzenhofen "Blue Mussel Cultivation in the Baltic Sea Economic and Mitigation Potential in Mesohaline Coastal Waters", Ecology and Environmental Sciences
4. Johanna Kristina Schumacher "Tools and Approaches for Supporting Coastal and Marine Policy Implementation", Ecology and Environmental Sciences
5. Rugilė Pangonytė "The Career of Juozapatas Mykolas Karpis, 1703-1708", History and Archaeology
6. Kontantinas Lotiuk "Processes and Conditions of Democratization and De-democratization in Ukraine", Political Sciences
7. Lukas Norkevičius "Improvement of Tugboat Environmental Performance Using Liquefied Natural Gas", Transport Engineering
8. Atas Žvirblys "Clay Tobacco Pipes from the Seventeenth to the Early Nineteenth Century in Vilnius and Klaipėda in European Context", History and Archaeology
9. Tobia Politi "Biogeochemical interactions among benthic macrofauna, microbial communities and macrophytes in eutrophic coastal lagoons", Ecology and Environmental Sciences
10. Monia Magri "New experimental data to implement ecological network analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus in two eutrophic lagoons", Ecology and Environmental Sciences
11. Donata Overlingė "Cyanobacteria as a Source of Bioactive Metabolites: their Potential Ppplication in Biotechnology and Environmental Impact" Ecology and Environmental Sciences  
12. Julius Paulikas "Managing the Multi-dimensional Nature of Employee Resistance Conditioned by Technological Change", Management

1. Gintautas Jakštys "The daily life of Lithuanian soldiers in war and peace in 1918–1940", History and Archaeology
2. Eglė Baltranaitė "Impact of physical geographical factors on the sustainability of South Baltic seaside resorts", Physical geography  
3. Tomas Bacys "Technologies of Information Warfare in Mediated Politics: the Case of the Portrayal of the Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine in the German Information Space", Political Sciences
4. Lina Bairašauskienė "Construction of Professional Identity of Female School Principals during Multiple Educational Interactions", Education Sciences
5. Mirco Haseler "Meso - and Microplastic in the Baltic Coastal Environment", Ecology and Environmental sciences
6. Eglė Rimkienė "Construction Iron in Lithuania’s Castles Dating to the Fourteenth – Sixteenth Centuries Based on Archaeological Data" History and Archaeology
7. Alvyda Obrikienė "Securitisation of Political Democracy in the Context of Socioeconomic Inequality", Political Sciences
8. Rasa Idzelytė "Assessment and Impact of Ice Cover and Future Projections for the Baltic Curonian Lagoon", Ecology and Environmental sciences
9. Dovilė Bataitytė "The Shaping of Visual Representations of Klaipėda (Memel) and Their Utilisation in Tourism Practices in the Period 1919 to 1990", History and Archaeology
10. Greta Gyraitė "Microbial water quality and potential risks for human health at the Southeastern Baltic Sea bathing waters“, Ecology and Environmental sciences
11. Diana Šateikienė "Research on the installation of ballast water treatment systems for marine ships", Transport Engineering
12. Edita Baranskaitė "The evaluation of the economic impact of tourism innovativeness", Economics
13. Egidijus Papečkys "Transformation of the defence capability of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990-2004: between individual and collective defence", History and Archaeology

1. Arvydas Kumpis “Development and forms of far-right in Japan: the case of action conservative movement”, Political sciences 
2. Raimondas Kazlauskas ‘The Evolution of the Political in Ancient Greece”, History and Archaeology  
3. Rubenas Bukavickas “Klaipėda region under sovietisation: sociocultural and socioeconomic transformations in 1945-1960″, History and Archaeology  
4. Ksenija Kazarinova “The Semiotics of Pride”, Philology 
5. Arnoldas Petrulis “Assessment of ethical leadership in transactional, transformational and servant leadershipstyles”, Management;
6. Vygintas Daukšys “Research of energy and ecological indicators of a natural gas operated diesel engine”, Transport engineering
7. Jelena Galinienė “Change in land use and land cover of coastal zone: classification methods comparison and assessment”, Physical geography  
8. Simona Statneckytė “The civil service reform in the process of europeanisation: the case study of Lithuania”, Political sciences 

1. Jovita Mėžinė “Assessment of the sediment transport in the Baltic coastal lagoon: the numerical modelling approach“, Ecology and Environmental sciences
2. Giedrė Vaičekauskienė “Projection of Lithuanian political leaders’ rhetoric and expressions of suggestiveness”, Political sciences 
3. Toma Dabulevičienė “Wind-induced coastal upwelling in the South-Eastern Baltic Sea: spatio-temporal variability and implications for the coastal environment”, Ecology and Environmental sciences  
4. Tomas Rimkus “The influence of the microlithisation on the economic development in the Eastern Baltic region mesolithic. Technological and functional research”, History and Archaeology  
5. Greta Srėbalienė “Quantitative assessment of bioinvasion impacts on marine ecosystems“, Ecology and Environmental sciences
6. Miguel Ângelo Raposo Inácio “Ecosystem services of coastal water bodies: assessing temporal changes and their implications to management“, Ecology and Environmental sciences  
7. Donalda Karnauskaitė“Assessing sustainable development of coastal systems“, Ecology and Environmental sciences
8. Natalja Čerkasova “Nemunas River watershed input to the Curonian Lagoon: discharge, microbiological pollution, nutrient and sediment loads under changing climate“, Ecology and Environmental sciences 
9. Jūratė Grubliauskienė “Educational dimension of family in the context of evaluation of children’s health-related quality of life“, Education Science
10. Skaistė Barkutė “The concept of conscience in the Lithuanian literature of the late 19th – early 20th Century“, Philology
11. Nadežda Lazareva “Influence of bunker marine fuel properties on a ship power plant operationcharacteristics“, Transport engineering 
12. Artūras Skabeikis “Role of the Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in the food web of the south-eastern Baltic Sea coastal waters“, Ecology and Environmental sciences 
13. Zigmas Vitkus “Amemorial in the politics of memory: the case of Paneriai (1944–2016)“, History and Archaeology
14. Jelena Dementjeva “Organizational Creativity Management Based on the Intellectual Capital“, Management
15. Donatas Paulauskas “The Research on Ship’sManeuverability and its Parameters in Relation with Port Infrastructure“, Transport engineering 
16. Edvinas Ubis “Cultural Interactions in the Micro-region of the Borderland between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the German Order (Prussia) in the 13th to the 17th Centuries (Based on Archaeological Data)“, History and Archaeology 

1. Raimonda Mikašauskienė “The Infixed and Sta-steam Verbs of the Old Lithuanian Scripts”, Philology  
2. Justas Stončius “Anti-semitism in Soviet Lithuania in the Period 1944-1990”, History and Archaeology  
3. Miglė Urbonaitė-Ubė “Imported Pottery of Late Medieval and Early Modern Period in the Territory of the City and Castles of Vilnius”, History and Archaeology  
4. Irma Vybernaitė-Lubienė “Loads, Transport and transformations of nutrients N, P and Si along the river-lagoon-sea continuum“, Ecology and environmental sciences
5. Indrė Žigeu “Glassware and the culture of its use in Klaipėda within the context of the Baltic sea region (16th–19th centuries)”, History and Archaeology  
6. Nikita Dobrotin “Evolution of the Curonian Spit Dunes“, Ecology and Environmental sciences 
7. Romualda Chušėvė “Evaluation of macrozoobenthos species sensitivity and application of Benthic quality index for the seabed status assessment of the South-Eastern Baltic Sea“, Ecology and Environmental sciences  
8. Žydrūnas Vičinskas “Verification of Matthaeus Praetorius‘ work “Deliciae Prussicae, oder Preussische Schaubühne” in the context of lithuanian mythology”, Ethnology 
9. Elena Matulionienė “The development of textile pockets of the national costume of Lithuania Minor”, Ethnology 
10. Algytė Merkelienė “The culture of pan piping: ethnic traditions and their change in the 20th and the beginning of the 21st Century”, Ethnology  
11. Milda Ratkevičienė “School Social Pedagogue’s Assistance to Social Risk Children: a Phenomenological Narrative Research”, Education Science  
12. Gvidas Slah “Identification of technological development of economy in the early holocene period grounding on the experimental-trasological investigation of the archaeological materials of the East Baltic region”, History and Archaeology  
13. Arūnas Balčiūnas “Marine litter pollution at the Lithuanian open Sea and coastal areas”, Ecology and Environmental sciences 

1. Jurgita Paužuolienė “Assessment of Organizational Culture in Socially Responsible Organizations”, Management
2. Paulius Rapalis “Diesel Engine Transient Operational Performance Research to Improve Efficiency”, Transport engineering
3. Agnė Šneiderienė “Corporate Social Responsibility Influence on the Economic Growth of Regions”, Economics
4. Gintautas Virketis “Improvement of the emergency medical assistance system management”, Management
5. Rasa Morkūnė „Food Web of the Lithuanian Baltic Sea Coastal Zone: Structure and Organic Matter Flows“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
6. Jolanta Bielskienė „Emancipatory political solidarity. Bolivian case study“, Politic studies
7. Karolis Ramanauskas “Formation of Organizational Culture Through the Manager’s Emotional Intelligence”, Management
8. Rasa Skališienė “Fostering Responsility in Online Social Networks Among Teenage Girls Attending a Child Day Care Centre: Grounded Theory”, Education Science

1. Donatas Jonikas „Measurement of value created through corporate social responsibility in the value creation chain“, Economics
2. Sergej Jakolvev „Modelling the inspection methods and application procedures of cargo containers“, Transport Engineering
3. Egidijus Skarbalius “Influence of the national orientation of teachers’ personality on the national identity of pupils of the primary school”, Educology
4. Dalia Jakulytė „Research concerning authorship and the inflection of denominatives in the knyga nobažnystės based on a relation database“, Philology
5. Regina Saveljeva „Developing Students’ Professional Calling By Developing Their Professional Self-Awareness (The Case of the Study Programme of Social Pedagogy)“, Educology
6. Martina Marič „Non – Indigenous Species in the Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas: Diversity, Distribution and Impacts“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
7. Raimonda Nabažaitė „„Stove Tile Making in Klaipėda in the Late Middle Ages and Modern Times: Between Innovation and Cultural Tradition““ , History

1. Asta Mažionienė „Constructivist Independent Work at Higher Education Institution as The Factor in Development of Managerial Competencies of Social Pedagogue“, Educology
2. Aelita Skarbalienė „The Leadership Competencies of Teachers Mentors as a Factor of Education of Leadership Competencies in Students“, Educology
3. Sigita Derkintienė „Body Image Objectivation and Formation in Early Adolescence“, Educology
4. Vytė Kontautienė „Influence of Development of Self-Control Abilities Encouraged During Physical Education Classes on Junior School Learners’ Physical Abilities“, Educology
5. Sandra Rimkutė-Jankuvienė „Development of Senior Pupils’ Musical Creativity Through the Application of Musical Computer Technologies“, Educology
6. Aleksandra Batuchina „A Phenomenological Research on Children’s Migrating“, Educology
7. Simona Paulikienė „Relation Between Mentoring Learning and Mentor Effectiveness: Case of Nursing Studies“, Educology
8. Irma Kaplūnaitė „The Catholic Section of Vilnius in the 14th and Beginning of the 16th Century“, Hystory
9. Sigita Bagužaitė-Talačkienė „Material Amber Tradition In The West Lithuanian Cemeteries With Stone Circles In The Comparative Context Of Balt Cultures. Social Aspect“, Hystory
10. Rinata Subotkevičienė „The Educational Traveling of the Residents of The Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the End of Fourteenth Century to 8th Decade of the Sixteenth Century“, Hystory
11. Lina Motuzienė „Between History and Politics: the Shaping of Cultures of Remembrance in the City of Kaliningrad In 1989-2014“, Hystory
12. Aistė Paldavičienė „Cyanotoxins and their Accumulation in the Curonian Lagoon“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
13. Daniel Depellegrin „Integrated Assessment of Ecological, Economic and Socio-Cultural Resources for the Sustainable Development of the Lithuanian Baltic Sea Coast“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
14. Sergej Suzdalev „Hazardous Substances Distribution and Geochemical Anomalies in the Sediments of a Heavily Modified Water Body“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
15. Dmitrij Gerok „Geological Structure and Spatial Distribution of Palaeo-Incisions in the Southeastern Part of the Baltic Sea and Adjacent Land“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
16. Algirdas Švanys „Effects of the Allelopathically Active Macrophyte Myriophyllum Spicatum on the Potentially Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis Aeruginosa“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
17. Jolita Petkuvienė „Phosphorus Pool Variations in the Curonian Lagoon and its Implication to Eutrophication“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
18. Irina Panasiuk „The Research of Technology Introduction of Air Pollution Reduction from Ship Propulsion“, Transport Engineering

1. Aida Norvilienė „Students‘ Targeted Intercultural Education As A Factor Of Improvement Of Their Intercultural Competence (A Case Of Teacher Training At University)“, Educology
2. Saulius Stumbra “Education of Catholic Religiosity in Early Youth Through Practices of Popular Piety“, Educology
3. Dovilė Troskovaitė „Formation of Polish and Lithuanian Karaite Self-Identity in the 19th – 20th Centuries: Between Separation and Adaptation“, Hystory
4. Paulius Bugys „Armour in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Second Half of the 13th – 1st Half of the 16th Century (on the Basis Archaeological Data)“, Hystory
5. Aleksej Šaškov „Application of Underwater Remote Imagery and Acoustic Data for Quantitative Benthic Biotopes Identification, Predictive Mapping and Building of Explanatory Models“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
6. Andrius Stončkus „The Theoretical Basis of Occupational Burnout: an Interdisciplinary Approach“, Educology
7. Darius Rekis „Gain of Prospective Teachers‘ Social Participation in Higher School Life as a Prerequisite for Career (Self-) Education“, Educology

1. Evelina Grinienė „Diversity and Functional Role of Plankton Ciliates in a Eutrophic Coastal Lago ”, Ecology and Environmental Studies
2. Giedrė Strakšienė „Development of Communicative Competence of Primary School Age Children Through Drama-Oriented Activities”, Educology
3. Aleksas Narščius „Development and Application of the Information Systems on Aquatic Non-Indigenous Species”, Ecology and Environmental Studies
4. Andrius Šiaulys „Empirical Modelling of Macrozoobenthos Species Distribution and Benthic Habitat Quality Assessment”, Ecology and Environmental Studies
5. Rasa Pranskūnienė ““Submerging interactivity” in museum education: grounded theory”, Educology
6. Sigitas Šulčius „Virus-Bacteria Interactions Under Different Conditions Of Coastal Ecosystems”, Ecology and Environmental Studies
7. Alfredas Rukšėnas „Collective Biography of The Soldiers of The Kaunas National Labour Protection, 2-Nd Auxiliary Police Service Battalions“, Hystory
8. Rytis Jonaitis ““Civitas Rutenica” in Vilnius in the 13th−15th century”, Hystory
9. Vytautas Jokubauskas „The Lithuanian Military Doctrine and Its Implementation in the Context of the Countries of the North-Eastern Baltic Region in the Period 1923-1940”, Hystory

1. Aurelija Samuilovienė  „Population Genetic Structure of Salmon (Salmo Salar L.) and Sea Trout (Salmo Trutta L.) in Lithuanian Rivers”, Ecology and Environmental Studies
2. Elena Pranckėnaitė „Lake dwellings in the South-eastern Baltic Sea Region during the Early Metal”, Hystory
3. Roman Shiroukhov „Contacts Between Prussians and Curonians in The 11th – Early 13th Centuries, According To The Archaeological Data”, Hystory
4. Diana Vaičiūtė „Distribution Patterns of Optically Active Components and Phytoplankton in the Estuarine Plume in the South Eastern Baltic Sea”, Ecology and Environmental Studies

1. Olga Mastianica „Significance of Female Education in the Lithuanian Society from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century“, Hystory
2. Vasilijus Safronovas „The Competition of Identity Ideologies in a City of South-Eastern Baltic Sea Region: the Case-Study of Klaipėda in the 20th Century“, Hystory
3. Nerijus Nika „Salmo Trutta L. The ecology and efficiency of reproduction in a small plain stream in Western Lithuania“, Ecology and Environmental Studies
4. Vaidas Viršilas „Possibilities of Socio-Educational Assistance to 14 to 16-Year-Old-Adolescents Serving Punishment Alternative to Imprisonment “, Educology
5. Mindaugas Brazauskas „Cultural Layers As The Research Source Of Klaipėda Infrastructure And Urban Development In The 16th-18th Century“, Hystory
6. Asta Budreikaitė „The Expression and Development of Adolescents Moral Values on the Basis of the Olympic Education“, Educology
7. Andrea Griffante „National Paths Through Variety: Vilnius, Trieste And “Border Identity” 1848-1914 m“ Hystory
8. Donatas Lengvinas „Professional Activity and Well-Being of Educators at Juvenile Resocialization Institutions“, Educology
9. Jolanta Skurdauskienė „Folwark Economy in Samogitian Private Manors in the 16th Century“, Hystory
10. Asta Šarkauskienė „Non-Formal Education in School of Young Adolescents‘ Innate Physical Powers“, Educology
11. Artūras Svarauskas „Ideological And Structural Development Of Christian Democracy In The Republic Of Lithuania In 1918–1940“, Hystory
12. Mindaugas Žilius „Seasonal Oxygen and Nutrient Exchange at the Sediment-Water Interface in the Eutrophic Boreal Lagoon (the Baltic Sea)“, Ecology and Environmental Studies

1. Inga Bartusevičienė „Periodic Assessment of Student Achievements as a Factor of Effectiveness of Studies (the case of undergraduate full time studies of social pedagogy)“, Educology
2. Povilas Blaževičius „Toys and Games in Lithuania in the 13th-17th Centuries Based on Archaeological Data“, Hystory
3. Aelita Ambrulevičiūtė „The Leadership Competencies of Teachers Mentors as a Factor of Education of Leadership Competencies in Students“, Hystory
4. Rosita Uznienė „Pedagogical Correction of Media Experience of the Teenagers“, Educology
5. Julius Žukas „Economic Development of Klaipeda Region in the Late 19th C – Early 20th C (1871-1939)“, Hystory
6. Arvydas Švagždys „Impact of Environmental and Anthropogenical Factors on Fish Catch Variation in the Curonian Lagoon“, Ecology and Environmental Studies