CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:   Arūnas

Surname:   Augustinaitis

Sex   Male

Date of birth:   Jun 07, 1958

Place of birth:   Lithuania

Home address:   Žirgo St. 3A-43, 2040 Vilnius, Lithuania

Office address:   Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University, Universiteto St. 3, 2734 Vilnius, Lithuania

Phone/fax:   76 89 61/76 89 57

E-mail:   arunas.augustinaitis@kf.vu.lt

Education:   Diploma in Library & Information Science at Vilnius University (1981)

Scientific degree:   Doctor of Social Sciences (Communication and Information, 1986)

Subject of thesis:   Communication and Information Sciences

Place of work and Position:

                 2000+ Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University (VU)

                 1991+ Assoc. Prof., Head of Dept. of Communication and Information Theory, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University (VU)

                 1989-90 Postdoctoral Researcher at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin und Freie Universitaet (Berlin), Germany;

                 1986-1989 Senior Lecturer, VU

                 1984-1986 Doctoral Student, VU

                 1983 Lecturer, VU

                 1982 Academic Researcher, Laboratory for Information Problems Research, VU;

                 1981 Manager for Library Automation, Technical Library of Lithuania

Languages:   Russian, German, English.

Teaching responsibilities:   Information Management; Communication Management; Strategic Information Management; Communication and Information Sciences; Communication of Politics; Postmodern Knowledge.

Research areas:   Knowledge Management, Postmodern Knowledge; Public Policy; Information Society; Philosophy of Communication

Membership:    Member of Editing Board of "Informacijos mokslai" Information Science", of "Sociologija" ("Sociology"); Member of ICA

Publications:   about 40 articles in a number of scientific periodicals and books

Fellowship: 1995 University of Lund, Sweden(Strategic Information management)

                   1996 Fachhochschule Hannover, Germany (TEMPUS Education for Information Management in Lithuania)

                   1997 Leicester University, Great Britain (TEMPUS Education for International Communication in Lithuania)

                   1998 Deventer Rijkshogeschool Ijselland, the Netherlands (TEMPUS Education for Information Management in Lithuania)