Karolis Žibas

Junior Researcher, PhD student
karolis@ces.lt

Research interests
- contemporary migration processes;
- social integration of immigrant groups;
- migration and migrant integration policies;
- ethnic structure of society;
- ethnic relations.

Education
since 2008 – PhD student in sociology at Vilnius University and Lithuanian Social Research Centre (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2004-2006 – Master in Comparative Politics at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas)
2000-2004 m. – BA in Political Science at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas)

Qualification courses
2011 – VII Summer School on International Migration: Challenges and Opportunities for the EU and its Neighbourhood. Creating an Observatory of Migration in East Europe (CARIM EAST). Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
2010 – International Summer School in REMESO – Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society in Linkoping University. Course: Theories and Politics of International Migration“. Norrkoping, Sweden.
2010 – Vilnius Pedagogical University. Leonardo da Vinci Partnership programme. Project at the City of Wolverhampton College: Development of Social and Youth Workers Cultural Competence, applied Emotional Literacy and Social Inclusion. Wolverhampton College, UK.
2010 – ESS (European Social Survey) seminar: 8th ESS Training Course on Para-data in Social Survey Research. Manheim, Germany.
2009 – International School at Orebro University. Nordic Research Training Course: Media, Migration and Transnational Relations“. Linkoping, Sweden.
2008 – International Summer School: Migration – Challenges and Opportunities for Europe“. Institute of European Studies, Turin, Italy.
2007 – International Summer School at American Institute on Political and Economic System (AIPES). Prague, Check Republic.

Publications
Pilinkaitė Sotirovič V., Žibas K. 2011. Etninės ir socialinės grupės Lietuvoje: visuomenės nuostatos ir jų kaita. Etniškumo studijos 2011/1-2. Lietuvos socialinių tyrimų centras, Vilnius, Eugrimas, p. 136–155 ISSN 1822-1041.
Žibas K. 2011. Migration research in social and economic migration theories: construction of analytical approach. OIKOS: Lithuanian Migration and Diaspora Studies 2011/2. The Lithuanian Emigration Institute. Kaunas, p. 9-22. ISSN 1822-5152.
Vildaitė D., Žibas K. 2010. Overview of Public Opinion Polls Carried out by the Institute for Ethnic Studies (2005–2010) in: Ethnicity Studies 2010/1-2. Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Vilnius: Eugrimas, p. 121–137. ISSN 1822-1041.
Žibas K. 2010. Perceptions of Immigration in Lithuanian Society. OIKOS: Lithuanian Migration and Diaspora Studies, 2010/2. The Lithuanian Emigration Institute. p. 9 – 30 Kaunas. ISSN 1822-5152.
Žibas K. 2009. International Migration in Lithuania: Problems and Definitions in: Ethnicity Studies 2009/2. Migrant Integration: Third Country Nationals in Lithuania. Institute for Social Research, Vilnius: Eugrimas, p. 7-16, ISSN 1822-1041.
Žibas K. 2009. Immigration Trends of Third Country Nationals in Lithuania (2004-2008) in: Ethnicity Studies 2009/2. Migrant Integration: Third Country Nationals in Lithuania. Institute for Social Research, Vilnius: Eugrimas, p. 17-39, ISSN 1822-1041. 
Žibas K., Platačiūtė V. 2009. Lithuanian Immigration Policy and Preconditions of Integration of Third Country Nationals in: Ethnicity Studies 2009/2. Migrant Integration: Third Country Nationals in Lithuania. Institute for Social Research, Vilnius: Eugrimas, p. 40-53, ISSN 1822-1041.
Beresnevičiūtė V., Leončikas T., Žibas K. 2009. Migrants’ Life in Lithuania: Public Attitudes and Experiences of Migrants in: Ethnicity Studies 2009/2. Migrant Integration: Third Country Nationals in Lithuania. Institute for Social Research, Vilnius: Eugrimas, p. 77-110, ISSN 1822-1041.
Beresnevičiūtė V., Leončikas T., Žibas K. 2009. Principles and Indicators for Assessment of Migrants’ Integration Policy in Lithuania: Conclusions and Recommendations in: Ethnicity Studies 2009/2. Migrant Integration: Third Country Nationals in Lithuania. Institute for Social Research, Vilnius: Eugrimas, p. 111-127, ISSN 1822-1041.
Žibas K. 2008. The Analysis of Social Resources of Foreigners Who Have Been Granted the Refugee Status or Temporary Protection in: Ethnicity Studies 2008/1-2. Institute for Social Research, Vilnius: Eugrimas, p. 117-145. ISSN 1822-1041. Žibas K. 2007. Labour immigration in Lithuania: situation analysis. OIKOS: Lithuanian Migration and Diaspora Studies, 2007/4. The Lithuanian Emigration Institute. p. 16-30. Vilnius: Versus Aureus, ISSN 1822-5152.
Žibas K. 2006. Publications on Ethnic Issues in Lithuania in 2005-2006 in: Ethnicity Studies 2006/1: Ethnic Intolerance. Institute for Social Research, p. 147-174. Vilnius, Eugrimas, ISSN 1822-1041.

Other publications
Beresnevičiūtė V., Žibas K. 2012. Monitoring systems on integration of ethnic minorities and immigrants in Lithuania. In: Measuring and monitoring immigrant integration in Europe. Integration policies and monitoring efforts in 17 European countries. Bijl R., Verweij A. (eds.). The Netherlands Institute for Social Research. The Hague, p. 221-236 ISBN 978 90 377 0569 0.
Leončikas T., Žibas K. 2010. Situation of New Immigrants in Lithuania in: Addressing the problems of ‘new immigrants’ in Estonia and in the Baltic States: http://www.lichr.ee/main/assets/epim-lichr.pdf
Leončikas T., Žibas K. 2009. Migration Trends 2006–2008. Söderköping Process Countries: http://soderkoping.org.ua/files/pages/70/1.pdf

Scholarships
Immigration Processes in Lithuania: Social Developments of Chinese and Turkish Immigrant Groups. ERSTE Foundation Scholarship: Generations in Dialogue / Migration and its effects on demographic and economic development in CEE.