Meeting of the Lithuanian Science Council with LERA leaders and representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science.

On 19 December 2024, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Research  Council, dr. Gintaras Valinčius, and his team met with the leaders of the Lithuanian Educational Research Association and the representatives of the Lithuanian Ministry of Education. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the possibilities of cooperation between LRC and LERA in the implementation of the Lithuanian Educational Breakthrough Programme. During a lively and good-natured discussion, 3 areas of cooperation were agreed upon: 1) involving the community of teacher practitioners in the research and achieving a greater impact on educational practice and policy; 2) expanding the dimensions of international cooperation; 3) developing an innovative and interdisciplinary concept of social impact assessment of projects, which would help self-reflection of educational science. The need for more involvement of education researchers in the decision-making processes of the LRC and new ideas for doctoral studies and research in education were also discussed. We hope that this fruitful collaboration will open a new chapter in the development of education studies.