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The activities of the Lithuanian Research Council-funded project “Co-creation of the Value of Urban Green Space Ecosystem Services in a Living Lab” (“MIESTOlabas”), implemented at Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy, are gaining momentum. Three Living Lab sessions have already taken place, bringing together representatives from different fields with a shared goal: to better understand the value of Talkša and Salduve Parks for the city, people, and nature, and to jointly explore directions for their sustainable development.

Researchers from Šiauliai Academy, specializing in management and natural sciences, who are implementing the “MIESTOlabas” project funded by the Lithuanian Research Council, participated in a scientific and practical conference held at the VILNIUS TECH Sustainability Center “From Idea to Impact: Living Lab as a Space for Co-creation and Change”.

From May 9 to 23, 2026, Professor D. Malinauskienė and doctoral student Vaida Padgurskytė from the Institute of Education at Vilnius University’s Šiauliai Academy participated for the second time in a research internship at the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Siedlce in Poland. The internship took place as part of the educational research project “Continuity of Learning to Learn in Early Childhood (Ages 4–8)” (No. P-EDU-23-26), funded by the European Union and carried out in collaboration with the Lithuanian Council for Science and Vilnius University.

For many people, pollen in the spring is primarily associated with allergies. However, for scientists, it raises a broader question: as it drifts through the city’s air, can it bind to pollutants and contribute to additional health problems? A high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) system installed at the VU Šiauliai Academy will help answer this question.

From October 6 to 10, the University of Córdoba (Spain) hosted several international events to discuss automatic bioaerosol particle detection and the capabilities of current market technologies. Leading scientists in this field from various European countries attended the event. Vilnius University was represented by Prof. Dr. Ingrida Šaulienė, Prof. Dr. Edvinas Stonevičius, and Doc. Laura Šukienė, all of whom actively participated in the week-long scientific discussions.

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