Dr. Ineta Dabašinskienė is the Rector of Vytautas Magnus University and a Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Lithuanian Studies, where she also leads the Research Centre for Multilingualism. She is a full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include, but are not limited to, language policy and multilingualism, monolingual and multilingual language acquisition, and heritage language studies, as well as minority languages and languages in education.
An internationally recognized scholar, prof. Dabašinskienė has published extensively, serves on editorial boards, and participates actively in scientific associations. She has coordinated numerous national and international research and educational projects and worked as an expert for the European Commission and research councils.
Prof. Dabašinskienė has received prestigious Lithuanian, Italian, and Ukrainian honors, along with other academic distinctions for her scholarly and public contributions.