The leadership of education researchers in Lithuanian universities

The article gives overview and analyses the changes and developmentofscientific researchon educationalsciencesin Lithuanian universities in the period of1990–2004. The prepared and successfully defended dissertations show positioning of the researchfield of educational sciences: the leadership of education researchersis reflected by the diplomas of habilitated doctors and certificates ofpedagogical titleof professor.The statistical overview and evaluation of doctoral dissertations in the research field of educational sciences(social sciences) in the period of 1990–2004 reveal that training of education researchersoccurred both in separate universities and in the networks of universities. The distribution of researchers in Lithuanian higher education is also discussed. The statistical dataonhabilitated doctors insocial sciencesand doctoral dissertationsin education defended in the period of 1990–2004 illustrate the need to develop researchers of highest qualification in Lithuanian universities. The case study of Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences allows revealingthe leadership of education researchersintraining of doctoral studentsMokytojų rengimo institutasVytauto Didžiojo universiteta