Pijus Krūminas

Dr Pijus Krūminas is a Senior Researcher in the field of R&D and innovation policy at Visionary Analytics. He also works as a Visiting lecturer at ISM University of Management and Economics, where he teaches Comparative Politics and Contexts of Politics courses, as well as supervises students’ final theses. Before joining VA in 2015, Pijus worked at the main Research and higher education analysis and monitoring centre in Lithuania (MOSTA, currently STRATA) responsible for overall national research data collection and analysis. Pijus has strong methodological skills both in quantitative (e.g. counterfactual, econometric) and in qualitative (e.g., interviews, document analysis) methods. He has extensive experience in studying socio-economic impact of policies gained from multiple evaluations of EU investment in the areas of R&D and Innovation policies, most often exploring the effects of policies on innovation, economic growth, competitiveness, employment, administrative burdens, and good governance and administration (clients include Ministry of Economy of Lithuania, JRC, Invest Lithuania, Ministry of Finance of Lithuania, MOSTA, among others). He holds Master’s Degree in Political Science from Vytautas Magnus University, and Ph.D. in Economics from ISM University of Management and Economics.

Pijus Krūminas