{"id":1286,"date":"2024-07-03T13:08:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/?page_id=1286"},"modified":"2024-07-03T13:08:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:08:21","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1286\" class=\"elementor elementor-1286\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c593f2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c593f2c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff4fce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ff4fce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66c7f33 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66c7f33\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f089fa e-con-full e-flex 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data-id=\"d20d332\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>LaSER<\/strong> engages in policy oriented research. We look for new, innovative and evidence-based policy ideas that will help the development of Latvia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9383ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9383ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Team<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9d1f09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9d1f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Daunis Auers, PhD<\/strong>, LaSER Chairman of the Board, Professor at the University of Latvia (LU), Jean Monnet Professor and Director of the LU &#8220;Social Sciences&#8221; PhD programme.<\/p><p>Studied at the London School of Economics (LSE) and University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom. He was a Fulbright Program researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, USA (2005-2006), Fulbright Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle (2023-2024), and a Baltic-American Freedom Foundation researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, USA (2014). He is a former President of the US-based Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. At present, he is a member of the National Competitiveness Council formed by the Latvian State President, a member of Riga Stradi\u0146\u0161 University&#8217;s Advisors&#8217; Convention and an Advisor to the Convention of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He researches and writes about politics, political risks and the economic competitiveness of European countries and the Baltic States.<\/p><p><strong>Uldis Spuri\u0146\u0161<\/strong>, LaSER Research Director.<\/p><p>Studied at Fordham University in the United States, the University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet) and the University of Latvia. He has worked as an economics lecturer at City University of New York (CUNY) and Fordham University, and as Certus Think Tank&#8217;s Lead Researcher. He has written economic studies for various businesses, governmental and non-governmental organisations. He has conducted studies focusing on the ICT, health, pharmaceutical, higher education, manufacturing, construction material production and other sectors of the Latvian economy.<\/p><p><strong>Maija Tiva Hilla<\/strong>, research assistant<\/p><p><strong>Arturs Linde<\/strong>, research assistant<\/p><p><strong>Ivars Kraulis<\/strong>, research assistant<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb69f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb69f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Projects<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93f3223 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementor-blog-posts\" data-id=\"93f3223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementor-blog-posts.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpcap-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpcap-grid-container elementor-grid wpcap-grid-desktop-3 wpcap-grid-tablet-2 wpcap-grid-mobile-1 grid-meta-bottom\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n        <article id=\"post-1296\" class=\"wpcap-post post-1296 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects\">\n         \n            <div class=\"post-grid-inner\">\n            \t\n            \t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-grid-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/riga-development-research-project\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1142\" src=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas.jpg 2400w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-300x143.jpg 300w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-1024x487.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-768x365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-1536x731.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-2048x975.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \n                <div class=\"post-grid-text-wrap\">\n               \t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/riga-development-research-project\/\">Riga development research project<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t                \t\t<div class=\"post-grid-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>LaSER Latvia 2040 Report emphasized the crucial role of Riga in the development of Latvia&#8217;s economy. The main goal of this research project is to&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t                \t\t<a class=\"read-more-btn\" href=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/riga-development-research-project\/\">Read more \u00bb<\/a>\n\t\t                <\/div>\n\n                \t\t<div class=\"post-grid-meta\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-06-27T08:48:22+00:00\">27\/06\/2024<\/time><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n            <\/div><!-- .blog-inner -->\n           \n        <\/article>\n\n        \n        <article id=\"post-1301\" class=\"wpcap-post post-1301 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects\">\n         \n            <div class=\"post-grid-inner\">\n            \t\n            \t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-grid-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/bureaucracy-reduction-research-project\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1142\" src=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas.jpg 2400w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-300x143.jpg 300w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-1024x487.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-768x365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-1536x731.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-2048x975.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \n                <div class=\"post-grid-text-wrap\">\n               \t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/bureaucracy-reduction-research-project\/\">Bureaucracy reduction research project<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t                \t\t<div class=\"post-grid-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The policy brief will focus on public administration and size of the government in different countries. This will include review of practices for downsizing of&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t                \t\t<a class=\"read-more-btn\" href=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/bureaucracy-reduction-research-project\/\">Read more \u00bb<\/a>\n\t\t                <\/div>\n\n                \t\t<div class=\"post-grid-meta\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-06-27T08:48:53+00:00\">27\/06\/2024<\/time><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n            <\/div><!-- .blog-inner -->\n           \n        <\/article>\n\n        \n        <article id=\"post-1305\" class=\"wpcap-post post-1305 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-projects\">\n         \n            <div class=\"post-grid-inner\">\n            \t\n            \t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-grid-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/baltic-cooperation-research-project\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1142\" src=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas.jpg 2400w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-300x143.jpg 300w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-1024x487.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-768x365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-1536x731.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/publikacijas-2048x975.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \n                <div class=\"post-grid-text-wrap\">\n               \t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/domnicalaser.lv\/en\/baltic-cooperation-research-project\/\">Baltic cooperation research project<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t                \t\t<div class=\"post-grid-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The policy brief will review the experience of cooperation between Nordic countries. 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Research Team Daunis Auers, PhD, LaSER Chairman of the Board, Professor at the University of Latvia (LU), Jean Monnet Professor and Director of the LU &#8220;Social Sciences&#8221; PhD programme. 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