Antanas BuračasProfessor of Monetary Policy & Intellectual Resources,Mykolas Romeris UniversityEmail:
- June 17, 1939, born in Kaunas, Lithuania.
- 1962 graduated at Vilnius University.
- 1967 Ph.D. (Polit. Econ.) at Institute of World Economy and International Relations, USSR Acad. of Sciences (macromodels and forecasting of personal onsumption).
- In 1973-74 Visiting Professor, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University.
- In 1976 elected as Academician, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
- In 1992 Founding Vice-Director of Scientific Centre, Bank of Lithuania, also studies in Centre for Central Banking, Bank of England.
- Founding researches in metaeconomics; regional multisectoral forecasting modelling; asymmetry of personal consumption following income fluctuations; banking & finance terminology (6 Vol.).
- From 1994 Chairman of State Nostrification Commission in Social Sciences.
- 1990-96 elected member of Restoration Senate, Vytauti Magnus University; 1992-2005 its Prof. of Monetary Policy and Intellectual Resources; 1997-2001 also member of Senate, Klaipėda University.
- 2005 Professor and Chair, Banking and Investments, Mykolas Romeris University.
- 1988-1992 Founding member, Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis, also Signitary of Gotland Memorandum, Lithuanian Unity for Reestablishment of State Independence. Member of its I and II Seimas and their Councils.
- 1990-94, Founding President Lithuanian Association for the Protection of Human Rights. In 94-96, Vice-President of the Association for International Relations.
- 2000-2002, EU Phare ACE Project "Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies related to the Current European Union's Enlargement Process".
- 2000-2012, Vice-Chairman of the Editing Board and Council, Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia(now published 12 volumes of 20).
- International Member, Board of Editors, Intl Biographical Centre (Cambridge, England), also International Member, Research Board of Advisors, American Biographical Institute Advisory Councils a/o, from 1998.
Consulting:• Investment and Finance Projects in Baltic States (Risk & Partner Economic Evaluation);• International Advisory Board Magazine " World & I", USA, 1994-now.• OSI/LGI expert in public policy and administration
Courses of lectures:• Paradigmatics of Intellectual Resources;• Central Banking and Monetary Policy;• Finance Information on Web;• Modern Macroeconomics;• Comparative Studies in Balto-Scandian Economies (until 2002).
Honours and Awards:• Fellow, World Innovation Foundation, 2002.• Lithuanian Independence Medal, 2000.• Elected Academician, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, from 1976
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About:• Who's Who in the World (Marquis, U.S.A.) 17-21th Editions (2000-2006); • Great Minds of the 21st Century (American Biographical Institute, Inc., U.S.A.) 1st Edition (2002) • 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2001, 2006) • IBA Fellowship Directory (International Biographical Association, Cambridge, England) • IBA Biographical Directory (International Biographical Association, Cambridge, England) • IBC's Dictionary of International Biography (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 23-32 Ed.1996-2006) • The Contemporary Who’s Who of Professionals. ABI, Raleigh (USA), 2004.• The International Directory of Experts and Expertise. ABI, Raleigh (USA), 2005. • • Cambridge Blue Book, 2005, 2007• Lithuanian national encyclopedias after 1975.
Memberships:• Member of Board and Presidium, Lithuanian Culture Foundation, 1998-now;• Ed.-in-Chief, Scientific Journal Intellectual Economics, 2006;• Chairman, Commission on the Protection of Lithuania’s Republic Constitution, 1994-2001;• Chairman, Council of Lithuanian Academy for Scientific and Technical Information, 1982-90;• President, Lithuanian Association of the Science History and Philosophy, 1986-92.
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Other activities:• Vice-Chair, National Committee of UNESCO Program “Man and Biosphere”, 1982-88;• Member for Europe, Committee on Logics and Methodology, Intl. Sociological Association, 1982-86;• President, Lithuanian Association for Dissemination of Knowledge “Žinija”, 1992-96; • Chairman, Society of XXVII Lithuanian Bibliophiles, 1995-98;• Member of European Association for Comparative Economics Studies (EACES), Report on 9th Bi-Annual Conference: Development Strategies - A Comparative View. Brighton, 2006.
Contacts:• Lukesčių 15, 04125 Vilnius, Lithuania• Phone +370 5 2706182, +370 684 68242 (cell)