Gunita Zariņa - Curriculum Vitae#
EDUCATION
- 2003 PhD in history, Dr hist., Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Latvia
- 1976 - 1982 Department of Biology, University of Latvia, Mg biol.
CURRENT POSITION
- Since 2009 Senior researcher in Repository of Bioarchaeological material, Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia
- Since 2007 Head of Repository of Bioarchaeological material, Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia
PROJECTS
- Participand or manager in 18 research projects, funded by Latvian and international grants.
- Since 2020 manager of the project of Council of Science of Latvia “Subsistence strategies and the first demographic transition at the Lake Lubāns wetland: Abora Late Neolithic settlement case study”(LZP-2020/2-0032).
- Since 2019 participant in the Partnership Grants program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ”Baikal Archaeology project”. https://baikalproject.artsrn.ualberta.ca
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
- Hirsh index – 7
- Total number of publications: 186, 2 books, 3 edited volumes
- Total number of citations: SCOPUS 537
- Participation in 102 international conferences
OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
- Since 2020 Vice Chair of Division of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
- Since 2020 chairman of the Promotion board of the History and Archeology of the University of Latvia
- Since 2019 member of the Board of Experts of the Humanities and Arts, Latvian Academy of Sciences
- Since 2018 full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
- 2015 - 2020 Baltic Assembly Prize, member of the jury
- Since 2014 member of editorial board of „Ancient Riga. Research on urban archeology and history”
- Since 2010 member of editorial board of „ Archaeology and Ethnography”
- Since 2009 member of the Latvian Archaeological Association
- Since 2008 expert in History of Latvian Academy of Sciences
- Since 2006 member of the European Archaeological Association