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Institute of International Relations and Political Science

Institute of International Relations and Political Science

Sukurta: 14 June 2020

tspmi10 Vokie膷i懦, LT-01130 Vilnius
Tel. 251 4130
E-mail:
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Director 鈥 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margarita 艩e拧elgyt臈

 

STAFF

48 teachers (incl. 31 holding research degree), 16 doctoral students.

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Department of Political Philosophy and History of Ideas
Department of Political Behaviour and Institutions
Department of International Relations
Centre of European Studies
Public Administration and Policy Analysis Centre
The (Post)Soviet Memory Studies Centre

RESEARCH AREAS

Transformations of Lithuanian Political life: Theory and Practice
Development of the European Union after Lisbon Treaty
International Politics: Problems, Research Methods and Challenges for Lithuanian Foreign Policy

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2019

A. Tumkevi膷. Potential of international cooperation and conflict in cyberspace.
G. Karalius. The Idea of honour as a means to understand democracy. The perspective of XVIII-XIX century political philosophy.
V. Ma膷kinis. Traditions and reforms: enlightenment influences on Lithuanian political thought.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2019

International conference Comparing the Baltics: New Agenda for Political Science.

National conference (annual conference of political science) Lithuanian Politics: Main Questions and Advancements in Research (co-organizer

Lithuanian Political Science Association).

National conference on Prof. Alvydas Jokubaitis鈥 political thought.

International conference Abolitionist Views on Prostitution: the Swedish Example (together with the Embassy of Sweden to Lithuania and the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania).

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019

Monograph by Tomas Janeli奴nas D. Grybauskait臈s doktrina: Lietuvos u啪sienio politikos kaita 2009鈥2019 (The Doctrine of D. Grybauskait臈: Changes in the Lithuanian Foreign Policy 2009鈥2019). Vilnius: Eugrimas.

Monograph by Nerija Putinait臈 Skambantis molis. Dain懦 拧vent臈s ir Justino Marcinkevi膷iaus trilogija kaip sovietinio lietuvi拧kumo rams膷iai (Ringing Clay: Song Festivals and Justinas Marcinkevi膷ius鈥 Trilogy of Plays as Pillars of Soviet Lithuanian Identity). Vilnius: Naujasis 啪idinys-Aidai.

An article by Vytautas Kuok拧tis, Ma啪vydas Jastramskis and Matas Baltrukevi膷ius. Retrospective voting in Central and Eastern Europe: Hyper-accountability, corruption or socio-economic inequality? Party Politics.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR AND INSTITUTIONS

10 Vokie膷i懦, LT-01130 Vilnius
Tel. 251 4130
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Head 鈥 Prof. Dr. Ain臈 Ramonait臈

STAFF

Professor: Dr. A. Ramonait臈.
Associate professors: Dr. J. Dementavi膷ius, Dr. L. Gud啪inskas, Dr. M. Jastramskis, Dr. D. 艩lekys, Dr. I. Vinogradnait臈.
Assistants: Dr. N. Maliukevi膷ius, Dr. I. Petronyt臈 鈥 Urbonavi膷ien臈, Dr. L. Strupinskien臈, Dr. J. Ulinskait臈.
Junior assistant: J. Kavaliauskait臈.
Lecturer: V. Jurkonis.
Doctoral students: A. Dementavi膷ien臈, R. Gar拧kait臈, P. Skirkevi膷ius, L. Verve膷kien臈, V. Budreckait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Party politics and electoral behaviour
Civil society, political participation, political attitudes and political communication
Democracy, political institutions, comparative politics
Studies of the Soviet-era society, 厂膮箩奴诲颈蝉, collective memory of post-Soviet society

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

10 Vokie膷i懦, LT-01130 Vilnius
Tel. 251 4130
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Head 鈥 Prof. Dr. Dovil臈 Jakni奴nait臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. N. Arlauskait臈, Dr. T. Janeli奴nas, Dr. D. Jakni奴nait臈, Dr. R. Vilpi拧auskas, Dr. G. Vitkus.
Associate professors: Dr. K. Andrijauskas, Dr. V. Kuok拧tis, Dr. V. Sirutavi膷ius, Dr. M. 艩e拧elgyt臈, Dr. D. 艩lekys.
Assistants: Dr. L. Jonavi膷ius, Dr. I. Koreivait臈, Dr. V. Ber啪i奴nas, Dr. E. Leonait臈, Dr. N. Maliukevi膷ius, Dr. L. Strupinskien臈.
Lecturers: G. Bir啪yt臈, V. Jurkonis, A. Tumkevi膷.
Doctoral students: M. Antonovi膷, N. Bladait臈, I. Giedraityt臈, J. Jachovi膷, A. Raginyt臈, I. Skurdauskait臈, A. 沤ukauskas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Analysis of global political processes, environment and structures
International relations; international law; international political economy; international institutions; the foreign policy of great powers; the changing nature of world power etc.
Area studies: analysis of Russia, Europe (focusing on Eastern and Southern countries), Middle East; Eastern and Southern Asia; Latin America
Security and conflict studies
Analysis of Lithuanian foreign policy as well as its security policy

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF IDEAS

10 Vokie膷i懦, LT-01130 Vilnius
Tel. 251 4130
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Head 鈥 Prof. Dr. Alvydas Jokubaitis

STAFF

Professors: Dr. V. Davoli奴t臈, Dr. A. Jokubaitis.
Leading researcher: Dr. R. Lopata.
Associate professors: Dr. J. Dementavi膷ius, Dr. A. Jankauskas, Dr. V. Sirutavi膷ius, Dr. I. Vinogradnait臈.
Senior researcher: Dr. N. Putinait臈.
Assistants: Dr. L. Jokubaitis, Dr. G. Karalius.
Junior assistants: V. Bartininkas, J. Kavaliauskait臈, V. Ma膷kinis.
Affiliated researcher: Dr. K. Girnius.
Doctoral students: A. Dementavi膷ien臈, G. Nork奴nait臈, V. Rimait臈, D. Kaminskas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Politics and the self
Three strategies of accelerating political modernization: interwar period, Soviet years and the post-soviet era
Contradictions of modern political life
The relationship between democracy and republic

CENTRE OF EUROPEAN STUDIES

10 Vokie膷i懦, LT-01130 Vilnius
Tel. 251 4130
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Head 鈥 Prof. Dr. Gediminas Vitkus

STAFF

Professors: Dr. R. Vilpi拧auskas, Dr. G. Vitkus.
Associate professors: Dr. L. Gud啪inskas, Dr. V. Kuok拧tis.
Assistants: Dr. E. Leonait臈, Dr. G. Karalius.
Junior assistant: R. 艩vedas.
Partnership professor: Dr. D. Kriau膷i奴nas.
Doctoral student: I. Giedraityt臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The topics related to contemporary Europe from its internal structure to its place in a wider World focusing on the European Union and its member states

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS CENTRE

10 Vokie膷i懦, LT-01130 Vilnius
Tel. 251 4130
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Head 鈥 Prof. Dr. Vitalis Nakro拧is

STAFF

Professors: Dr. V. Nakro拧is, Dr. R. Vilpi拧auskas.
Associate professors: Dr. E. Barcevi膷ius, Dr. 沤. Martinaitis, Dr. V. Kuok拧tis.
Assistant: Dr. I. Petronyt臈-Urbonavi膷ien臈.
Junior assistants: R. 艩vedas, L. Jurkonis, V. Pukinait臈.
Doctoral student: R. Bortkevi膷i奴t臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research in all areas of the discipline: public administration, public policy process and public policy analysis

THE (POST)SOVIET MEMORY STUDIES CENTER

10 Vokie膷i懦, LT-01130 Vilnius
Tel. 251 4130
E-mail:
www.memory.tspmi.vu.lt

Head 鈥 Prof. Dr. Ain臈 Ramonait臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. A. Ramonait臈, Dr. V. Davoli奴t臈.
Associate professors: Dr. I. Vinogradnait臈, Dr. J. Dementavi膷ius.
Assistant: Dr. J. Ulinskait臈.
Junior assistants: J. Kavaliauskait臈, M. Pakalnyt臈.
Doctoral students: V.Budreckait臈, R. Gar拧kait臈, L. Verve膷kien臈.

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Political Catholicism and Conservatism: (Trans)Formation of Tradition International Research Projects. (No. S鈥揗OD 17鈥8). Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Dementavi膷ius. 2017鈥2019.

The main goal of this project is to analyse Lithuanian political Catholicism as a specific political ideology and to show its interrelation with contemporary conservatism. It is done by exploring its development since 19th century until present days and by researching its links with current trends in conservative ideology in Lithuania. Analysis will be done by using tools of hermeneutic interpretation, researching historical as well as contemporary trends in moderate right wing ideological worldviews. The main approach to this object will follow along the Oxford school of analysis of ideologies. One of the main features of it is attempt to research ideologies by studying their core ideas. But thick historical description can also help to link the most important right-wing representatives and their ideas with a wider European political context and intellectual debates.

Research Council of Lithuania. Voice of the Memory on the Screen: Poetics, History, and Politics. (No. S鈥揗IP鈥17鈥39). Prof. Dr. N. Arlauskait臈. 2017鈥2019.

Three principal questions of the research may be formulated as follows: 1) How does the disembodied voice on the screen participate in producing and conveying personal and/or historical memory in relation to existing cinematic, cultural, and political conventions? 2) What kind of personal and historical memory speaks, to paraphrase Nabokov, through the multifariously invisible voice on the screen and by this 鈥 paradoxically 鈥 becomes present? 3) What viewing subjects are claimed by these narrative voice strategies?

Research Council of Lithuania (2014-2020 EU Investment in Lithuania). Developing Students鈥 Scientific Skills via Research Practice: New Forms of Action of Small States in the EU: the Case of Lithuanian 鈥淎dvocacy鈥 for Ukraine. Prof. G. Vitkus, K. 艩ermuk拧nyt臈. 2018鈥2019.

Research Council of Lithuania. Grybauskait臈鈥檚 Doctrine: Lithuanian Foreign Policy and the Role of President (No. S鈥揕IP-18-46). Prof. T. Janeli奴nas. 2018鈥2019.

The main task of the project is to conduct a study on the foreign policy of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskait臈. Grybauskait臈鈥檚 positions and personal principles affecting Lithuania鈥檚 foreign policy decisions during the period of 2009鈥2019 will be analysed. The study should assess the mutual relationship between the 'structural forces' of the international system, that create a pressure for a small state to be adaptive and reactive, on the one hand, and the ambitions of 'an agent' having personal positions and believes, on the other hand. This would be the first coherent study in the field of the Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) in Lithuania. The case study would help to assess the role of the President in the process of Lithuania鈥檚 foreign policymaking. The study focuses on the shifts in Grybauskait臈鈥檚 positions from 2009 to 2019, and these dynamics are illustrated by reviewing the most important events of the decade of Lithuania鈥檚 foreign policy.

International Research Projects

Horizon 2020. The EU and Eastern Partnership Countries: An Inside-Out Analysis and Strategic Assessment. Prof. R. Vilpi拧auskas. 2016鈥2019.

The main goal of the project is to investigate under what conditions the EU strategies and instruments for its Eastern neighbours can be more effective. This project will address two questions: first, why has the EU fallen short of creating peace, prosperity and stability in its Eastern neighbourhood? Second, what can be done to strengthen the EU transformative power in supporting political and economic change in the six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries?

Erasmus +. Jean Monnet Networks: Enhancing Visibility of the Academic Dialogue on EU-Turkey Cooperation (VIADUCT). Dr. I. Koreivait臈. 2017鈥2020.

VIADUCT鈥檚 general objective is to foster policy dialogue and to contribute in the exchange of views among academics and practitioners on recent developments in both the EU and Turkey. The aim is to improve and to enhance the teaching and research on this topic. VIADUCT鈥檚 target groups are academics, students and practitioners, civil society and public. Core of the project are three VIADUCT Weeks each consisting of an Annual Conference, a Working Turkey/PhD seminar and an Informal Policy Debate.

Erasmus +. Jean Monnet Networks: Navigating in the Storm. Prof. R. Vilpi拧auskas, Assoc. Prof. V. Kuok拧tis. 2017鈥2020.

VIADUCT鈥檚 general objective is to foster policy dialogue and to contribute in the exchange of Baldur Thorhallsson, Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland leads the project on behalf of the University of Iceland in cooperation with Pia Hansson, Director of the Institute of International Affairs and T贸mas Joensen, Project Manager at the Centre for Small State Studies. During the next three years, the ten higher education institutions will develop close cooperation in the field of small state studies. The grant will be used to host workshops, roundtables for young researchers, publish academic papers, policy recommendations, and at the end of the project an academic book.

Erasmus +. Small States Winter School Small States in Europe: Towards a Cross-Disciplinary Approach. Assoc. Prof. M. 艩e拧elgyt臈. 2019鈥2021.

The primary objective of this partnership is to create a pan-European consortium of experts in small state studies that will train young teachers and researchers from International Relations and Political Science as well as other disciplines, such as Economics, Business, Public Administration and Law, in applying insights from small state studies to their research and teaching. As part of this project, the partners organized two summer academies in Reykjav铆k, and intensive study programs in Ljubljana and Vilnius. At the end of the project, the consortium will develop four new and innovative inter-disciplinary curricula in small state studies based on four teaching and research themes (TRT鈥檚). TRT 1: Small states: Foreign policy and economic security; TRT 2: Small states addressing the migration crisis; TRT 3: Small states in international law; TRT 4: Small states and the challenges of good governance.

COST activity. EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities: Perceptions, Contestation, Communication and Relations. Prof. D. Jakni奴nait臈. 2018鈥2022.

The main aim and objective of the Action is to improve our understanding of central properties of European Union foreign policy in times of major internal and external change and to develop strategies to help practitioners to make the EU more resilient. This Action addresses the following questions: How these new foreign policy realities could be conceptualized, how they influence European views and practices and what can be recommended to the EU.

NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme. Small States and the New Security Environment (SSANSE). Assoc. Prof. M. 艩e拧elgyt臈. 2017鈥2019.

The SSANSE project is a preparedness initiative examining the defence and foreign policy choices and challenges of small states in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Oceania in the new security environment. Small states make up half of the membership of the United Nations. Small states may be small in population and territory, but they have frequently had a disproportionate effect on global politics and they are more often affected by global shifts in power. SSANSE will extend theoretical debates on the role of small states in the changing international system as well as on the issue of how states manage their relations between the major powers in the new security environment.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
Institute of International Affairs and Centre for Small States Studies, University of Iceland (Iceland)
Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki (Finland)
Glasgow University (United Kingdom)
Freie Universit盲t Berlin (FUB) (Germany)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. N. Arlauskait臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Colloquia,
  • co-chair of the Cultural Memory & Media workgroup at the NECS (European Network for Cinema and Media Studies),

Prof. D. Jakni奴nait臈 -

  • management committee participant in the Cost Activity CA17119: EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities: Perceptions, Contestation, Communication and Relations, : management-committee.

Prof. T. Janeli奴nas -

  • editor-in-Chief of the journal Politologija,

Prof. A. Jokubaitis -

  • editorial board member of the journal Baltic Journal of Political Science,
  • editorial board member of the journal Politologija,
  • academic editorial board member of the journal Teoria Polityki (Theory of Politics),
  • editorial board member of the journal Politeja (The Journal of the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Poland),
  • editorial board member of the journal Horyzonty Polityki,

Prof. V. Nakro拧is 鈥

  • editorial board member of the Baltic Journal of Political Science, ;
  • advisory board member of the journal Administrative Culture (by Tallinn University of Technology), ;
  • expert for Sustainable Governance Indicators Survey, .

Prof. A. Ramonait臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Baltic Journal of Political Science,
  • editorial board member of the journal Politologija,
  • collaborator with the Comparative Study of Electoral Studies,
  • member of the board of The Consortium for European Research with Election Studies,

Prof. R. Vilpi拧auskas -

  • editorial advisory board member of the journal Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review,
  • editorial board member of the Baltic Journal of Political Science,
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos metin臈 strategin臈 ap啪valga (Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review),
  • international advisory board member of the Journal of Baltic Studies,
  • correspondent of Cross-national observatory 鈥濶egotiating Brexit鈥,
  • expert for Sustainable Governance Indicators Survey,

Prof. G. Vitkus -

  • editorial advisory board member of the journal Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review,
  • editorial board member of the journal Politologija,
  • editor-in-Chief of the journal Lietuvos metin臈 strategin臈 ap啪valga (Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review),
  • international advisory board member of the Journal of International Relations and Development,

Assoc. Prof. L. Gud啪inskas -

  • editor-in-Chief of the Baltic Journal of Political Science,
  • general secretary of Lithuanian Political Science Association;
  • general secretary of the Central European Political Science Association.

Assoc. Prof. A. Jankauskas -

  • editorial board member of the journal Politologija,
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos metin臈 strategin臈 ap啪valga (Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review), .

Assoc. Prof. M. 艩e拧elgyt臈 -

  • editorial board member of the Journal on Baltic Security (till 2015, Baltic Security and Defence Review),

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Prof. Dr. Violeta Davoli奴t臈. Experience and remembrance, the 16th Potsdam Postgraduate Forum on Contemporary History, 2019, Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF).
  • Prof. Dr. Vitalis Nakro拧is. The use of information during the formulation and implementation of public management policy: the case of the Lithuanian Sunset Commissions during the period 1999鈥2016, IPPA conference, Montreal.
  • Dr. Lina Strupinskien臈. What鈥檚 ICTY got to do with it: process-tracing reconciliation in BiH, IPSA Conference, Sarajevo, 2019.
  • Prof. Dr. Ram奴nas Vilpi拧auskas. Flexibility as small state strategy: explaining Lithuania鈥檚 adjustment successes (co-author), Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA), Denver, May 9鈥11, 2019.
  • Assoc. Prof. Vytautas Kuok拧tis. Retrospective voting in CEE, EPSA Conference, June 20鈥22, 2019, Belfast.

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES

T. Janeli奴nas received 91桃色 Rector鈥檚 Prize for Research.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

  • N. Arlauskait臈 - member of the Film Indexing Commission.
  • J. Dementavi膷ius - member of the advisory group on the integrated Lithuanian education program.
  • T. Janeli奴nas - member of the Judicial Ethics and Discipline Commission.
  • R. Vilpi拧auskas - member of the Commission for the Improvement of Public Administration (Sunset Commission).
  • V. Davoli奴t臈 鈥 expert at Estonian Research Council.

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Newsletter I think! (Topicalities! What do you think?) 鈥 materials for History, civic education, and geography teachers at secondary schools.
  • Trainings for the Policy Monitoring Network Learn before you vote.
  • Consultations for the Meno Avilys, an NGO based in Vilnius, Lithuania, specializes in the area of film education and film preservation (for conducting research project 鈥漌omen in Film Industry鈥).
  • Academic consultancy (Prof. Violeta Davoli奴t臈) for creators of the film Because of Stalin by Jonathan Andrews.
  • Academic consultancy (Assoc. Prof. Justinas Dementavi膷ius) for creators of exhibition Spiritual Children of Fribourg: Lithuanians at the University of Fribourg and Their Importance for Lithuania organised by the Church Heritage Museum.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • Comments of political events and phenomena for mass media (interviews, written comments, debates) 鈥 42 researchers and PhD students made comments in 2019 (total number of comments (including repetitions) is appr. 5 000). The main topics were the functioning of Lithuanian party system and political institutions, national elections, Russian foreign and domestic policy, American politics.
  • Podcast Let鈥檚 Ask the Doctor (Klausiame daktaro) to present research results for a wider audience. Nine episodes were recorded in 2019. ().
  • Voting advice application (VAA) in Lithuania (www.manobalsas.lt) implemented for parliamentary, presidential and EP elections.
  • Telecast on Lithuanian National Radio and Television titled Mature Conversations (Brand奴s pokalbiai), televised lecture series hosted by Prof. Alvydas Jokubaitis.
  • IIRPS VU Newsletter for subscribers.