Lithuanian policy issues and research: Annual Lithuanian Political Science conference (archive)

The Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University (VU TSPMI) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) invite you to the annual conference of Lithuanian political scientists “Issues and Research in Lithuanian Politics”.

The event will take place on 6 December (Friday) at the VU TSPMI, Vokiečių g. 10, Room 402. The meeting starts at 9.00 am. The event is open to the public.

The conference presentations and discussions will take place in five sessions devoted to the following topics:

“Lithuanian Foreign Policy: meanings and opportunities for change.” – Moderated by Dr. Laurynas Jonavičius. Speakers: Prof. Tomas Janeliūnas, Prof. Dovilė Jakniūnaitė, Prof. Eglė Murauskaitė, Prof. Giedrė Biržytė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vytautas Kuokštis, Prof. Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Algirdas Bieliūnas.

“Opportunities for Citizen Involvement in Governance in Lithuania” – moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Inga Vinogradnaitė. Speakers: dr. Vaidas Morkevičius, dr. Rimantas Rauleckas, dr. Giedrius Žvaliauskas, doc. dr. Eglė Butkevičienė, Rasa Bortkevičiūtė, prof. Vitalis Nakrošis, dr. Donata Jovarauskienė, dr. Rimantas Rauleckas, Gerda Baltutytė.

Discussion “What is the welfare state and what kind of welfare state do we want?” Introductory presentation by Dr. Jekaterina Navickė. Moderated by Associate Professor Dr. Liutauras Gudžinskas. Participants: Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (LRLS), Gabrielius Landsbergis (TS-LKD), Gintautas Paluckas (LSDP), Tomas Tomilinas (LVŽS).

“Texts, Values and Ideologies” – moderated by Prof. Alvydas Jokubaitis. Speakers: doc. dr. Algimantas Jankauskas, prof. Ainė Ramonaitė, doc. dr. Liutauras Gudžinskas, Jūratė Kavaliauskaitė.

“Lithuania’s Neighbours: Problems and Opportunities for Lithuania’s Security and Defence Policy” – moderated by Prof. Gediminas Vitkus. Speakers: dr. Gerda Jakštaitė, dr. Ieva Gajauskaitė, Juljan Jachovič, Romas Švedas, dr. Justinas Juozaitis.