Metinė Lietuvos politikos mokslų konferencija „Pasaulio tvarkos pokyčiai krizių akivaizdoje“

As countries face a never-ending series of international challenges and the implications of these challenges for national policies, solutions are constantly being sought to manage these crises. In the face of such crises, dialogue is essential, both between politicians and between different groups in society, as well as between scientists and experts. In order to take stock of the changes in the national, regional and global order and the related decisions, including the two years of work of the Government of Lithuania, we invite you to the two-day Annual Lithuanian Political Science Conference.

The conference will take place on 8-9 December at IIRPS VU, Room 402.

The conference will feature ten sessions on the following themes:

“Politics and Morality. The Question of Certainty” – moderated by Dr. Gintas Karalius. Speakers: Dr. Simas Čelutka, Prof. Alvydas Jokubaitis, Dr. Aistė Noreikaitė.

“The Significance of the Decisions of the Post-Communist Transformation Period for the Current Lithuanian Society” – moderated by Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė. Speakers: Valda Budreckaitė, dr. Karolis Dambrauskas, dr. Žilvinas Martinaitis,  prof. Ainė Ramonaitė ir Paulius Vijeikis.

“What EU Reforms Does Lithuania (Not) Need?” – moderated by Jean Monnet Chair prof. Ramūnas Vilpišauskas. Speakers: Monika Gabalytė, Kęstutis Vanagas, Vincentas Botyrius, Ignas Repčys. Dr. Jovita Neliupšienė, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.

“Discourse Struggles in Lithuania and Ukraine” – moderated by Associate Professor Dr. Nerija Putinaitė. Speakers: Jūratė Kavaliauskaitė, dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė ir Rosita Garškaitė, Dr. Karolis Jonutis.

“The Impact of Significant Events on Public Policy and Institutional Change” – moderated by Dr. Audronė Telešienė and Jonas Survila. Speakers: Prof. Vitalis Nakrošis, Inga Patkauskaitė-Tiuchtienė, Rasa Bortkevičiūtė, Jean Monnet Chair Prof. Ramūnas Vilpišauskas.

“What has the Government managed to do?” A discussion to review the Government’s two years of work. How much of the Government’s programme has been implemented, have the priorities changed and what work lies ahead for the remainder of the term? The discussion will be attended by representatives of the 18th Government and experts from VU TSPMI.

“Analyses of the activities of Lithuanian political institutions” – Prof. Ainė Ramonaitė. Speakers: dr. Vaidas Morkevičius ir Vytautas Valentinavičius, Audris Narbutas, Gabrielė Burbulytė-Tsiskarishvili.

“Power Trajectories of Small States” – moderated by Prof. Gediminas Vitkus. Speakers: dr. Ieva Grumbinaitė, doc. dr. Vytautas Isoda, dr. Mariusz Antonowicz, prof. Margarita Šešelgytė.

“Debating the future of (post)liberal international order” (session in English) – moderated by Prof. Dovilė Jakniūnaitė. Speakers: dr. Thomas Peak, prof. Giedrius Česnakas, doc. dr. Konstantinas Andrijauskas, doc. dr. Vytautas Kuokštis.

“National Defence as a Public Good” – moderated by Dr. Giedrius Česnakas. Speakers: doc. dr. Ieva Gajauskaitė, doc. dr. Ieva Karpavičiūtė, doc. dr. Deividas Šlekys, doc. dr. Vytautas Kuokštis ir Ringailė Kuokštytė.