Call for papers: international conference and workshop “The Echoes of Polycrisis in Lithuania and the World”
The war in Ukraine that shaken the European security architecture; violent storms and all-devouring fires as harbingers of an impending climate apocalypse; intractable price leaps and a general post-pandemic economic recession; intensifying global migration flows; aggressive and spreading authoritarian regimes; the development of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies threatening to transform human, state, and societal relations. These signs testify that we are witnessing a multifaceted (or poly-) crisis.
These and other circumstances not only raise existential challenges to contemporary democracies, and rule-based global order but necessitate Lithuania, like other small states, to closely monitor these changes and seek the best ways to respond to them. It is also valuable to expand the scope of analysis to assess how the same global phenomena are perceived in different regions.
To consider these questions, the Association of Lithuanian Political Scientists and the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University invite applications for papers and panels for the annual Lithuanian Political Science Conference.
We invite to submit applications on topics related to comparative politics, political economy, political behaviour, political theory, international relations, state governance, public administration, foreign policy, security and defence policy, as well as interdisciplinary presentations. We welcome presentations that showcase research conducted this year, upcoming or already published publications, and ongoing projects. The deadline is October 15, 2023.
Applications may be submitted in Lithuanian or in English. Researchers working in institutions in Lithuanian or abroad may apply.
Please submit the panel applications (max. 500 words) through this form, including a title, a short description of the application, potential participants, title of the papers (3-4) and their abstracts as well as the information on the potential discussant, and/or paper applications (max. 250 words), including a title of the paper and its abstract.
The organizers will provide the event program and information about the status of applications by October 27, 2023. The authors of the selected papers will be further informed about the submission of their full (draft) papers. The deadline for the submission of the full (draft) papers is November 24, 2023.
Preliminary date of the conference: November 30 – December 1, 2023. The conference will be held both online and at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University (Vokiečių str. 10).
Should any queries arise, please contact konferencija@tspmi.vu.lt.
