Dr. Ieva Giedraitytė

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Ieva Giedraitytė holds a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Barcelona (2010) and a PhD from Vilnius University (2021), and has eleven years of teaching and academic experience. Her academic interests include EU external action (with a focus on neighbourhood and sustainable development policies), regionalism and regional powers, and Latin American studies (with a focus on Central America).

In addition to her academic work, Ieva has had several internships in different EU institutions dealing with Latin American countries (DG DEVCO and the EU Delegation to Honduras).

Ieva is also a member of the study committee of the inter-university ARQUS MSc programme “Europe as a Global Actor” and coordinates the programme at Vilnius University.

Conference papers

1. “(Un)expected Anti-Imperialists: Right Wing Central American Elites’ Resistance to US Pressure”, SPSA Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2025 01 08-11.
2. “The US and Central America in the 21st Century: cursed by the asymmetry of power?” Southern Political Science Association 2024 Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA, 2024 01 13.
3. “Estados Unidos y el Triángulo Norte en el siglo XXI: ¿Maldición de la asimetría de poder?”, XIII Encuentro Internacional de RedISCA, Marselles, France, 2023 -12 -13.
4. “Defending or challenging sovereignty? Latin American contestations in the context of Russian aggression in Ukraine”, EISA Conference, 2023 09 08-11.
5. “What kind of European (regional) order?” EUSA Conference, Pittsburgh, 2023 05 05.
6. “Western Narratives on Global Order after February 2022: Sharing the Same Dreams and Nightmares?”, EISA Conference, Germany at University of Potsdam, 5-9 September 2023.