ABOUT
Doctor Saulėtekio al. 9, III rūmai, 416 kab. Tel. Research interests
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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed articles
- Baltic States’ EU membership: discursive search for (and failure to obtain) farewell from Russia (w/ V. Denisenko, and I. Matonytė). Journal of Contemporary European Studies (2024): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2024.2349250.
- Latvia’s ambiguous attitude towards the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Is diversity a threat? Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review 9(1): 91-104 (2024). https://doi.org/10.53116/pgaflr.7286..
- Evolution of Lithuania’s Approach towards Writing of Personal Names in the Official Documents: On the Verge of Liberalisation? Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review 8(2): 73–86 (2023). https://doi.org/10.53116/pgaflr.6746..
- A Collapsed Bridge: Most-Híd’s Social Embeddedness and Campaign Messages during the 2020 Parliamentary Election in Slovakia. Problems of Post-Communism, 70(6): 618-628 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2022.2086140...
- Implications of Russia’s war in Ukraine for Belarus and its society: what is exactly written in the EU documents? Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review 7(1): 5–20 (2022). https://doi.org/10.53116/pgaflr.2022.1.1..
- Citizenship regimes in the EU countries and the inclusion of the immigrant population in the political community (w/ V.S. Malakhov). Politeia, 1(105): 183-198 (2022) [in Russianhttps://doi.org/10.30570/2078-5089-2022-104-1-183-198"> https://doi.org/10.30570/2078-5089-2022-104-1-183-198. .
- Society in the authoritarian discourse: the case of the 2020 presidential election in Belarus (w/ V. Denisenko). Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics, 7(4): 124-138 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v7i4.818..
- The representation of Lithuania’s national minorities in the European Parliament: just Poles? Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics, 7(1): 116-135 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v7i1.579..
- Patterns of emotional displays in campaign messages during the 2019 European Parliamentary Election in Lithuania (w/ V. Denisenko). Intersections. East European Journal of Society and Politics, 6(2): 40-60 (2020). https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v6i2.657..
- Migration Dilemma of the EU: Legal and Political Dimensions (w/ V.S. Malakhov). Polis. Political Studies, 4: 139-151 (2020) [in Russianhttps://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2020.04.10"> https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2020.04.10..
- Czech Republic Acknowledgement of Belarusian and Vietnamese as new minorities (w/ H. Vasilevich). European Yearbook of Minority Issues, 12: 353-371 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004306134_015.
Book chapters
- Russian Orthodox Church and Migration in Russia: When Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions (w/ H. Vasilevich), pp. 205-222, in: Medda-Windischer, R., K. Wonisch, and A.C. Budabin (eds.) Religious Minorities in Pluralist Societies: Critical Perspectives on the Accommodation of Religious Diversities (Leiden: Brill, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004446816_010.
- Belarus: Does Europeanisation require a geopolitical choice?, pp. 86-98, in: Flenley, P. and M. Mannin (eds.) The European Union and its eastern neighbourhood: Europeanisation and its twenty-first-century contradictions (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018). https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9781526109095.003.0006.
- Conflict mitigation policies, pp. 221-45, in: Malloy, T.H. (ed.) Minority Issues in Europe: Rights, Concepts, Policy (Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2013).
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Science promotion
- The Constitutional Court Case on Personal Names of Lithuanian Citizens: Balancing the Official Language and the Rights of National Minorities, Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, CUREDI007LT004 (2024). https://doi.org/10.48509/CUREDI007LT004.
- Balancing the Official Language and Minority Rights in Latvia's Education System, Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, CUREDI007LV007 (2024). https://doi.org/10.48509/CUREDI007LV007.
- Minority Education Reform in Latvia: Towards Historicization of Human Rights, Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, CUREDI007LV005 (2024). https://doi.org/10.48509/CUREDI007LV005.
- A vicious circle of marginalisation: the EAPL-CFA’s rhetoric on Ukraine (w/ V. Jančis), New Eastern Europe, April 1 (2022), https://neweasterneurope.eu/2022/04/01/a-vicious-circle-of-marginalisation-the-eapl-cfas-rhetoric-on-ukraine/.
- Migration crisis presents opportunities for Lithuania’s Orbán admirer (w/ V. Jančis). New Eastern Europe, September 2 (2021), https://neweasterneurope.eu/2021/09/02/migration-crisis-presents-opportunites-for-lithuanias-orban-admirer/.
- Lukashenka’s campaign against Nazism: one must imagine Sisyphus happy. New Eastern Europe, May 24 (2021), https://neweasterneurope.eu/2021/05/24/lukashenkas-campaign-against-nazism-one-must-imagine-sisyphus-happy.
- COVID-19’s potential for change in the EaP countries: Framework paper (w/ R. Zhechkov). Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, April 13 (2021), https://eap-csf.eu/wp-content/uploads/COVID-19s-potential-for-change-in-the-EaP-countries.pdf.
- Are we witnessing the end of ethnic parties in Lithuania? The Loop: ECPR's Political Science Blog, December 3 (2020), https://theloop.ecpr.eu/are-we-witnessing-the-end-of-ethnic-parties-in-lithuania.
- What new election should the Belarusian society demand? New Eastern Europe, August 31 (2020), https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/08/31/what-new-election-should-the-belarusian-society-demand.
- A Judicial Path to Nowhere?: Challenging the Minority Education Reform before Latvia’s Constitutional Court, VerfassungsBlog, October 3 (2019). https://doi.org/10.17176/20191003-232709-0.
- In the Crosscurrents: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Ukraine. The Equal Rights Trust Country Report Series: 5 (London, 2015), http://www.equalrightstrust.org/resources/crosscurrents-addressing-discrimination-and-inequality-ukraine (Note: Completion of a field research on ethnic Russians and Jews in Ukraine and preparation of sections 2.5.3 Ethnic Russians and 2.5.4 Jews of the report, pp. 152-166).
- Does Poland Really Know Belarus?, Transitions Online, March 4 (2011), https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=180886.
STUDY & SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Academic qualification
- 1982-1987 Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford DPhil thesis: The Significance of Costume in Classical Attic Grave Stelai: A Statistical Analysis. Supervisor: Dr. J.J. Coulton. Examiners: Prof. Sir John Boardman (University of Oxford), Prof. Anthony Μ. Snodgrass (University of Cambridge);
- 1980-1982 Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford Courses: Greek Sculpture; Greek Architecture; Greek Vase-Painting; Art of the Classical Period. MPhil dissertation: The Iconography of the Children’s Classical GraveReliefs of Attica. Supervisor: Dr J.J. Coulton;
- 1976-1980 Honours Degree (Ptychion) in History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ioannina.
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Public lectures and training modules
- 2022 - Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Online-seminar: “Belarus - Das Volk, das die Welt kaum hört: Was ist von der Demokratiebewegung geblieben? Welche Rolle spielt das Land im Ukrainekrieg?”
- 2018 - Christian Democratic International Center/Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Module “Identity, communication and politics” within the course for young political activists and social media journalists
- 2018 - Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution Trainer. Modules “Promoting Effective Partnership in Public Life” and “Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting” Course on Protecting National Minorities in the OSCE Area under the Auspices of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Membership in journal’s editorial boards
Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review - ISSN 2498-6275 (print), ISSN 2786-0736 (online), https://folyoirat.ludovika.hu/index.php/pgaf