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The #AnnualConference is next week! 📢 Don’t miss exciting keynotes, engaging panels on elections and other no less relevant political science themes + a discussion between researchers and Lithuanian MPs. 👉 Check out the full programme here: bit.ly/4fMCUYl

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In his latest work, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thomas Peak tries to solve the contention faced by the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) doctrine. Rethinking the three-pillar structure of RtoP, it proposes splitting the responsibility to respond into non-military and military means.

@VMUlive @ktuspace @VU_LT @LithuaniaStatis @MEDem_ERI Monitoring Electoral Democracy Research Infrastructure (MEDem LT) brings together more than 10 years of research on #ElectoralDemocracy by Lithuanian political scientists and seeks to enable further breakthroughs in the field.

🗺️Two research infrastructures (MEDem LT and LIST) developed by IIRPS VU and partners have been included in the draft of 2024 Lithuanian Roadmap for Research Infrastructures! 👇Learn more:

@VMUlive @ktuspace @VU_LT @LithuaniaStatis @MEDem_ERI MEDem LT seeks, through participation in the international infrastructure MEDem, to conduct continuous, interdisciplinary, internationally comparable monitoring and analysis of electoral democracy, inform the public and decision-makers, and contribute to the quality of democracy.

Lithuanian Longitudinal Social Survey Research Infrastructure (LIST) is a large-scale, longitudinal research designed to collect representative and high-quality data on 🇱🇹 society. The infrastructure will carry out regular panel surveys focusing on strategic indicators.

LIST will be the first long-term survey of public attitudes, values, evaluations and behaviours of this scale in the country. LIST is aligned with the State Progress Strategy “Lithuania 2050”, which foresees it as an instrument for monitoring and evaluation of the strategy.

Combining social research and activism, Agnieška Avin works for Roma integration in Lithuania. In the 6th episode of the #EUROPAST podcast, we discussed the community's linguistic diversity, cultural history, and much more. 🔊 Listen here: youtu.be/74xdIjMWECo

Dr. Rasa Navickaitė - a new #postdoc fellow at the IIRPS VU! During the two-year project, the researcher will explore whether political homophobia in Lithuania originates from the Soviet past or contemporary transnational influences. More on the project: bit.ly/4eeQ2E9

To what extent do #NATO members actually free ride on defense spending? Dr. Ringailė Kuokštytė and @kuokstis find that free riding does occur within NATO, but the effects are significantly more pronounced in the long run than in the short run: bit.ly/48yhXgX.

Congratulations to the IIRPS VU research team who, as part of the international project, received funding for the study aimed at exploring the responses of churches in Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine to the crises of democracy and war against Ukraine.

Join the EUROPAST lecture by prof. Michael Bernhard! Using novel data on anti-foreigner violence in post-unification 🇩🇪, he'll address how #memory policies aim at reconciling with past historical violence and influence present-day anti-foreigner violence. ⬇️Register below

⌛️ A post-election night reminder! Only 2 weeks left to submit your proposals for the Annual 🇱🇹 Political Science Conference! Don't miss your chance to contribute to the most important #PoliticalScience event in 🇱🇹. ❗️ This year's keynote - Assoc. Prof. @allansikk (@UCLSSEES).

👉 Less than a week left to the Online Coffee Talk on research impact in #HorizonEU applications! ❓ What is impactful research? How to design the pathways towards impact and present them in the Horizon Europe applications? Join us and find out: facebook.com/events/5282742…

Rūta Marija Remeikaitė has begun research, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, on how Middle Eastern #migrants in Lithuania build their social and economic #identity. She will observe communities in Vilnius and conduct interviews. Find out more: bit.ly/3NaCNsZ

🍂It's that time of the year again! Submit proposals of papers and panels for the Annual Lithuanian Political Science Conference 2024 "The Year of #Elections: Lithuania, Europe, the World" (Dec 5-6). 👉More: tspmi.vu.lt/en/conferences… 👉Proposals: forms.office.com/pages/response…

In a recent publication, Dr Jelena Šalaj reflects on photographing her family, noting that while the images may not fully capture motherhood’s inner experience, photography provides a sense of symbolic power and has therapeutic potential. Full article: bit.ly/4euXMCo

Which factors explain why some countries decide to embrace a regulatory sandbox mechanism for #FinTech while others do not? Find out this and more in the publication, co-authored by @kuokstis and @VytenisCipinys: bit.ly/4e4AVxU

Dr. R. Vilpišauskas will teach a course at Karleton University. Our lecturer will also conduct research on the implications of U.S. presidential elections for transatlantic economic and political relations, and the management of the war in #Ukraine.