Ramūnas Vilpišauskas is a Professor and was the Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University from 2009 to 2019. He worked as the head of the Economic and Social Policy group and as the advisor to the President of the Republic of Lithuania HE Valdas Adamkus. Ramūnas Vilpišauskas graduated from Vilnius University (Faculty of Economics), Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Lancaster University (UK). He studied or trained at the University of Oslo (Norway), the European University Institute (Italy), the University of Columbia (USA) and other foreign higher education institutions. His research interests are in the field of Regionalism, European economic and political integration, International political economy, Analysis of changes in public policy and the role of the state, Institutional and economic reforms.
Research Interests: European studies, Political economy, International relations, and Public Policy and administrations
| Institution: | Vilnius University |
| Fields of Expertise: | Economic Policy and Financial Issues EU Policies International Relations and Foreign Policy |
| Research groups: | The ECSA-C members |
| Email: | ramunas.vilpisauskas@tspmi.vu.lt |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, Lithuanian |
| Publications: | “Susceptibility of Ukrainian and Belarussian domestic actors to external actors’ approaches: puzzling patterns of transition” (co-author), in East European Politics, 2020, published online 30 March, 2020. ”Lithuania and the European Union”, in Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics. Oxford University Press. online version published May 2019 “Making change happen: Policy dynamics in the adoption of major reforms in Lithuania” (co-author), in Public Policy and Administration, 2019, vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 431-452. ”European Union or Eurasian Union? Dilemma for the Eastern Partnership countries and the limits of EU’s influence”, in The European Neighborhood Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Models, Challenges, Lessons, S. Gstohl (ed.), London: Routledge, 2016, p. 259-281. „Parliamentary scrutiny of EU affairs in Lithuania: the dog that rarely barks“, in Palgrave Handbook of National Parliaments and the European Union, C. Hefftler, Ch. Neuhold, O. Resenberg, J. Smith, (eds.), Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan, 2015, pp. 563-577. “L'assainissement des finances publiques et les réformes structurelles en Lituanie entre 2008 et 2012 : Entre grandes ambitions et gestion de crise mouvementée” (co-author), in Revue Internationale des Sciences Administratives. IISA Institut International des Sciences Administratives, 2015. Vol. 81, Nr. 3, pp. 549-569. “Fiscal consolidation and structural reforms in Lithuania in the period 2008-2012: from grand ambitions to hectic fire fighting” (co-author), in International Review of Administrative Sciences, London: Sage Publications Ltd.. August 2015, vol. 81 (3), pp. 522-540. |
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