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Dr. Alvydas Jokubaitis

Professor
Research areas
Political Theory

He has been working at the Institute since 1996, holds the rank of Professor. Member of the Senate and Science Committee of Vilnius University. Member of the Editorial Board of “Politologija”. Member of the VU IIRPS Coucil.  In 2002 and 2017 elected the best lecturer at the IIRPS.

Membership of working groups, councils, etc. within Vilnius University and IIRPS VU

IIRPS VU Council; Department of Political Philosophu and History  of Ideas; Doctoral Studies Committee; Studies of Contemporary Politics (MA) Programme Committee.

Research projects and grants

The modern problem of the relationship between morality and politics: the challenge for Western and Lithuanian philosophy;

Students’ research. The concept of monadic identity in the philosophy of G. W. Leibniz;

Anthology of Lithuanian political thought;

Democracy in a knowledge society: an analysis of challenges and opportunities;

Preserving national identity in a globalised world: updating the doctoral curricula in the social humanities and developing a model for postgraduate studies;

Conference papers

  • Postmodernism and conservatism. Postmodernism and its place in philosophy. Scholarly
    conference theses. 16 May 1997. Vilnius University Press, 1997. P. 7 – 8.
  • On the relationship between morality and politics. // After the Subject: Trends in Contemporary Philosophy.
    Proceedings of the Scientific Conference. Vilnius University Press, 2000. P. 17 – 18.
  • Proceedings of the scientific conference. Vilnius: Lithuanian Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, 2001. P.
    8 – 10.
  • Problems of return to virtue ethics. Po(ethics): How can modern ethics be? Scientific
    Conference proceedings. Vilnius: Lithuanian Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, 2001. P. 8 – 10.
  • The Enlightenment and Romanticism’s Struggle over Politics. // 200 years after Kant: Scientific Conferences
    Conference proceedings. Kaunas: Technologija, 2004. P. 24 – 26.

National and international awards

Science prizes:
2005 Vilnius University Rector’s Science Prize
2017 Best VU Publication of the Year 2016

Honorary titles:

2015 Honorary Citizen of Gargždai;

National and other awards:
2005 Vilnius University Rector’s Science Prize
2017 Best VU Publication of the Year 2016
2018 Stasys Šalkauskis Prize

Courses taught

Non-orthodox political thought

Contemporary concept of politics

Master's Colloquium

Contemporary Political Theories

Lithuanian policy research

Research interests

Political philosophy

Publications

Immanuelio Kanto iššūkis politikos mokslui, Politologija, 2021, Nr.4, p. 8 – 31.

„Nepastebėtas Karolio Wojtyłos įnašas į politinę filosofiją“, Šventojo Jono Pauliaus II žinia Bažnyčiai, pasauliui ir Lietuvai, Vilniaus šv. Juozapo kunigų seminarija, 2021, p. 77 – 90.

Leo Strauss‘s „An Epilogue“: Political Science as Political Philosophy, Teoria Polityki, 2021, No. 5, p. 193 – 203.

Politinė Stasio Šalkauskio kultūros filosofijos prasmė, Politologija, 2020, Nr. 4, p. 8 – 33.

Romualdas Ozolas kaip kultūros filosofas, R. Ozolas, Rinktiniai raštai, t.2, Vilnius, 2020, p. 13 – 20.

Moralumo iššūkis Carlo Schmitto politiškumo sampratai, Problemos, 2020, Nr. 98, p. 125 – 136.

Dalia Grybauskaitė kaip epochos simbolis // Naujasis Židinys, 2020, Nr. 4, p. 11 – 15.

The Unsolvable Problem of Liberalism, The Future of Conservative Politics in Europe. A Central European Perspective. Unserstanding Conservatism. 2018, p. 7 – 13. https://conservative.mk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Understanding-ConservatismNEWDIRECTION-report-61pages.pdf

Politikos mokslo romantizmas // Problemos, 2019, Nr. 96, p. 61-70.

The Other Europe: Identity Problems of Central Europe, Politeja, 2018, No. 6 (57), Vol. 15, p. 81-89

Politinis idiotas. Apie neišvengiamą politikos kvailybę. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2019, 191 pp.

Alvydas Jokubaitis, Linas Jokubaitis, Romantizmas ir valstybininko idėja, Politologija, 2018, Nr. 89, p. 3 – 22.

Can the Constitution Do Away with Nation State, The Concept of the Constitution in the History of Political Thought, Ed. by A. Gòrnisiewicz and B. Szlachta, De Gruyter Open, 2017, p. 32- 44.

Alvydas Jokubaitis, Linas Jokubaitis. Istorizmo kritika be moralės, Problemos, Nr. 92, p. 23 – 33.

Liberalizmas kaip pilietinė religija. Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2017, 259 pp.

How Values become Political?, Teoria Polityki, 2017, No. 1, p. 223 – 234.

Tautinės valstybės pabaiga, Naujasis židinys, 2017, Nr. 1, p. 14 – 17

. Joakimo Skirmanto ir Nicollò Machiavellio polemika: Politologinis įvadas, Politikos veidrodis. Kaip atpažinti gerą ir blogą politiką. Parengė Darius Baronas ir Alvydas Jokubaitis, į lietuvių kalbą vertė Mantas Adomėnas, į anglų kalbą vertė S.C. Rowell, Vilnius: Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija, 2016, p. 63 – 92.

Postmodernism and Politics. Vilnius: Eugrimas, 2002. 15 P.

Moralės ir politikos ribų problema: konservatyvus požiūris. // Tradicijos likimas: konservatyvios minties metmenys. Vilnius: Aidai, 2001. P. 15 – 41.

Filosofas tarp modernybės ir postmodernizmo. // I. Berlin Vienovė ir įvairovė . Vilnius: Amžius, 1995. P. 9 – 19.

Д.С.Мережковский и М.Э.Здзеховский. Письма из Парижа в Вильнюс // Вильнюс, 1990. No. 1. C. 147 – 156.

Пять писем Н Бердяева. Из личного архива профессора М Здзеховского // Вильнюс, 1989. No. 11. C. 161 – 170.