Dr. Irma Budginaitė-Mačkinė
Asistant professor
Research areas
Public Administration
Additional info
irma.budginaite@fsf.vu.lt
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Dr. Irma Budginaitė-Mačkinė is a postdoctoral fellow (Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy) and assistant professor (Faculty of Philosophy; and IIRPS) at Vilnius University.
Irma has an interdisciplinary academic background. In 2020 she defended her doctoral thesis in Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy (2020). At the graduate level she studied Sociology and Social Anthropology (MA, Central European University, 2010) and Political Sociology (MA, SciencePo Paris, 2009). She holds a BA degree in Political Science (IIRPS, Vilnius university, 2008).
She has more than ten years of professional experience in carrying out academic research, as well as leading applied public policy research (with particular focus on migration, inclusive education and gender equality). Prior to working at policy analysis centre PPMI (2010-2021), Irma began her carrier by gaining professional experience at the Unit of Equal Opportunities and Equity (DG Education and Culture, European Commission, 2010) and the Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsmen (Lithuania, 2007).
Irma has a strong interest and experience in building and developing international networks of researchers (NESET; NSU SC05 ‘Racialization, Whiteness and Politics of Othering’). She is actively involved in international and European sociologists’ associations (board member of RN13); represents Lithuania in COST CA20115 network on learning mobility.
Courses taught
Causal Relations: Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research
Search and Research: Methods and Approaches in Political Science
Research interests
Migration
Policy analysis
Qualitative and quantiative research methods