Alexander Chubrik

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Alexander Chubrik is a research assistant at the VU IIRPS and a PhD candidate at the same institute. His research focuses on migration and migration governance, securitization and security discourse, migrant integration and acculturation, and the role of values and social trust in shaping state-society relations.

He graduated from Belarusian State University with a degree in economics in 2000 and subsequently completed postgraduate studies there in 2003. Before joining Vilnius University, he spent more than two decades conducting applied research in economics and public policy. From 2011 to 2021, he served as Director of the IPM Research Center (research.by), one of Belarus’s leading independent think tanks.

Throughout his career, he has participated in and led numerous policy-oriented research and analytical projects in Belarus and internationally, collaborating with government institutions, international organisations, and research centres. His professional experience spans economic policy analysis, public governance, labour markets, social policy, and institutional development.

His current academic work focuses on migration processes in the context of geopolitical uncertainty, with particular attention to Belarusian migrants in Lithuania, migrant decision-making, integration trajectories, and the effects of securitization on migration outcomes.

In addition to his academic research, he has extensive experience in public engagement and policy dialogue. From 2013 to 2022, he served as Academic Director of the Kastryčnicki Economic Forum (kefbelarus.org), one of the leading platforms for discussing socio-economic policy in Belarus in a global context. The forum brought together researchers, policymakers, civil society representatives, and international experts.

Research projects and grants

1. Making migration policy more family-oriented: The case of Belarusian migration to Lithuania, senior policy analyst, 23 January 2025 – 22 January 2026, Funding agreement No. NDICI-GEO-NEAR/2022/434-092-0067, co-funded by the European Union under the EU4Belarus – Support for Advanced Learning and Training (EUSALT II) programme, implemented by the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, completed.
2. Ukrainos karo pabėgėlių įtrauktis Lietuvoje: socialinės, kultūrinės ir kalbinės integracijos sąsajos (Inclusion of Ukrainian war refugees in Lithuania: Interconnections between social, cultural and linguistic integration), specialist, 1 July 2026 – 30 June 2029, Project No. P-LISm-26-58, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), ongoing.

Selected conference papers

1. 17-19 August 2026, Nordic Network of Intercultural Communication (NIC) Conference, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, “Acculturation as a Dynamic Family Project: Navigating Aspiration-Practice Gaps and Uncertainty among Belarusian Immigrants in Lithuania”, oral presentation, https://www.nicvilnius2026.kf.vu.lt/images/NIC%20Vilnius%202026%20Abstracts.pdf
2. 15-17 May 2026, Lietuvos socialinių mokslų forumas 2026, Molėtų observatorija, Lithuania, “Between the Carriage and the Pumpkin: A Cinderella Moment for Lithuanian Migration Policy”, oral presentation.
3. 11-12 September 2025, Belarus and Belarusians in the Time of Geopolitical Insecurities: Global Perceptions and Domestic Realities International Conference, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, “Belarusian Family Migration to Lithuania: Profiles, Integration Patterns, and Main Challenges” (with Natallia Shcherbina), oral presentation.