Prof. Eglė Grėbliauskaitė

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Eglė Grėbliauskaitė is Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University (VU IIRPS), an interdisciplinary artist and researcher working at the intersection of politics and art. Her research focuses on the relationship between autonomy and power, cultural policy, and political communication. She has developed her research on autonomy through two postdoctoral projects funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, moving from the institutional governance of artistic autonomy to existential autonomy. She leads an international research project team and supervises doctoral artistic research.

Grėbliauskaitė holds a Doctorate in Visual Arts from the Vilnius Academy of Arts and an MBA from The Open University Business School, UK. She is also Professor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts and VILNIUS TECH. She has undertaken research stays at University College London, Kingston University London, and the University of Borås, and has taught as a guest lecturer at universities in Lithuania and abroad.

Artistic practice is an integral part of her research and encompasses painting, installation, film, and interventions in public space. Through these practices, Grėbliauskaitė explores questions of power, autonomy, and the functioning of institutions. Her research interests also include artistic research as a distinct mode of inquiry and its integration into interdisciplinary research. The project Let’s Not Forget Not to Remember (2021) became a point of departure for further research into artistic freedom, censorship, and cultural policy. Her works are held in the collection of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art.

Grėbliauskaitė is a Council Member of the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association and holds the official status of Art Creator of the Republic of Lithuania. She presents her research and artistic work in international academic and art contexts, public lectures and discussions, as well as in the media.

More detailed information about academic and artistic activities, projects, and creative work is available on personal website: www.eglegrebliauskaite.com

Research projects and grants

• RESCUE – Heritage-led Resilience: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Societies and Local Economies, Lead Researcher, VU IIRPS team, planned research project implementation period 2026–2030, application No. 101289718, funded by European Union’s “Horizon Europe” Research and Innovation Program, selected for funding.
• “The Protocols of Existential Autonomy“, principal investigator, supervisor – Prof Habil Dr Gintautas Mažeikis, 2026–2028, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT), agreement No. S-PD-25-36, being implemented at Vytautas Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute of Vytautas Magnus University.
• “Supervising the artistic autonomy: arts and the cultural policy in Lithuania“, principal investigator, supervisor – Prof Dr Natalija Arlauskaitė, 2022–2024, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT), agreement No. S-PD-22-94, implemented at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, completed.

Supervision of doctoral students and/or postdoctoral fellows

Selected conference presentations

• April 14, 2026, 7th International Scientific Conference “European Realities – Peace,” Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia, “When Peace Becomes a Condition: Institutional Calm and Democratic Fragility,” plenary presentation. Conference program: https://www.uaos.unios.hr/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AGENDA-Europski-realiteti-MIR-konačno-8.4.2026..pdf
• May 8–9, 2025, international conference “Visuality 2025: Social Innovations for Sustainability Communication,” VILNIUS TECH, Vilnius, “The Right to Disturb: Artistic Freedom and Political Sensitivity in Public Space,” oral presentation. Conference program: https://conferences.vilniustech.lt/index.php/VISUALITY/programme2025?issueId=69
• August 19–23, 2024. 13th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR) – “Cultural Policy in Democratic and Undemocratic Regimes,” University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, “Artistic Autonomy in the Shadows of Post-Soviet Politics: A Participatory Action Research Perspective,” oral presentation. Conference program: https://iccpr2024.exordo.com/programme/session/52
• September 1–5, 2024, international interdisciplinary program “How to Reframe Monuments: Case Studies for Thinking Through Dissonant Heritage,” Narva Artists’ Residence (NART), Narva, Estonia, “Artistic Autonomy Against Political Control: Clash of Wills in Memory Transformations” invited presentation-lecture. Estonian Academy of Arts. Program: https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/international-workshop-how-to-reframe-monuments-case-studies-for-thinking-through-dissonant-heritage/
• November 22, 2023: National Academic Conference “Evaluation of Public Policies and Services: The Role of Citizens and NGOs,” Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, “The Inconsistency of Liberal Democracy and Violations of the Promise of Good Governance. A Case of Art Censorship in the War on Historical Memory,” oral presentation. Conference program: https://www.vdu.lt/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PROGRAMA_konferencija_2023-11-22_GV.pdf
• November 8–11, 2023, international symposium on artistic research “Not Quite King, Not Quite Fish,” SODAS2123, Vilnius, “Autonometrics of Corridor Centrifuges,” presentation of artistic research / oral presentation. Program: https://www.vda.lt/en/doctoral-studies/postgraduate-studies/events-and-exhibitions/research-symposium-2023