Prof. Margarita Šešelgytė
Professor
Research groups
Politics of technology research group
Research areas
European Studies
International relations
Additional info
margarita.seselgyte@tspmi.vu.lt
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Prof. Margarita Šešelgytė is the Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. Before that, Prof. Margarita Šešelgytė worked as Deputy Director of Studies at Vilnius University IIRPS, Baltic Defence College (Tartu, Estonia), Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania and European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
In 2007 Margarita Šešelgytė defended her dissertation on the common EU defense identity at the IIRPS.
Prof. Šešelgytė is an Honorary Fellow at Baltic Defense College, a member at Ares Group board and member of Editorial Board of the Baltic Security and Defence Review (Baltic Defense College). Her main research interests are the EU foreign and security policy, Security and Defence Studies, International Relations, and Foreign Policy Analysis.
Supervised Dr Neringa Bladaitė’s dissertation “Indeterminacy of societal security: the case of NATO’s small states” and is currently the supervisor of Emilė Indrašiūtė’s PhD thesis “The Concept of Power (Dis)Balance in Cyberspace: the Influence of Independent Actors in Cyberspace on the Cyber Power of the State”.
Membership of working groups, councils, etc. within Vilnius University and IIRPS VU
IIRPS VU Council; Department of International Relations; Center of Adaptive Leadership; Doctoral Studies Committee; Politics of Global Cahllenges Study Programme Committee; Estern European and Russian Studies (MA) Programme Committee; International Relations and Diplomacy (MA) Programme Committee.
Membership of working groups, commissions or committees set up by public authorities, state and municipal bodies, companies and organisations, businesses
Member of the European Commission Representation in Lithuania’s network of European Union experts (Team EUROPE DIRECT).
Courses taught
International politics
Security Studies
Introduction to Security Studies
Bachelor's Colloquium
Compulsory Practice
Research interests
EU foreign and security policy
Security and defence studies
International Relations Theory
Foreign Policy Analysis
Defence policy analysis (EU, NATO)
Small states studies
Leadership studies
Publications
Margarita Šešelgytė, “Three Waves of European Union Security and Defence Policy Transformation and the Role of Lithuania,” in Twenty Years of Lithuania's EU Membership: Changes and Perspectives, ed. Gediminas Vitkus (Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 2024), 94–109, 148, https://www.lituanistika.lt/content/109641.
Šešelgytė, Margarita; Indrašiūtė, Emilė. Critical technologies and industrial capabilities: national definition and policy implications: The case of Baltic States, Armament Industry European Research Group, 2022, p. 1-16. DOI: ARES-79-Policy-Paper.pdf (iris-france.org)
Raik, Kristi; Šešelgytė, Margarita. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania // The Nations of NATO: shaping the alliance's relevance and cohesion / edited by Thierry Tardy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. ISBN 9780192855534. p. 279-299. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192855534.003.0013. [M.kr.: S 002] [Indėlis: 0,500] [eLABa ID: 150462669].
Šešelgytė, Margarita. Lithuania as host nation // NDC research paper Lessons from the enhanced forward presence, 2017-2020 / edited by Alexander Lanoszka, Christian Leuprecht, Alexander Moens. Rome: NATO Defense College. 2020, p. 71-79. (NDC Research Paper, ISSN 2618-0057, eISSN 2618-0251 ; vol. 14). https://epublications.vu.lt/object/elaba:76295052/MAIN
Šešelgytė, Margarita. Three themes for NATO 2030 in the Eastern flank: conventional “Build-up”, addressing hybrid challenges and strengthening the community of values // Towards #NATO 2030: the regional perspective of the Baltic States and Poland / editors: Māris Andžāns, Mārtiņš Vargulis. Riga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 2020. ISBN 9789934567551. p. 188-201. https://liia.lv/en/publications/towards-nato2030-the-regional-perspective-of-the-baltic-states-and-poland-896?get_file=1
Šešelgytė, Margarita; Bladaitė, Neringa. How to defend society? Baltic responses to hybrid threats // Small states and the new security environment / editors: Anne-Marie Brady, Baldur Thorhallsson. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. ISBN 9783030515287. eISBN 9783030515294. p. 73-86. (The World of Small States book series (WSS), ISSN 2627-5996 ; vol. 7). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51529-4_6
