Miglė Palujanskaitė

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Miglė Palujanskaitė completed her bachelor’s and master’s studies at the IIRPS VU. In 2022, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science with a Cum Laude diploma, and in 2024, she completed a master’s program in contemporary political studies and obtained a master’s degree in political science.

Since 2025, she has been studying for her doctorate at the IIRPS VU and is preparing a dissertation on “Party competition in local government: what do Lithuanian municipal council politicians disagree on?” (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mažvydas Jastramskis).

Research projects and grants

1. Students’ research. The DNA of Seimas Promises: What and Why did Single-Mandate Constituency Candidates Promise and How Successful Will They Be in the Implementation of their Promises?, project participant, 1 September 2021 – 31 March 2022, Financial agreement No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-25-0160, completed.
2. Students’ research. Split-Ticket Voting in the 2023 Lithuanian Municipal Elections, project participant, 1 July 2023 – 31 August 2023, Financial agreement No. S-SV-23-54, completed.
3. The Role of the Institution of Lithuanian Presidency in the Domestic Politics from 1993 to 2024, project participant, 1 April 2022 – 30 June 2024, Financial agreement No. P-MIP-22-53, completed.

Selected conference papers

1. 26 March 2021, National conference “Lithuania after 2020 Seimas election”, Vilnius, “Seimo pažadų DNR: ką ir kodėl žadėjo vienmandatininkai ir kaip jiems seksis juos įgyvendinti?”, oral presentation, presented with Aušrinė Diržinskaitė and Rugilė Andrejevskytė, https://www.tspmi.vu.lt/konferencijos/nacionaline-konferencija-lietuva-po-2020-m-seimo-rinkimu/.
2. 17 November 2021, Central European Political Science Association international conference “Challenges to Democracy: Political Processes in Central and Eastern Europe”, Olsztyn, Poland, „Local independent lists in Lithuania: independent citizen engagement or extension of party politics“, oral presentation, presented with Dr. Jogilė Ulinskaitė, http://www.uwm.edu.pl/inp/cepsa2021/attachments/programme.pdf.
3. 1 December 2023, Annual Lithuanian Political Science Conference „The Echoes of Polycrisis in Lithuania and the World“, Vilnius, „Padalytas balsavimas Lietuvos savivaldos rinkimuose 2015-2023 m.“, oral presentation, https://www.tspmi.vu.lt/en/conferences/annual-political-science-conference-2023/.