Monika Zavistauskaitė-Kantaravičė
PhD candidate
Research areas
Comparative Politics and Political Sociology
Additional info
monika.zavistauskaite-kantaravice@tspmi.vu.lt
Monika Zavistauskaitė-Kantaravičė completed her bachelor’s and master’s studies at VU IIRPS. In 2022, she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and in 2026, she completed the Master’s programme in Politics and Media, graduating Cum Laude.
Her master’s thesis, “Competing Discourses in Demographic Discourse: A Critical Analysis of the Lithuanian Parliament’s Discourse in 2023” (supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Inga Vinogradnaitė), was recognised as the best master’s thesis in the Politics and Media programme at VU IIRPS in 2026.
In 2026, she began her doctoral studies at VU IIRPS, where she is working on her dissertation entitled “Demographic Imaginaries and Demographic Rationality: A Critical Analysis of the Lithuanian Parliament’s Discourse, 2004–2028”(supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Inga Vinogradnaitė).
Monika Zavistauskaitė-Kantaravičė also works as an Academic Adviser in the administration of VU IIRPS.
Research interests
Demography and politics
Biopolitics and population governance
Demographic imaginaries
