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Neringa Mataitytė

PhD candidate

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In 2017, he obtained a Bachelor’s in Political Science from Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Science (Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania).In 2020, he obtained a Master’s in International Relations and Diplomacy Studies from Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2020, he started his PhD studies at Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, and he is working on a dissertation on the topic of “The Emotional Approach of NGOs in Climate Diplomacy: how does the Emotional Discourse of Environmental NGOs Shape the International Climate Change Negotiations?” (supervisor: Prof. Dr Dovilė Jakniūnaitė).

In 2016, she interned at the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in New York, as well as at the European Commission Representation in Lithuania;
In 2018, she participated in the NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action) Intensive Humanitarian Programme;
2021 participated in the Small State Leadership in Gender Policy programme at the University of Iceland;
2022 – internship in France at the Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris.

Projects

Mobility, Migration and the COVID-19 Epidemic: Governing Emergencies in Lithuania and Poland“, junior researcher, leader prof. Dovilė Jakniūnaitė.

Selected conference papers

  • Presentation: presentation of the study “The role of emotions in mobilising the public to combat climate change: the construction of the emotional state in inspiring a mass movement”. Conference “Emotions, Populism and Polarisation”, University of Helsinki, Finland.
  • Round Table: “Climate Change and Emotions”, ECPR General Conference, 2021.
  • Presentation of the paper “Danish Assistance to EU Preparation”. Anniversary Conference: Denmark and Lithuania: from Neighbours to Allies”, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
  • Presentation at Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation (HEPP), “The role of emotions in mobilising society to fight climate change: constructing emotional states to inspire mass movement”;
  • Presentation at the ECPR General Conference, Roundtable Discussion on “Climate Change and Emotions: how emotions can explain international politics of climate change?”;
  • Presentation at the Anniversary conference to mark 100 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Lithuania and Denmark;
  • Presentation at the Lithuanian Social Science Forum, “Field research: the manifestation of emotions in environmental NGOs in Lithuania”.

Participation in public and educational activities

Volunteering with the French environmental organisation GAIA First

National and international awards

IED (Institute for European Democracy) Research Fellowship for the article “The EU Green Deal and climate diplomacy with the Global South: Exploring Different Perceptions of the Threat of climate change through the Emotion of Anxiety.”

Research interests

Emotions in International Relations

The Role of Anxiety in Climate Change Policy

Emotions in Security Studies

Emotional Discourse

International climate change policy

NGO players in international politics

Publications

"Emocijų vaidmuo mobilizuojant visuomenę kovai su klimato kaita: emocinės būsenos konstravimas įkvepiant masinį judėjimą", Politologija, 2021, Vol. 101 Issue 1, p78-106. 29p. https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/politologija/article/view/22949

"Danish Assistance to EU Membership Preparation", kn. Denmark and Lithuania: through 100 Years of Bilateral Relations. From Neighbours to Allies, eds. Niels Bo Poulsen, Hans Brask (Vilnius: The Royal Danish Embassy, 2021), 203-220.

"The EU Green Deal and Climate Diplomacy with Countries from Global South: exploring different perceptions of climate change threat through anxiety emotion", Institute of European Democrats, 2021.