Prof. Vitalis Nakrošis
Professor
Research areas
Public Administration
Additional info
vitalis.nakrosis@tspmi.vu.lt
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Graduate of Bachelor of Political Science program, VU IIRPS, 1997. Master of Political Transition Economy (with distinction), London School of Economics 1998. In 2004 he received a PhD in Social Sciences from Vilnius University.
Lecturer at the VU IIRPS since 1998. Since 2011 Professor at the IIRPS. Member of the IIRPS Council. Former member of the European Union Studies Association, the Lithuanian Political Science Association and the International Public Policy Association. Participates in ECPR, EGPA and NISPAcee networks.
Vitalis is also a research and advice director at the Public Policy and Management Institute (Vilnius, Lithuania). He previously worked for the Ministry of Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities (1997, 1998-99), the National Regional Development Agency (2000-03).
Vitalis Nakrošis received the Alena Brunovska Award for the year 2015 from the NISPAcee network for excellence in public administration and an outstanding performance.
Membership of working groups, councils, etc. within Vilnius University and IIRPS VU
IIRPS VU Council; Public Administration and Policy Analysis Center; Public Policy Analysis (MA) Programme Committee.
Membership of working groups, commissions or committees set up by public authorities, state and municipal bodies, companies and organisations, businesses
Better Regulation Advisory Council, member.
Selected research projects and grants
Resilience of welfare state institutions in Lithuania: the influence of significant events on adapting to systemic threats during 2004–2020, Research Council of Lithuania (2021-2022), project leader.
Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lithuania and other EU Member States: an Impact on Public Policy and the Management of the Emergency Situation (COPOVAL), Research Council of Lithuania (2020), project leader.
Good governance and trust in public institutions while building welfare society in Lithuania, Research Council of Lithuania (2015-2017), project leader.
Priorities of activities of the Lithuanian Government: process of implementation and its results, Research Council of Lithuania (2014-2015), project leader.
COST project No. IS1207 „Reforms of local public sector“, COST (2013-2017 m.), member of steering committee.
Courses taught
Comparative Public Administration
Master's Colloquium
Public Policy and Policy Analysis
Research interests
Public administration reforms
Public sector organizations
Evaluation and analysis of public policy
Publications
Nakrošis, V., Fuks, V. “Crisis Management in Lithuania: Towards A More Resilient System”, in Resilient Government Under Pressure: Crisis Governance and Public Administrations in the Baltic and Nordic Countries, Macmillan, 2026.
Nakrošis, V., Vilpišauskas, R. 2025. “The Impact of a Polycrisis on Policy and Institutional Change: A Framework for Analysis and Methodology”. Politologija 119 (3): 14-43.
Bartasevičius, V., V. Fuks, and V. Nakrošis. 2025. “Lithuania’s Response to the Crisis of Irregular Migration in 2021–2024”. Politologija 119 (3): 44-84.
Randma-Liiv, T., Lember, V., Bortkevičiūtė, R., Valtenbergs, V. and Nakrošis, V. (2025). “Advancing citizen engagement through digital tools: A comparative study of the Baltic States”. International Journal of Public Administration, 1−16.
R. Bortkevičiūtė, V. Nakrošis, I. Patkauskaitė-Tiuchtienė, R. Vilpišauskas, Nėra to blogo, kas neišeitų į gera? Reikšmingų įvykių įtaka viešosios politikos kaitai Lietuvoje 2004–2020 m. Vilnius: Vilniaus universitetas, 2024.
Nakrošis, V., Dan, S., Goštautaitė, R., “The role of EU funding in EU Member States: building administrative capacity to advance administrative reforms”, International Journal of Public Sector Management, 2022, ahead of print.
