Vytautas is Associate professor at the Institute.
Vytautas obtained his PhD from Vilnius University in 2013. He holds an MA in Comparative Politics from Vilnius University and BSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga).
In 2020, Vytautas held the position of J.P. Kazickas Associate research scholar at Yale University. In 2016-17, he was visiting Fulbright scholar at Harvard University. In addition, Vytautas has had research stays at University of Zurich, University College London, Central European University, European University Institute, Bristol University, and Tallinn Technical University.
Master's Colloquium
Bachelor's Colloquium
International Economics
Fundamentals of Economics
Political economy of exchange rates
Political economy of financial crises
Varieties of Capitalism
“Determinants of Defense Spending: a TSCS Analysis of EU Member States” (co-authored with Ringailė Kuokštytė and Ieva Miklaševskaja), forthcoming in European Security.
“Retrospective voting in Central and Eastern Europe: Hyper-accountability, corruption or socio-economic inequality?” (co-authored with Mažvydas Jastramskis and Matas Baltrukevičius), Party Politics (forthcoming).
„Explaining National Preferences on the New European Banking Policy Framework: The Case of Lithuania“ (co-authored with Marius Skuodis), accepted for publication in Journal of Baltic Studies.
„Currency Boards, Depoliticization and Macroeconomic Stability: The Political Economy of Institutional Complementarities“ (co-authored with Magnus Feldmann), Policy Studies 38 (4), 2017, 356-374.
„Race to the Euro: Why Latvia Joined Earlier Than Lithuania“ (co-authored with Anastazija Markevičiūtė), Baltic Journal of Political Science 5 (5), 2017, 5-20.
„Mokestinės moralės reikšmė, situacija Lietuvoje ir būdai ją pagerinti“ (co-authored with Romualdas Bakutis), in Liutauras Gudžinskas (ed.), Geras valdymas ir pasitikėjimas tvarkos institucijomis, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2017, 183-230.
