Dean’s office

Prof. dr. Mindaugas Jurkynas– dean of the Faculty since 2025.

He graduated from Vilnius University in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree in History and in 1995 obtained a diploma in International Relations from the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. From 1995 to 1998, he studied political science at the University of Oslo (Norway), and in 2006 earned a PhD in Political Science at Vilnius University.

From 2006 to 2008, he served as Foreign and National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Lithuania. He has taught at Vilnius University and Mykolas Romeris University, and since 2013 has been working at Vytautas Magnus University, where he became Professor in 2019 and Head of the Department of Political Science in 2021. From 2020 to 2023, he held the Jean Monnet Chair.

Research interests: democratization, political parties and elections, Baltic regional politics, European integration, and small state foreign policy.  Prof. M. Jurkynas CV.

Aistė Žemaitytė – vice-dean for studies and international relations since February 2019.

2004 graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, 2006. VMU Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy holds a Master’s degree in Baltic Region. 2007 Joined the Institute of Political Studies, Johan Skytte, University of Tartu, Estonia. From 2017 she is a doctoral student of Political Science at Vytautas Magnus University.

Since 2008 VMU Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy Assistant, since 2009 PMDF Coordinator for Studies and International Relations, since 2013 Administrator of the MIREES Joint Program, review of the project: Baltic-Black Sea (BBSR) Researcher.

Research interests – citizenship and migration policy, ethnic / national minorities, diasporas, the Baltic region.

  • V. Putvinskio str, 23 – 606, LT-44243 Kaunas, Lietuva
  • Phone / Fax (+370 37) 206702
  • E-mail  aiste.zemaityte@vdu.lt 
Emilija Pundziūtė-Gallois, PhD. vice-dean for research since February 2025.
Research interests – Diplomacy, foreign policy analysis, sociology of international relations, European security architecture, conflict studies, post-Soviet space, Russian domestic and foreign policy. 

V. Putvinskio str, 23 – 607, LT-44243 Kaunas, Lietuva
Phone / Fax (+370 37) 206702
E-mail emilija.pundziute-gallois@vdu.lt

 

Senior administrator Milena Antanavičienė – senior administrator of the Faculty since 2019.She works in the Faculty since 2011.

V. Putvinskio str, 23 – 604, LT-44243 Kaunas, Lietuva
Phone / Fax (+370 37) 206709
E-mail milena.antanaviciene@vdu.lt

Faculty of Political science and Diplomacy