Department of Regional Studies
Department of Regional Studies seeks to develop and deepen knowledge of regions across the globe. The department conducts study programmes of separate regions, aiming to stimulate students to develop an interest in the culture, societal structure, history and contemporary politics of a specific region.
Bachelor degree programme
- International Politics and Development studies (taught in English)
Master degree programmes
- Scandinavian and Baltic studies (taught in Lithuanian)

Milena Antanavičienė
Administrator
Email: milena.antanaviciene@vdu.lt

Dr. Sima Rakutiene
Head of the department, associate professor
Fields of academic interests
E-mail: sima.rakutiene@vdu.lt

Rasa Baločkaitė
Associate professor
Fields of academic interests
Discursive power relations, class, gender, race representation in the media, colonialism and postcolonial studies, the Soviet period, Post-Communist Studies.
Email: rasa.balockaite@vdu.lt

EGDŪNAS RAČIUS
Professor
Fields of academic interests
Islamic studies, Muslim communities, Socio-political processes in Central and Eastern Europe
Email: egdunas.racius@vdu.lt

MINDAUGAS JURKYNAS
Professor, Jean Monnet Chair
Fields of academic interests
Cooperation and conflict in the Baltic sea region, Nordic studies, Regional identity in Northern Europe, EU institutions and integration
Email: mindaugas.jurkynas@vdu.lt

RYTIS BULOTA
Associate professor
Fields of academic interests
Theories of social movements, collapse of communist regime, political philosophy, Baltic sea region
Email:rytis.bulota@vdu.lt

IEVA KARPAVIČIŪTĖ
Lecturer, PhD in political science
Fields of academic interests
International relations, security studies, regional security, international regimes, foreign policy analysis, public diplomacy
Email: ieva.karpaviciute@vdu.lt

GIEDRIUS JANAUSKAS
Associate professor
Fields of academic interests
Diplomacy of Cold war, Baltic people in exile, Formation of Baltic sea region
Email: giedrius.janauskas@vdu.lt

Marta Gadeikienė (formerly Čubajevaitė)
Lecturer, PhD student
Fields of academic interests
Lithuanian and EU development cooperation policies, NGOs, civil society, sustainable development, social movements, adult education
E-mail: marta.gadeikiene@vdu.lt

Saulius Mykoliūnas
PhD candidate, researcher/ doctorant, chercheur
Fields of academic interests/ Domaines des intérêts académiques
Political development of Francophonia, African studies, International Francophonia Organizations, United Nations, NGO / Développement politique des pays de la Francophonie, Etudes de l‘Afrique, Organisations internationales de la Francophonie, Organisations du système des Nations Unies, ONG.
Regions of academic interest: France, Canada, Senegal, Tunisia, Morrocco, Algier / Régions de l‘intérêt académique: France, Canada, Sénégal, Tunisie, Maroc, Algérie
E-mail /Courriel: saulius.mykoliunas@vdu.lt

AISTĖ ŽEMAITYTĖ
PhD student
Fields of academic interests
National minorities
Email: aiste.zemaityte@vdu.lt

CIHAT YILMAZ
PhD student
Fields of academic interests
Orientalism, Colonialism and Post-Colonialism , Religious Studies, Nationalism, Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflicts
Email: cihat.yilmaz@vdu.lt
- Department of Regional Studies
- Dean’s office
- Department of Political science
- Department of Philosophy and Social Critique
- Department of Public Administration
- Department of Public Communication
- Czezlaw Milosz centre
- UNESCO Chair on Media and Information Literacy for Inclusive Knowledge Societies
- Andrei Sakharov Research Centre for Democratic Development
- Northern European and Baltic Study Hive