Ira Jänis-Isokangas
Ira Jänis-Isokangas is the coordinator for the Finnish team. She holds the title of associate professor in history, specializing in Russian and Soviet history. At the Aleksanteri Institute, she is responsible for postgraduate research training in Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Jänis-Isokangas’s research focuses on Russian and Soviet history, transnational migration, political ideologies, and […]
Vilius Mačkinis
2011–2018: PhD studies in Political Science, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. In 2019 defended doctoral dissertation titled „Traditions and Reforms: Enlightenment Influences on Lithuanian Political Thought” (supervisor Assoc. Prof. Vladas Sirutavičius). He is also a member of IIRPS VU Council; Department of Political Philosophy and History of Ideas; Eastern European and […]
Rūta Vyšniauskaitė
Rūta Vyšniauskaitė completed her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the University of Birmingham in 2022 and earned a Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology at University College London (UCL) in 2023. In 2025, she began her doctoral studies at the IIRPS (VU IIRPS) and is preparing a dissertation titled “Where Does the Lithuanian […]
