Ramūnas Vilpišauskas

Ramūnas Vilpišauskas is a professor of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. In 2020, he has been awarded Jean Monnet Chair for 2020-2023. From 2009 to 2019 he was a director of the Institute. In 2004-2009, he has worked as a Chief Economic Policy Advisor to the President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus and the Head of Economic and Social Policy Group, he has also been appointed as a Chief of Staff to the President (2006-2009). He is a member of the Lithuanian Progress Council formed by the Government of Lithuania. He is also a Council member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Institute für Europäische Politik (Berlin). He has worked with different governmental institutions and international organizations such as the World Bank, OECD and the European Commission Joint Research Centre advising on public sector reforms and European integration. He is a regular contributor to public debates in Lithuanian media. His main research interests include public policy analysis and public sector reforms, political economy of European integration, EU public policies, international political economy and transatlantic relations. He has published in journals such as Policy Studies, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Integration, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, German Politics, East European Politics, International Review of Administrative Science, Public Policy and Administration.