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Jokubas Salyga
@jokubassalyga.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Political Science at UT RGV
Associate Editor @gpejournal.bsky.social

Political economist exploring post-communist Europe, capitalism and social change.

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👋 Giving Bluesky a try, let’s see how it goes.

If you’d like some light reading on the historical political economy of the Baltic states, East-Central Europe and more, here are a few of my recent publications 👇

Happy to share links if you can’t access them.
September 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I'm pleased to serve as Division Chair for Politics, Economics and Environment at the 30th Biennial AABS Conference, to be held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Next year’s theme explores the genealogies of Baltic diasporas worldwide.

More at: aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at...
August 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’ll be giving a talk this July as part of the summer lecture series “The Baltic Sea as a Scene for Turning Points, Crises and Possibilities” at the University of Greifswald.

Looking forward to taking part in the program and hearing from others working on the region.
May 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Call for Participation: How Financial Interests Shape Democracy - Lessons from Central Eastern Europe’s Democratic Transition

The workshop will take place in a hybrid format on 17 June 2025 at King’s College London, (Strand Campus, Bush House NE1.02).

Deadline: 4 April 2025.
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM