Vitalis Nakrošis

Institute of International Relations and Political Science (Vilnius University)

Dr Vitalis Nakrošis was awarded a Master’s degree in Political Economy of Transition from the London School of Economics (in 1998) and a PhD in social sciences from Vilnius University (in 2004). Vitalis is a Professor in Public Administration at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (Vilnius University). His main research interests include public management reforms, public sector organisations, performance management, policy implementation and evaluation, EU public policies and programmes. The work of Vitalis appeared in the International Review of Administrative Sciences, Public Policy and Administration, International Journal of Public Sector Management, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Evaluation, Public Money and Management, NISPACEE Journal of Public Administration and Policy, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Baltic Studies and various Lithuanian academic journals. Vitalis is also a Research and Policy Advice Director at PPMI (part of Verian). His main responsibility at PPMI is in evaluation and policy analysis, public administration and governance. Vitalis has around 20 years of research experience, with around 15 years’ experience in evaluations and studies conducted for EU institutions, agencies and other public authorities. He has been involved in more than 60 PPMI projects and has been a team leader in around 30 of them.