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Karolis Dambrauskas is a junior researcher at the Department of Ethnic Studies, Institute of Sociology, Lithuanian Centre of Social Sciences. His work focuses on the interplay between ethnicity, property rights, and post-socialist transformations, particularly in the Baltic region. He completed his doctoral dissertation on post-socialist land restitution and ethnicity in South-Eastern Lithuania (2022).
- Current postdoctoral comparative research at Vilnius University on ethnicity and land restitution in Lithuania, Slovakia, and Romania
- Contributed to international projects: Minority Institutions in Post-Communist Europe (Queen’s University, Canada) and Minority Participation and Representation in National Societies (EURAC Research, Italy)
His research spans nationalism, ethnic identity construction, and minority-state dynamics. Publications address topics like ethnic democracy challenges, diaspora policies, and identity politics in post-Soviet contexts.
Research trends include:
- Intersection of ethnicity and economic restructuring
- Post-Soviet land rights as identity battlegrounds
- Comparative analysis of minority institutional responses
- Diaspora policy evolution post-EU accession
- Discursive construction of national identities
- Clientelist politics in minority representation
Current affiliations:
- Lithuanian Centre of Social Sciences
- Vilnius University (postdoctoral research)
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