Vita

• 2003-2007 B.A. Political science at University of Vilnius, Lithuania
• 2008-2010 M.A. Sociology (focus on European societies and their comparison) at Freie Universität Berlin, with a grant from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
• Since 2011 Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin, Ph.D. project is supported by a grant from the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation

Major Fields

• Sociology of Emotion
•  Political psychology
•  Political communication, Cultural studies

Thesis

"The Emotional Anatomy of Political Scandal"