Vida Macikenaite

Researcher Information

Affiliation

Graduate School of International Relations Assistant Professor (Koshi)

Degree

• PhD (Media and Governance)（Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance）
• Master of Law (International Politics)（School of International Relations and Public Administration, Fudan University）
• Master of Media and Governance（Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance）
• Bachelor of Political Science（Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University）

J-Global ID

• 201501006264490000

Research Interests

• Chinese politics   China-EU relations   foreign policy analysis   authoritarian regimes (stability of)   state-business relations   Chinese model of governance   Chinese foreign policy   

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences / Politics / state-business relations in China
• Humanities & social sciences / Politics / governance/state capacity
• Humanities & social sciences / Politics / authoritarian regimes (stability of)
• Humanities & social sciences / Politics / Chinese politics

Academic & Professional Experience

• 2015/10  International University of JapanGraduate School of International RelationsAssistant Professor (tenure track)
• 2012/10 - 2015/06  International University of JapanGraduate School of International RelationsPart-time Lecturer
• 2013/02 - 2013/06  Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)Graduate School of Asian StudiesGuest Lecturer

Education

• 2011/04 - 2015/08  Keio University  Graduate School of Media and Governance  PhD (Media and Governance)
• 2009/09 - 2014/06  Fudan University  School of International Relations and Public Administration  Master's of Law (International Politics) - Chinese Politics and Diplomacy Program
• 2009/04 - 2011/03  Keio University  Graduate School of Media and Governance  Master's (Media and Governance) - Global Governance and Regional Strategy Program
• 2002/09 - 2006/06  Vilnius University  Institute of International Relations and Political Science  Bachelor of Political Science
• 2004/09 - 2005/06  Aarhus University  Department of Political Science and Governance  Exchange Program

Published Papers

• China’s economic statecraft: the use of economic power in an interdependent world

  Macikenaite, Vida

  Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies 9 (2) 108 - 126 2020 [Refereed]
  
• Development of the East China Sea Gas Field Dispute - Explaining Domestic Opinion Constraints on Chinese Foreign Policy

  Macikenaite Vida

  KEIO SFC JOURNAL 慶應義塾大学湘南藤沢学会 12 (1) 71 - 84 1347-2828 2012 [Refereed]
  

Books etc

• The Resilient Party-State System in China (provisional title)

  Naito, Hiroko; Vida Macikenaite (Joint editor)Springer, 2020
• Sources of China’s Foreign Action (Keio Institute of East Asian Studies Contemporary China Research Series)

  Tomoki Kamo (Contributorpp. 149-162)Keio University Press 2017
• China as a Superpower: Its Rise and Direction

  Tomoki Kamo (Contributorpp. 40-51)Ichigeisha 2017
• The Quandaries of China’s Domestic and Foreign Development (Contemporary Asian Studies Series)

  Dominik Mierzejewski (Contributorpp. 216-236)Lodz University Publishing House 2014

Conference Activities & Talks

• Understanding CCP Regime’s Resilience: Inter-system career transfers between the Party-state and the SOEs as a tool in governance  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  Symposium of the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Bringing the State Back in: New Frontiers of Governance Studies in China  2019/03
• Links between Business Entities and State Institutions in China through the Economic Reform Era  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  The Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, USA  2017/01
• Chinese Model of Governance: Networks between State Institutions and Business Entities  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  Fall Meeting of the Japanese Association of Asian Studies (JAAS)  2016/11
• The Impact of China’s Xinjiang Policy on Chinese Security Involvement in Central Asia  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida; Parepa Laura

  The Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico  2016/01
• The Impact of Official Investment Policy on the Location Patterns of China’s Outward FDI  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  The Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico  2016/01
• State Control of China’s Outward FDI: The Limits of Legal Framework  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  The XX Bienal Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS 2014), Braga, Coimbra, Portugal  2014/07
• Informal Networks between the Party-State and Business Enterprises in China  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  The 10th Lodz East Asia Meeting “New Dynamics of Europe-East Asia Regional Cooperation,” Lodz, Poland  2014/06
• China’s Approach toward the Marine Environment Management and Its Implications for China’s Territorial Disputes: overfishing and the South China Sea dispute  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  The 1st Workshop of Keio-Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan  2013/03
• Regionalism in IR as a Discipline: The Case of Japan  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  The 9th Convention of Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) “Boundaries in/of International Relations,” Krakow, Poland  2012/09
• Conflict Prevention through Unresolved Dispute or How Pending Joint Gas Development Initiative Contributed to the Regime Building and Peace in the East China Sea  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  The 10th Annual International Conference on Politics and International Affairs, Athens, Greece,  2012/06
• Avoiding Public Protests: Explaining Chinese Foreign Policy toward the East China Sea Gas Field Development with Japan  [Not invited]

  Macikenaite Vida

  7th Annual Conference In Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy In Memory of the late Yitzhak Rabin, Jerusalem, Israel  2011/12

Research Grants & Projects

• Understanding the Model of Governance in China: Party-state's Integration with Business Entit ies

  the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(KAKENHI) Program

  Date (from‐to) : 2016/04 -2020/03 

  Author : Macikenaite Vida

Teaching Experience

Comparative Governments and PoliticsGSIR, International University of Japan
International Cooperation (undergraduate)International University of Japan (part of the Human Resource Development Program for International Cooperation (HRIC) in collaboration with Meiji and Rikkyo universities)
International Relations in Eurasia (graduate)GSIR, International University of Japan
Political Development of Contemporary China (graduate)Graduate School of Asian Studies, Vytautas Magnus University
Chinese Foreign Policy (graduate)GSIR, International University of Japan
Contemporary Chinese Politics (graduate)Graduate School of International Relations (GSIR), International University of Japan

Committee Membership

• 2016/11 -2017/09   International University of Japan   Faculty Development Subcommittee

Others

• 2013 -2013 Li Shih-hui, “Japan Studies in Contemporary Taiwan: The State of Affairs and the Challenges Ahead,” KEIO SFC JOURNAL 13, no. 1 (2013): 23-34 (translation from Chinese to Japanese)
• 2012 -2012 Timetable of Japan-China Relations 1972-2012

  Vida Macikenaite and Naito Hiroko, “Timetable of Japan-China Relations 1972-2012.” In History of Japan-China Relations 1972-2012. Vol. I Politics, edited by Akio Takahara and Hattori Ryuji, Tokyo University Press, 2012 (in Japanese, 高原 明生、服部 龍二 (編集)『日中関係史1972-2012 政治』東京大学出版会、2012年(マチケナイテ・ヴィダ、内藤寛子「日中関係 1972−2012年表」の作成).