Dr. Simonas Čepėnas

Simonas Čepėnas
Dr. Simonas Čepėnas

Assistant Professor

simcep@faculty.ism.ltORCID

Dr. Simonas Cepenas graduated from the University of Virginia (UVA) with a PhD in Foreign Affairs.  During his time at UVA he pursued research on authoritarian regimes and international crises, presented his findings at American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting among other international conferences, and taught classes including Comparative Politics, The Politics of Western Europe, Introduction to Game Theory, and Game Theory and Interstate Conflict.  While at UVA, Simonas actively engaged with local Charlottesville community by teaching primary, middle and high school students about math, statistics, and game theory.  Simonas also holds an MA degree in Government and Foreign Affairs from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and BS in Economics from ISM University of Management and Economics.  During his time at ISM Simonas spent a year in Norway and received a double degree from BI Norwegian Business School.  Prior to choosing to spend five years on his doctorate Simonas worked as a researcher at PPMI and EESC.

Research areas

  • Comparative authoritarianism and interstate conflict

Teaching areas

  • International Relations
  • Political Economy
  • Game Theory and Methods

Publications

Čepėnas, S. (2023). The pirates of the Caribbean: Piratical economies, constitutions and democracies. Third International Scientific Conference, April 20, 1-15
Čepėnas, S., & Bloom, S. (2023). Ethnic fractionalization, party system and redistribution in Central and Eastern Europe. In 12th Annual Lithuanian Conference on Economic Research, December 28 (pp. 1-1). The Bank of Lithuania and the Baltic Economic Association
Sigþórsdóttir, E. I., Karlsdóttir, V., Minelgaitė, I., & Čepėnas, S. (2023). Governmentality of mega projects in Iceland: „…it’s all about people”. Journal of International Doctoral Research, 10(1), 6-24
Warner-Søderholm, G., Čepėnas, S., Minelgaitė, I., & Akstinaitė, V. (2024). Sustainability-oriented leader, please! Effects of industry on followers’ preferences. Administrative Sciences, 14(3, 46), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci14030046
Krūminas, P., Čepėnas, S., & Darškuvienė, V. (2024). When do politicians appeal more broadly? A comment on Chin (2023). I4R Discussion Paper Series, 128, 1-14