Elizabete Vizgunova is a Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and a journalist at TVNET Group. She is currently pursuing her PhD in gender studies and international relations at Rīga Stradiņš University.
She holds an MA degree from the College of Europe (Poland) and Sciences Po Paris (France), as well as a BSc from Rīga Stradiņš University. Elizabete has previously worked at PPMI (Vilnius, Lithuania) and EUISS (Paris, France). Her research focus includes gender equality, social inclusion and gender in international relations and international security. Elizabete is the editor of the book "Women in Latvia's Foreign and Security Policy" (Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 2020). Elizabete specialises in the foreign policy of the Eastern Neighbourhood countries and Russia.