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MICHAILOVIČ ILONA, Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise

Victimology, criminal justice, gender-based violence, coordinated response to intimate partner violence (IPV), stalking, restorative justice and mediation, equal opportunities and non-discrimination.

Education

2001 acquired a Doctor of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
1994 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.

Main publications

Jarutienė, Liubovė; Laurinaitytė, Ilona; Michailovič, Ilona; Burk, William J. Characteristics and consequences of intimate and non-intimate partner stalking in Lithuania // Journal of interpersonal violence. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications. ISSN 0886-2605. eISSN 1552-6518. 2025, Early Access, p. [1-25]. DOI: 10.1177/08862605251336364.
Michailovič, Ilona; Šumskaitė, Lina. Violence of adult sons against mothers in the context of matricide Suaugusių sūnų smurtas prieš motinas motinos nužudymo (matricide) kontekste Filosofija. Sociologija. 2024, t. 35, Nr 2, p. 25-33. DOI: 10.6001/fil-soc.2024.35.2Priedas.Special-Issue.3.
Vaičiūnienė R., Michailovič I. (2023). Rethinking work with intimate partner perpetrators. New prospects for the successful implementation of batterer intervention programmes in Lithuania. Gender-Based Violence and the Law. In Global Perspectives and Eastern European Practices. Limantė A., Tereškinas A., Vaičiūnienė R. (Eds.). Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003391937-9

More publications.

Main scientific and research projects

2024-2026 The HORIZON Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project “Investigating Gender-Based Discrimination: Unveiling the Underlying Mechanisms (UnveilGBD)”. HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF Postdoctoral Fellowships – ERA-Fellowship. Programme Fellow psychologist Dr Giulia Lausi (Sapienza University of Rome) Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law. Project supervisor Dr Ilona Michailovič.
2024 November – 2025 February. Assessment of the criteria for assessing the risk of domestic violence” conducted at the request of the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania. I. Michailovič (Expert, Principal Researcher), I. Laurinaitytė, A. Čepas.
2024 m. the national expert in the project “Protection of the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Time of War in Ukraine and Limits of Derogation in Time of Emergency” in the call for proposals of the EURIZON Program “Remote Research Fellowships”.
2023 project leader „Challenges of therapeutic jurisprudence in Lithuanian criminal justice: reconciliation of the perpetrator and the victim”, Research Council of Lithuania (P-SV-23-411).
2021-2022 chief researcher in the project “Stalking and Its Relation to Domestic Violence: Perception, Prevalence and Response in Lithuania” (PERARA, No. S-GEV-21-4). Lithuanian Research Council.
2021 project leader “Analysis of Lithuanian judicial practice in cases of stalking” (No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-24-0124). The project was coordinated by Vilnius University, financed by the European Social Fund under a grant agreement with the Lithuanian Research Council.
2020-2021 project leader “Changes in domestic violent behavior: perspectives for developing work with perpetrators at institutional and communal levels” (SMEAK, No. S-GEV-20-4).
2020-2021 EU Twinning Programme, expert in the project Strengthening the capacity of State bodies and local level referral mechanisms to provide safety and support to victims of domestic violence in Azerbaijan), Nr. AZ/16/ENI/JH/01/19 (55).
2018-2019 project leader, “Towards the effective cooperation between police and other stakeholders: model for the identification, support and prevention of domestic violence” (“POSIB”). Research Council of Lithuania, Contract No S-REP-18-5.
2016-2018 EU Twinning project “Strengthening the Legal Aid Service in Turkey”.

Membership in editorial boards

Since 2023 member of the advisory board in journal ,,Niebieska Linia“.
2018-2021 member of the editorial board of the VU journal “Criminology Studies”.
2018-2020 member of the editorial board of the law journal “European Journal of Public Matters”, The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland).

Significant expert activity, membership

Since 2025 VU delegated representative in the inter-institutional contact network, which expands awareness of the activities of the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN)
Since 2024 head of the Research center of anti-discrimination in public law
Since 2023 member of the Council of the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University
Since 2023 member of the Association of Polish Scientists in Lithuania.
Since 2022 member of the European Forum for Restorative Justice.
Since 2021 member of the working group www.rapeisawarcrime.org.
2021-2024 member of the Prosecutors Attestation Commission. At the request of the President of the Republic of Lithuania.
Since 2020 member of the Network of Equal Opportunities Researchers established by the Minister of Social Security and Labor of the Republic of Lithuania.
Since 2018 expert of the Working Group to investigate cases of harassment, established by the Rector of Vilnius University.
Since 2013 member of the European Society of Criminology (ESC), member of the Victimology Working Group and the Restorative Justice Group of the ESC.
Since 2010 member of Lithuania criminology association, since 2023 – board member.
Since 2001 head of the School of the Polish Law at the Faculty of Law at VU.

Awards

2024 order of the Republic of Poland – the Bronze Cross of Merit for contribution to the development of scientific and university cooperation between Poland and Lithuania.

Popularization of science

Languages

Lithuanian, English, German and Polish.