Mačiulskytė, Sonata

Abstract

I am an Associate Professor in social policy and gerontology in the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences since September 2016. I graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science degree (Political Science) and a Master of Social Science degree (Political Science and Public Administration) from Klaipeda University in 1999 and 2001 respectively. I received a PhD in Social Work from University of Lapland (Finland) in 2014. The title of my doctoral thesis The Code of Society Transformation in Social Work: Modelling the Construction of Lithuanian Social Work Professionalization. 2014. Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis 273. Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Printing Centre. Most of my professional life I held administrative positions in Lithuanian universities alongside small-scale lecturing (Lithuanian social policy, comparative social policy, social gerontology for undergraduate and postgraduate social work students). Due to my administrative duties, my involvement in research has always been limited, focusing more on academic projects that would enrich the content of the subjects taught. For the past few years, my research interests have revolved around social policy and ageing, dementia and family care. In 2024/25, I am an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)