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PAUŽAITĖ-KULVINSKIENĖ JURGITA, Prof. Dr.

Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise

The transformative impact of technology in public administration and courts, institutional and functional models of the public administration and judicial system, increasing the effectiveness of administrative justice, administrative law and process, comparative jurisprudence of administrative law and process, constitutional law, administrative liability, supervision of economic entities and economic sanctions, cultural heritage law.

Education

2012 awarded a pedagogical qualification of docent, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
2004 acquired a Doctor of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
2000 acquired a LL.M. degree, J. W. Goethe University.
1998 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.

Main publications

Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Jurgita; Žvaigždinienė, Indrė. The boundaries of administrative judicial review in Lithuania Natura 2000 cases // EU enviromental principles and scientific uncertainty before national courts: the case of the habitats directive / edited by: Mariolina Eliantonio, Emma Lees, Tiina Paloniitty. Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2023. ISBN 9781509948192. eISBN 9781509948208. p. 79-95.
Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Jurgita. Reformen der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit in Litauen // Reformen der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit in den Ländern der jungen Demokratie / redakcja : Agnieszka Krawczyk. Warsaw : Wydawnictwo C.H.Beck. 2022, p. 117-135. (Monografie Obcojęzyczne).
Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Jurgita; Andrijauskaitė, Agnė. The Pan-European general principles of good administration in Lithuania – a success story with caveats // Good administration and the Council of Europe: law, principles, and effectiveness / edited by Ulrich Stelkens and Agnė Andrijauskaitė. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 9780198861539. p. 561-582. DOI: 1093/oso/9780198861539.003.0022.

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Main scientific and research projects

2020-2021 executor of the international Lithuanian-Ukrainian scientific cooperation strengthening project “Strengthening alternative dispute resolution methods in Lithuania and Ukraine: cross-border solutions”. The project is financed by the Lithuanian and Ukrainian scientific councils. More information.
2019-2022 executor in the project “Constitutional consciousness as a means of eliminating the crisis of discourse and the lack of democracy in the European Union”. The project is financed by the funds of the Lithuanian-Polish invitation “Daina” administered by the Lithuanian Science Council. More information.
2018-2019 executor of the national research project “Preparation of the study on the application of quality standards of court procedural decisions and organization of training” (No. 10.1.4-ESFA-V-922-01-003). The project was financed by the funds of the action program of investments of European Union funds.

Membership in editorial boards

Since 2023 member of the editorial board of the legal scientific journal “Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Iuridica”.
Since 2019 member of the editorial board of the legal scientific journal “Administrative Studies”, published by the University of Szczecin (Poland).
Since 2018 member of the editorial board of the law news portal “Teise.Pro”.

Significant expert activity, membership

2020-2023 and 2024-2027 member of the Prosecutor’s Examination Commission of the Republic of Lithuania.
2018-2022 member of the Senate of Vilnius University.
2016-2019 member of the Ethics Commission of Judges of the Republic of Lithuania.
2012-2015 member of the Ethics Commission of Prosecutors of the Republic of Lithuania.
Since 2011 member of the Council of the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, 2019-2022 was as the chairperson of the Council.
Since 2011 member of the Association of European Administrative Judges.

Popularization of science