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  • Egle Sumskiene
  • Vilnius University, Faculty of Philosophy
  • Vilnius, VILNIAUS APSKRITIS, Lithuania

Egle Sumskiene is a social worker, sociologist and expert on disability, mental health and human rights issues. She completed her PhD on the topic “From traditional to modern care: case of persons with psychosocial disabilities”. Since 2002 E. Sumskiene works for Vilnius University Social Work department as a lecturer, in 2012 she took a position of associated professor. E. Sumskiene is actively working in Lithuanian NGO sector, focusing on mental health and human rights. During this period as an expert she was involved in various international and national projects focusing on such areas as human rights and disability, discrimination, mental health care, policy, social integration of people with psychosocial disabilities. She is editor of one monograph and author of over 20 scientific publications covering issues of human rights and mental health.

 

Contributions

Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI) -- a Global Resource

Abstract Advocacy for Children with Intellectual Disabilities : The Case of the Baltic States Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI) -- a Global Resource

Abstract Challenges of Prolonged Transition from Totalitarian System to Liberal Democracy: A Case of Care for Persons with Mental Disabilities. Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI) -- a Global Resource

Abstract Giving a Voice to Individuals with Psychosocial Disabilities: Services of Patients’ Trust Person in Lithuanian Psychiatric Hospitals* Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI) -- a Global Resource

Abstract P.S. for Post-Soviet: A Glimpse to a Life of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI) -- a Global Resource

Abstract Sexuality of ‘Dehumanized People’ across Post-Soviet Countries: Patterns from Closed Residential Care Institutions in Lithuania Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI) -- a Global Resource

5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

SessionOral

Abstract Maternal Struggles and Institutional Decisions in the Context of Child Removal from Mothers with Intellectual and Psychosocial Disabilities 5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)

Abstract Changing Geographies of Stigma Following Deinstitutionalization XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)

XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018)

Abstract Challenges of Mental Health Care System Surveillance in Lithuania XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018)

XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)

SessionRoundtable

Abstract A Glimpse into the Invisible Life of Working Mothers with Disabilities XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (June 25-July 1, 2023)