{"id":21294,"date":"2026-01-26T13:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teise.org\/?post_type=darbuotojai&p=21294"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:37:42","slug":"dr-mindaugas-lankauskas","status":"publish","type":"darbuotojai","link":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/darbuotojai\/dr-mindaugas-lankauskas\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mindaugas Lankauskas<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Started working at the Institute \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>since 2005-05-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drug policy and control, Organized crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International scientific profiles:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publications:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Principal publications (from 2018):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bikelis, S., Lankauskas, M. (2024), Penal Response to Less Serious Drug Distribution Offenses: The Case of Lithuania in the Regional Context. Baltic Journal of Law & Politics<\/em>, 17(1), 163-180.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lankauskas, M. (2023),How Does Themis Weigh Drugs? Peculiarities of the Legal Regulation of the Determination of Quantities of Some Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances in Lithuania. Criminological studies<\/em>, 11, 80-98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lankauskas, M. (2022), Drugs and Imprisonment: Criminological Features of Punishing for the Possession of Narcotic or Psychotropic Substances and Peculiarities of Drug Use in Prisons<\/em>. Monograph. Vilnius: Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences. 131 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lankauskas, M., Gutauskas, A. (2022), Chasing the High: Drug Users as a Vulnerable Group in Lithuania. Springer, Cham. In book: Legal Protection of Vulnerable Groups in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland<\/a><\/strong>. Trends and Perspectives \/ Edited by Agn\u0117 Limant\u0117 and Dovil\u0117 P\u016brait\u0117-Andrikien\u0117, p. 309\u2013325. Springer, Cham<\/em>, vol 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lankauskas, M. (2021), Cannabis use formedicinal purposes: peculiarities, challenges and perspectives on legal regulation in Lithuania and other countries. Monograph. Law Institute of Lithuania<\/i>, 139 p. eISBN: 978-9986-704-70-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lankauskas, M. (2019), Corruption and media sector: corruption prevention via strengthening press freedom. Teis\u0117s problemos: mokslo darbai, <\/i>2019, 97, 1, p. 71-102. Vilnius: Lietuvos teis\u0117s institutas<\/i>. eISSN 2351-6364.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lankauskas, M. (2018), Corruption and lack of transparency in Lithuanian media. Teis\u0117s problemos: mokslo darbai, <\/i>2018, 96, 2, p. 21-43. Lietuvos teis\u0117s institutas<\/i>. eISSN 2351-6364.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Projects:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020-2022, Post-Doctoral Fellowship \u201cNarcotic and Psychotropic Substance Use in Prisons in Lithuania: Causes, Challenges and Solutions\u201d. Project implemented at Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences. Budget: 66499.55 EUR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other academic activities:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 \u2013 Present, Assistant professor. Vilnius University, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Department of Criminology, Vilnius, Lithuania. Teaching BA courses \u201cDrug social problems and control\u201d, \u201cTransnational organized crime\u201d and MA course \u201cCorporate crime\u201d for students of Criminology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentations at Conferences (from 2018):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022, \u201eDecriminalization of drug possession in Lithuania: recent developments and future prospects\u201c. 22st annual conference of European Society of Criminology.<\/i> 22 September 2022, Malaga, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022, \u201eDrug (de)criminalization in Lithuania: proposals and solutions\u201c. International scientific conference \u201eEuropean Trends and Challenges in the Criminal Policy\u201c<\/i>. 29 April 2022, Kaunas, Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021, \u201cNarcotic and Psychotropic Substance Use in Prisons in Lithuania: Causes, Challenges and Solutions\u201d. 21st annual conference of European Society of Criminology<\/i>. Poster presentation, 10 September 2021, Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019, \u201eEscalation of Drug Scares in the Context of NPS\u201c. Narcomap project final conference. 7 April 2019, Vilnius, Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019, \u201eFears of drugs in the Lithuanian media (Narkotik\u0173 baim\u0117s Lietuvos \u017einiasklaidoje)\u201c. Scientific practical conference \u201eCrime and the media: the unbearable ease of being or the mad rush of life? (Nusikaltimai ir medijos: nepakeliamas b\u016bties lengvumas ar beproti\u0161ka gyvenimo skuba?)\u201c<\/i>, organized by Lithuanian Association of Criminologists and Vilnius University. 5 April 2019, Vilnius, Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Visits:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2022, University of Tartu School of Law. Tallin, Estonia. Visiting scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memberships<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional Associations:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of Lithuanian Association of Criminologists, Member of European Society of Criminology, European Society for Social Drug Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science Promotion (from 2018):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022, Interview about the drug use in Lithuanian prisons<\/a><\/strong>. LRT, October 26, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022, Interview about the drug use tendencies in Vilnius city<\/a><\/strong>. LRT, August 18, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021, Interview about the criminological features of drug criminalization in Lithuania<\/a><\/strong>. LRT, October 17, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021, Interview about drug decriminalization plans in Lithuania<\/a><\/strong>. 15min, March 20, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020, Participation in the press conference \u201eHealth instead prison \u2013 drug decriminalization in Lithuania\u201c<\/a><\/strong>. Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, December 9, 2020.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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