Ieva Stončikaitė is a postdoctoral researcher and English literature lecturer at the Department of Humanities at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF, Barcelona). She holds a PhD (2017) in Cultural & Literary Gerontology from the University of Lleida (Spain). Ieva conducted part of her PhD research at Fribourg University (Switzerland) and TCAS at Trent University (Canada). Her main research areas include literary and cultural representations of ageing, medical humanities, dementia ethics and care, age-friendly higher education, and travel writing. Ieva is actively involved in several research projects, networks, and COST Actions in age studies. She is also a member of the research group CELCA (Center of Literatures and Cultures in English) at the University of Lleida. So far, Ieva has presented her research at over 30 international conferences and delivered several guest lectures and seminars. Her articles appear in journals such as The Gerontologist, Journal of Aging Studies, Educational Gerontology, and Life Writing, and in edited collections with Routledge and Palgrave. In November 2023, Ieva was invited by the UNITED NATIONS International Institute on Ageing to deliver training, organised in collaboration with the University of Malta and Maltese care homes.
