Laura Alciauskaite

Current occupation

Psychologist | Youth trainer | Researcher | PhD student | Human Rights activist

Work experience

1. FREELANCE YOUTH TRAINER [ 2014 – Current ]
- Delivering trainings and workshops for young people on topics of human rights education, social inclusions, mental
health awareness, peace education and youth empowerment;
- Advocating for human rights for youngster with fewer opportunities, esp. persons with different disabilities.

2. PSYCHOLOGIST/FACILITATOR
University of Dundee [ 2021 – Current ]
- Delivering weekly expressive writing workshops for Human Rights defenders under the Scottish Human Rights Defender Fellowship Programme;
- Providing emotional support to the Human Rights defenders.

3. REGIONAL CONSULTANT OF ERASMUS+ AND ESC PROGRAMMES
Agency of Youth Affairs (Lithuanian National Agency) [ 2022 – Current ]
- Providing guidance and consultations to youth NGOs in Telsiai region for Erasmus+ (KA1 & KA2) and ESC programmes

4. DIRECTOR
NGO "The Fifth Corner" [ 2021 – Current ]
- Running local and international activities on human rights education, social inclusion, social psychology;
- Working under KA1 and KA2 projects of Erasmus+ programme;
- Running study sessions in co-operation with Youth Department of Council of Europe & European Youth Foundation.

5. PROJECT COORDINATOR
ENIL [ 02/2020 – 03/2023 ]
Brussels, Belgium
- Coordinating the TRIPS project (Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme; GA no. 875588);
- Implementing qualitative and quantitative user research and need identification;
- Co-writing the research papers and disseminating the results in conferences and other events;
- Developing the co-design-for-all methodology;
- Preparing policy recommendations and project deliverables.

6. PSYCHOLOGIST/JUNIOR RESEARCHER
Vytautas Magnus university [ 2014 – 2017 ]
- Providing psychological counselling to rheumatic patients with disabilities staying at Abromiškės rehabilitation hospital;
- Planning, developing and implementing scientific research using various methods of data analysis;
- Actively presenting the findings in international and national conferences and writing research papers.

7. PSYCHOLOGIST
Telsiai Crisis Center [ 2012 – 2013 ]
- Providing individual and group psychological counselling for children and adults in times of crisis;
- Working in a team of other professionals (social workers, lawyers, police).