Professor Jurgita Malinauskaite
Head of Department - Brunel Law School / Professor
Summary
Jurgita Malinauskaite is Professor of Law and the Head of Brunel Law School (BLS) working at the University since January 2008. She gained her Doctorate in 2006. Jurgita is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2010 and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2019. Prior to committing herself to academia, she served as a competition lawyer at the Competition Council of Lithuania.
She previously held various positions: August 2021 to May 2023, she was the Divisional Lead for Private and Commercial Law (BLS); and the University’s Aurora Champion (2018-2021) leading and supporting Women in Academia with their career progression. Jurgita was also the Athena Swan Lead for BLS (2017-2020) where she successfully led the department to achieve an Athena Swan Bronze Award, becoming the first non-STEMM BUL department to receive this award. She was also the Associate Dean for Equality and Diversity (CBASS), 2015-2018.
Her research expertise lies in competition law, energy law, and waste law, also embracing interdisciplinary aspects. She has published three books: Merger Control in Post-Communist Countries, Routledge, 2010; Harmonisation of EU Competition Law Enforcement, Springer, 2019; and 'Sustainable Energy Technology, Business Models, and Policies Theoretical Peripheries and Practical Implications', Elsevier, 2023 (co-authored with Professor Jouhara). She has also published widely in leading journals, including: Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Energy, Energy Policy etc.
She has received a number of funding awards, including from the European Commission, Innovate UK (the UK Research and Innovation). For example, she is a Co-I of three Horizon 2020 projects: i) ETEKINA (heat pipE TECHnologies for INdustrial Applications, ) 2017-2021; ii) InComEss (Innovative Polymer-Based Composite Systems for High-Efficient Energy Scavenging and Storage) 2020-2023; and iii) iWAYS (Innovative WAter recoverY Solutions through recycling of heat, materials and water across multiple sectors); 2020-2024 No 958274.
Jurgita was a member of the Law Sub-Panel, recruited by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic for the Slovak Republic Periodic Evaluation of Research in 2022. She was the expert reviewer of funding applications submitted to the Academy of Finland, “Energy Solutions as Part of a Just Green Transition” 2023 programme of the 2023. Jurgita is also the expert reviewer of funding applications submitted to the National Science Centre, Poland and an expert panel member in 2022 and 2023.
Qualifications
B.A. in Business and Management (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania); LL.M. in Commercial Law (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania); PhD (University of Westminster)
Senior Fellow of HEA (2019); Fellow of HEA (2010)
Responsibility
Head of Brunel Law School
Newest selected publications
Soliman Hunter, T., Kraśniewski, M., Malinauskaite, J. and Czernecka, M. (2024) 'Routledge Handbook of Consumer Protection and Behaviour in Energy Markets'. Abingdon: Routledge. ISSN 10: 1-003-37588-X ISSN 13: 978-1-032-45201-2
Malinauskaite, J. and Rab, S. (2024) 'Consumer Protection in the UK Energy Sector', in Soliman Hunter, T., Kraśniewski, M., Malinauskaite, J. and Czarnecka, M. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Consumer Protection and Behaviour in Energy Markets. Abingdon : Routledge. pp. 81 - 93. ISBN 10: 1-003-37588-X. ISBN 13: 978-1-032-45201-2.
Malinauskaite, J. (2024) '“Greenwashing” in the EU, the selected EU Member States and the UK', in Soliman Hunter, T., Kraśniewski, M., Malinauskaite, J. and Czarnecka, M. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Consumer Protection and Behaviour in Energy Markets. Abingdon : Routledge. pp. 54 - 66. ISBN 10: 1-003-37588-X. ISBN 13: 978-1-032-45201-2.
Malinauskaite, J. and Jouhara, H. (2023) 'Sustainable Energy Technology, Business Models, and Policies: Theoretical Peripheries and Practical Implications'. New York, NY, USA; Oxford, UK: Elsevier. ISSN 10: 0-443-18455-0 ISSN 13: 978-0-443-18454-3
Malinauskaite, J. (2023) ''. Global Energy Law and Sustainability, 4 (1-2). pp. 238 - 242. ISSN: 2632-4512