IEVA STONČIKAITĖ

Ieva Stončikaitė has a degree in English Studies (with outstanding award) and a Doctorate in Cultural and Literary Gerontology from the University of Lleida (2017). She is a member of the research group Grup Dedal-Lit, ENAS (European Network of Ageing Studies), TCAS (Trent U), and ACT (Montreal U). Ieva has participated in different research projects related with cultural and literary gerontology, as well as collaborating as a researcher in several international projects. During her doctorate studies she received two grants to carry out her research in Fribough University (Switzerland) and Peterborough University (Canada). Ieva has presented papers in national and international congresses and has published articles in journals and international volumes such as Peter Lang, Societies, Life Writing, and Educational Gerontology. Her topics of research are focused on ageing, cultural gerontology, sexuality, tourism and leisure, and gender studies. She is also a member of the Reviewer Board of the international journal Societies (ISSN 2075-4698), published quarterly by MDPI.EVA.

 ORCID: 0000-0003-1225-6137

SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT OF THIS PROJECT:

Stončikaitė, I., & Ortega Montero, Ó. "In Darkness We Meet: Annie Ernaux’s Account of Care and Dementia." The Gerontologist, 2023 (forthcoming)

Stončikaitė, I. "The ‘Inside’ of Ageing: Autoethnography in Critical Geragogy." Educational Gerontology, vol. 49, no. 9, 2023, pp. 773-789. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2022.2161036.

Stončikaitė, I. "Roald Dahl’s Eerie Landlady: A Macabre Tale of Aging." Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 62, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2022.101061.

Sanvicen-Torné, P., Stončikaitė, I., Soldevila-Benet, A., & Molina-Luque, F. "Reconstructing the Social Image of Older Women and Ageing: The Transformative Power of the Narrative Set in the Local Context." Land, vol. 11, no. 7, 2022, p. 1057. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land11071057.

Molina-Luque, F., Stončikaitė, I., Torres-González, T., & Sanvicen-Torné. "Profiguration, Active Ageing, and Creativity: Keys for Quality of Life and Overcoming Ageism."

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 3, 2022, p. 1564. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031564.

Stončikaitė, I. "Literary Mentorship on the Art of Living, Aging and Dying." Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 59, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100972.

Stončikaitė, I. "Age, Gender & Feminism: Addressing the Gap from Literary and Cultural Perspectives." Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research, vol. 22, no. 1, 2021. Special Issue: “Gender, Age and Aging,” Vidovićová, Lucie (ed.). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/gav.2021.012.

Stončikaitė, I. "Baby-Boomers Hitting the Road: The Paradoxes of the Senior Leisure Tourism." Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2021.1943419.

Stončikaitė, I. "Care, Dementia, and the Fourth Age in Erica Jong’s Later Work." The Gerontologist, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab066.

Stončikaitė, I., Social Pathologies and the Fear of Ageing in Houellebecq’s Postmodern Narrative, The Gerontologist, 2025; gnaf069, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf069.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Stončikaitė, I. "Diana Athill: Unapologetic Ageing and Daring Love for Life." Creating New Meanings for Old Age: Plans and Projects After Eighty, edited by Isabella Paoletti, Palgrave/ Springer Nature (forthcoming).

Stončikaitė, I. "Entre Pinceles y Palabras: Docencia Universitaria con Arte y Recursos Comunitarios." Aprender a Través de Las Artes en la Universidad, edited by Glòria Jové, Editorial Narcea (forthcoming).

Stončikaitė, I. "Uncanny Female Aging in Dahl’s Horror." Fear of Aging: Old Age in Horror Fiction and Film, edited by João Paulo Guimarães, Transcript Verlag (forthcoming).

Stončikaitė, I. "From Invisibility to Empowerment: The Narratives of Older Women in Moggach’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Older Women in Europe: A Human Rights-Based Approach, edited by Isabella Paoletti, Routledge, 2022, pp. 125-144. (ISBN: 9781032261157).

Stončikaitė, I. "Ageing, Creativity, and Memory: The Evolution of Erica Jong’s Literary Career." Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives, edited by Margaret O’Neill and Michalea Schrage-Früh, Routledge, 2021, pp. 25-36. (ISBN 9780367562168). Originally published in Life Writing, vol. 16, no. 1, 2018.