State tax university
PhD in Law, Docent, Head of the Department Olena Kalhanova
Kalhanova Olena Anatoliivna
Position: Head of the Department of Financial Investigations and Economic Security
Academic degree: Candidate of Juridical Sciences (PhD in Law)
Academic title: Docent
Profile in Google Academy: https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?hl=uk&user=HOokRRUAAAAJ
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7933-7498
- In 2004, she graduated from the National Academy of the State Tax Service of Ukraine with a degree in Law.
- In 2022, she graduated from the State Tax University and received a master’s degree (field of knowledge «Education / Pedagogy»).
- In 2007, she defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Juridical Sciences (PhD in Law) in the specialty 12.00.09 – Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics; Forensic Expertise; Operational and Investigative Activities on the topic: «Procedural and Legal Principles of Participation of Foreign Citizens in Criminal Procedure of Ukraine».
- In 2010, she was awarded the academic title of Docent of the Department of Criminal Law, Procedure and Criminalistics of the National University of the State Tax Service of Ukraine.
- She is working on dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Law.
Advanced training and internships:
- International Standards for the Protection of Human Rights (Varna Free University named after «Chornoriztsya Hrabra», Bulgaria, 2019).
- Improving the work of law enforcement agencies in parallel financial investigations in Ukraine (State Institution of Postgraduate Education «Academy of Financial Monitoring», 2020).
- Obtaining a certificate as a specialist in the investigation of international crimes and corruption (Economic Crime Academy, City of London Police, UK, 2020).
- Strengthening teaching and organizational management in universities (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
- Critical Thinking for Educators (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
- Academic Integrity: an online course for teachers (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
- Professional Development of Teachers: New Requirements and Opportunities (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
- Counteracting and preventing bullying (harassment) in educational institutions (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
- Fundamentals of testology and test task development (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2021).
- Communication on National Communities for Police and Prosecutor’s Offices (course of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, 2022).
- Civil Defense and Protection in Emergency Situations (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2022).
- Critical Thinking in the Ukrainian Context (online course on the Prometheus platform (under the grant component of the EU4USociety project), 2022).
- Educational project on crypto literacy and blockchain. Module 1 (Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, 2023).
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Training Certificate (UNODC and the SFMS, 2023).
- Legal Competence in the Era of Digital Transformation (Center for Ukrainian and European Cooperation, 2024).
- Information security (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2024).
- Corruption-off: how to deal with corruption risks in higher education (project «Anti-Corruption Compliance in Higher Education: Foreign Experience and National Practice» (supported by USAID), 2024).
- 6 steps to integrity: from theory to practice (NACP training course, 2024).
- Training of Trainers on Asset Recovery and Financial Investigations (EUAM, ARMA, 2024).
Research interests:
- financial investigations;
- combating the legalization (laundering) of the proceeds of crime;
- international cooperation in criminal procedure.
Scientific activity:
- author and co-author of more than 100 scientific and educational works, including one single monograph «Procedural and Legal Principles of Participation of Foreign Citizens in Criminal Procedure of Ukraine» (2009); three collective monographs: «Role of the media in the fight against criminality» (2013), «Professional criminality in the sphere of economy of Ukraine and the corruption phenomenon: dialectics of intercommunication» (2014), «Methodology and scientific foundation of modern jurisprudence» (2020);
- three textbooks (co-authored): «Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine» (2009), «History of State and Law of Foreign Countries (in definitions and diagrams)» (2014), «Theory of Judicial Evidence (in tables and diagrams)» (2019); 37 articles in professional journals; two articles in journals indexed in Scopus;
- has 5 copyright certificates.
Academic disciplines taught:
- «Actual problems of organization of financial investigations»;
- «Investigation of legalization (laundering) of proceeds of crime»;
- «International cooperation in criminal procedure»;
- «International cooperation in financial investigations».
Contacts:
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