Kalhanova Olena Anatoliivna

Position: Head of the Department

Academic degree: Candidate in Law Sciences (Ph.D)

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 in Law 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 in Law.

Advanced training and internships:

1. International Standards for the Protection of Human Rights (Varna Free University named after «Chornoriztsya Hrabra», Bulgaria, 2019).
2. Improving the work of law enforcement agencies in parallel financial investigations in Ukraine (State Institution of Postgraduate Education «Academy of Financial Monitoring», 2020).
3. Obtaining a certificate as a specialist in the investigation of international crimes and corruption (Economic Crime Academy, City of London Police, UK, 2020).
4. Strengthening teaching and organizational management in universities (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
5. Critical Thinking for Educators (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
6. Academic Integrity: an online course for teachers (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
7. Professional Development of Teachers: New Requirements and Opportunities (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
8. Counteracting and preventing bullying (harassment) in educational institutions (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2021).
9. Fundamentals of testology and test task development (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2021).
10. Communication on National Communities for Police and Prosecutor’s Offices (course of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, 2022).
11. Civil Defense and Protection in Emergency Situations (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2022).
12. Critical Thinking in the Ukrainian Context (online course on the Prometheus platform (under the grant component of the EU4USociety project), 2022).
13. Educational project on crypto literacy and blockchain. Module 1 (Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, 2023).
14. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Training Certificate (UNODC and the SFMS, 2023).
15. Legal Competence in the Era of Digital Transformation (Center for Ukrainian and European Cooperation, 2024).
16. Information security (online course on the Prometheus platform, 2024).
17. 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).
18. 6 steps to integrity: from theory to practice (NACP training course, 2024).
19. Training of Trainers on Asset Recovery and Financial Investigations (EUAM, ARMA, 2024).

Field of scientific 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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