Categoría: Profesora Ayudante Doctora
Departamento: Sociología y Trabajo Social
Área: Sociología
Despacho: Despacho nº1, Ala 3, Planta 2ª, Departamento de Sociología, Facultad de Economía y Empresa
Correo: doblytesigita@uniovi.es 

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Research interests

• Medical sociology
• Sociological theory
• Social policy
• Mental health
• Suicide
• Health inequalities

Short Bio

Sigita is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo. Her research delves into the interplay between institutions, culture, and individual agency, and how these dynamics shape social practices and processes such as the medicalisation of social suffering or suicide. Her academic journey includes research stays at the University of Iceland, NOVA University Lisbon, and the University of Edinburgh. Her PhD thesis, titled “A matter of context: Cultural and institutional influences on healthcare seeking for mental distress in Lithuania and Spain” and defended in September 2021, received recognition with the Extraordinary Doctoral Award and International Mention. She also holds Bachelor’s (Vilnius University, Lithuania) and Master’s (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania) degrees in Sociology, as well as Master’s degree in Research and Advances in Preventive Medicine and Public Health (University of Granada, Spain).

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