Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Mariia Mendzhul, DrSc.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Mendzhul
I.2 - Name
Mariia
I.3 - Degrees
prof., DrSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1984
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Law
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Kapitulna str., 26. 88000 Uzhhorod
I.7 - Position
Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
marija.mendzhul@uzhnu.edu.ua
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.uzhnu.edu.ua/uk/cat/flaw-urcivil/staff
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Law
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3893-4402

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Transcarpathian State University, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Law
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Institute of State and Law V.M. Koretsky NAS of Ukraine
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Law
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
Law
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Law
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
II.b - Year
2020
II.c - Study field and programme
Law

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
professor (full) Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Law 2021 - present
Associate professor Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Law 2010-2021
researcher Institute of State and Law V.M. Koretsky NAS of Ukraine 2011-2016

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Labor Law Law I. Law
Family law Law I. Law
Comparative Labor Law International Law II. Law
Comparative Family law International Law II. Law
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Comparative Labor Law II. Law
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
International Law Law
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
4
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
14
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
19
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Comparative Family law International Law II. Law

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
318
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
162
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
SCO SCOPUS: 13; WOS CC Web of Science Core Collection: 2;
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
SCO SCOPUS: 12 WOS CC; Web of Science Core Collection: 2;
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
697
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
491
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
SCO SCOPUS: 2; WOS CC Web of Science Core Collection: 1;
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
SCO SCOPUS: 2; WOS CC Web of Science Core Collection: 1;
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1/0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1/0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Mendzhul M. V., Mulesa O. Yu. Guaranteeing information security during cross-border cooperation of territorial communities, taking into account the risks of martial law / Activities of law enforcement agencies to ensure public safety and order during the legal regime of martial law : Scientific monograph. Riga, Latvia : «Baltija Publishing», 2024. 476 p. (Р. 145-159.) DOI https://doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-442-9-9 .

2

Yaroslav Lazur, Mariya Mendzhul and Yuliia Fetko. Comparative legal research of cross border cooperation of higher education institutions: monograph /according to the general edition Dr.Sc. Prof. Yaroslav Lazur and Dr.Sc. Prof. Mariya Mendzhul. Uzhhorod Publishing House: LLC RIC-U. 2024. 128 p.

3

Marija V. Mendzhul, Viktoria V. Nadon, Arsen M. Isaiev, Viktorija V. Hetsko & Alina V. Hus. Ukraine’s Fulfilment of its Obligations to Protect the Rights of Children Victims of International Abduction. Pakistan Journal of Criminology. Vol. 15, No. 02, April-June 2023. Р. 49-60.

4

Viktoriia V Nadon, Marija V Mendzhul, Alina V Hus. APPLICATION OF SURROGACY TECHNOLOGY BY FOREIGNERS IN UKRAINE (LEGAL CONFLICT). Wiadomości Lekarskie, 2023;76(8):1819-1825. doi: 10.36740/WLek202308117.

5

Viktoriia V. Nadon, Marija V. Mendzhul, Olga I. Kotlyar. Legal basis for the use of assisted reproductive technologies: a comparative analysis of the legislation of Ukraine and European states. Wiadomości Lekarskie, NOVEMBER 2021. VOLUME LXXIV, ISSUE 11 PART 2, Р. 3021-3024. DOI: 10.36740/WLek202111227.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Marija V. Mendzhul, Viktoriia V. Nadon, Zhanna O. Rekova. Protection of the rights of children born by surrogate mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wiadomości Lekarskie, NOVEMBER 2021. VOLUME LXXIV, ISSUE 11, PART 2, Р. 2999-3003. DOI: 10.36740/WLek202111223

2

Oleksandr Bilash, Mariya Mendzhul. Religious holidays in the legislation of Ukraine. Rocznik Teologiczny. LXIII – z. 4/2021. s. 1425-1440. DOI: 10.36124/rt.2021.48

3

Mendzhul Marija. MARRIAGE AFTER DEATH: LEGAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS (COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS). Цивілістична платформа. 2025. № 2 (5). С. 104-113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.69724/2786-8834-2025-5-2-104-113

4

Marija Mendzhul. Application of the principle of the best interests of the child and the practice of the European court of human rights during the russian war in Ukraine. Biuletyn Stowarzyszenia Absolwentów i Przyjaciół Wydziału Prawa Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego t. XVII, 19 (2) 2022, s. 171-183. https://ojs.academicon.pl/bsa/article/view/4701/5214

5

Buletsa S., Kvit N., Mendzhul M., 2022. Legal Regulation of Donating Embryos for Scientific Research and for the Infertility Treatment in Ukraine. Medical Research Archives.2022. 10(9). DOI https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i9.3070

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Mariya Mendzhul. Measures to Counter the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Permissibility of Human Rights Restrictions. Конституційно-правові академічні студії. 2021. Випуск 1. С. 26-34. DOI https://doi.org/10.24144/2663-5399.2021.1.03

2

Mendzhul M. V., Mulesa O. Yu. Guaranteeing information security during cross-border cooperation of territorial communities, taking into account the risks of martial law / Activities of law enforcement agencies to ensure public safety and order during the legal regime of martial law : Scientific monograph. Riga, Latvia : «Baltija Publishing», 2024. 476 p. (Р. 145-159.) DOI https://doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-442-9-9 . 

3

Comparative analysis on the competencies of regional and local authorities in the field of CBC of the 5 countries, 2021: https://budapest.cesci-net.eu/wp-content/uploads/_publications/CESCI-IVF_2021-Study-Comperative-analysis-authorities_EN.pdf

4

Mendzhul M. V. Рroblems of Reforming Ukrainian Family Law in the Context of European Integration and Recodification of the Civil Code of Ukraine. Juridical sciences and their role in the formation of legal culture of a modern person : collective monograph / А. А. Blinova, R. E. Ennan, K. M. Hlynyanaya, O. M. Ivanchenko, etc. Lviv-Toruń : Liha-Pres, 2019. Р. 176 – 194. DOI:10.36059/978-966-397-142-1/176-194

5

Mendzhul М. V. The General Principles of Family Law in Islamic States. Jurisprudence issues in the development of legal literacy and legal awareness of citizens : collective monograph / D. M. Bielov, S. B. Buletsa, Yu. M. Bysaga, Yu. Yu. Bysaga, etc. Lviv-Toruń : Liha-Pres, 2019. Р. 167 – 181. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36059/978-966-397-151-3/167-181

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

"Harmonization of the bar institution and resolution mechanisms in the cross-border space: European standard" (Гармонізація інституту адвокатури та механізмів вирішення у транскордонному просторі: європейський стандарт).

Project Registration Number: 2026.05/0112

Funding Entity: National Research Foundation of Ukraine (Національний фонд досліджень України).

Years: 2026–2027

Role: Principal Investigator / Project Leader

2

Research Project on Cross-Border Academic Cooperation (2023–2024)

  • Project Title: Comparative legal research of cross-border cooperation of higher education institutions.
  • Role: Project Co-Leader / Lead Researcher (Scientific Editor).
  • Description: This project focused on the legal framework for internationalization and inter-university cooperation in the European Research Area. The key output was the comprehensive monograph published in 2024 (128 p.), which provides a roadmap for harmonizing cross-border academic activities.

3

MATRA Programme Project (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

  • Project Title: "Reinforcing the Rule of Law at the Local Level in Ukraine: The Case of the Zakarpattia Region".
  • Funding Entity: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine (MATRA Programme) / Transparency International Slovakia.
  • Years: 2024–2025
  • Role: Project Participant / Researcher (Автор дослідження: Transparency and integrity in public administration: analysis of the work of the Zakarpattia Regional Council in the conditions of war).

4

International Visegrad Fund (IVF) Grant

  • Project Title: "Comparative analysis on the competencies of regional and local authorities in the field of Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) of the 5 countries".
  • Funding Entity: International Visegrad Fund / Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives (CESCI).
  • Year: 2021
  • Role: Project Participant / National Expert.

5

International Research Initiative on Public Safety and Information Security (2023–2024)

  • Project Title: Activities of law enforcement agencies to ensure public safety and order during the legal regime of martial law.
  • Funding/Hosting Entity: "Baltija Publishing" (Riga, Latvia).
  • Role: Researcher / National Expert.
  • Description: Conducted a study on guaranteeing information security during the cross-border cooperation of territorial communities under wartime risks. The results were integrated into an international scientific monograph (2024).
6

Human Rights and Child Protection during Armed Conflict (2022–2024)

  • Project Title: Application of the principle of the best interests of the child in the context of the ECHR practice and international abductions.
  • Role: Lead Researcher / Legal Consultant.
  • Description: Focused on the legal challenges faced by children during the Russian-Ukrainian war, including international abduction and the implementation of ECHR standards. Results published in the Pakistan Journal of Criminology and Biuletyn KUL.

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law for International Relations Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Law 2025 - present
Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law for Research Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Law 2014-2017, 2021-2023
member Academic Council of the Faculty of Law, Uzhhorod National University 2014 - present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law Bratislava, Slovak Republic 1.10.2023-1.02.2024 The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic for the Support of Mobility of Students, PhD Students, University Teachers, Researchers and Artists

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-04-09