Lisa Grans

Lisa Grans is a postdoctoral researcher and project researcher at the Institute of Human Rights under Åbo Akademi University's Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Law. Her work focuses on intersections between human rights law, criminal law, and gender-based violence, particularly forced marriage and domestic violence. She collaborates on projects like ROVU (vulnerability in human rights contexts) and FRANET (EU fundamental rights research).

• Research Interests: European human rights law, forced marriage criminalization, domestic violence jurisprudence, vulnerability frameworks
• Projects: ROVU (2021-2025), Human Rights Cities (2021-2022), IDA (data intimacy, 2019-2025), FRANET (2019-2022), MONIerko (2017-2022)

Her recent publications analyze legal interpretations of forced marriage in Europe (2024) and vulnerability's impact on state obligations in domestic violence cases (2025). Grans frequently presents at conferences, including keynotes on gender-based violence (2025) and workshops on forced marriage definitions (2024). She provides legal expertise through official statements to governmental bodies. Email: lisa.grans@abo.fi