Professor
School of Social Work, Vytautas Magnus University
Jonas Ruškus, Ph.D. is a professor at Social Work Department at Vytautas Magnus University
in Kaunas, Lithuania. He teaches social work, disability and human rights across different
levels, from undergraduate students to PhD scholars. Jonas Ruškus has also been an expert
member and vice-chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the
United Nations (2015-2022). He is also a board member of Kaunas l'Arche Community,
member of Council of Lithuanian Human Rights Centre, also member and former Chair of
Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO. In the past, he has worked as social pedagogue
in psychological-pedagogical service in Šiauliai, Lithuania, and also as a social worker with
people with intellectual disabilities in l'Arche Community in Trosly-Breuil, France.
jonas.ruskus@vdu.lt.
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