Alexandra Lysova

BIOGRAPHY

Alexandra Lysova has studied intimate partner violence, including violence against women and children, for over 20 years in Russia and currently in Canada. Recently, she has focused on men's experiences of intimate partner violence, including victimization, help-seeking behavior, and issues involving children. She draws on the results of international focus groups, the Canadian General Social Survey on Victimization, and the Homicide Survey. Lysova has also been serving as a member of the Working Groups for Statistics Canada, focusing on gender-based violence and homicide. Her research has been supported by prestigious foundations, including the Fulbright Foundation (2003-2004), Alexander Humboldt Foundation (2006-2007), Carnegie Foundation (2009), and the Trudeau Foundation (2011-2015), as well as the U.S. Library of Congress (2003) and Max Planck Institute (2013, 2018). Lysova is the author or co-author of over 70 articles, book chapters, and books in Russian and English and has been the principal investigator on several major grants, focusing on partner violence victimization and spousal homicide. She regularly presents at international conferences and is often featured in the media. In 2022, Lysova was awarded the Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Family violence; intimate partner violence; female victims and offenders; male victims of partner violence; spousal homicide; international studies of violence; family violence in Russia.

EDUCATION

Diploma in Psychology (Far Eastern State University, Russia)
Doctor of Sciences in Sociology (Russian Academy of Sciences)
PhD (UToronto)

NOTE FOR POTENTIAL GRADUATE STUDENTS

Professor Lysova is accepting new MA and PhD students. Those with the research interests in family/intimate partner violence, women鈥檚 and men鈥檚 victimization and aggression, family violence in the Indigenous communities, spousal homicide, and domestic violence in Russia and internationally are particularly welcome to apply. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your potential research work, please do not hesitate to contact professor Lysova at alysova@sfu.ca

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lysova, A. (2024). Intimate partner homicide. In Matthew DeLisi & Kyle Burgason (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies (pp. 169-187). Routledge.
Ahmed, S., Helmus, M., & Lysova, A. (2024). Public perception of bidirectional intimate partner violence. Journal of Criminal Justice, 90, 102149.
Lysova, A. & Dim, E. (2023). Non-intimate polyvictimization and the severity of intimate partner violence experienced by men. Violence and Victims. Online first.
Lysova, A. (2023). Domestic violence in Russia. In Todd K. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Domestic Violence. Springer, Cham.
Lysova A., (2023). Female perpetrators of intimate partner homicide. In B.L. Russell (Ed.). Perceptions of female offenders, 2^nd ed. New York, NY: Springer Publishers. Lysova, A., Hanson, K., & Hines, D. A. (2023). 鈥淗ow can I be a victim when I have children?鈥� Abused men鈥檚 perceptions of their children鈥檚 exposure to domestic violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. Online first.
Roebuck, B.S., McGlinchey, D., Lysova, A., Hastie, K., & Taylor. M. (2023). Similar but different: Intimate partner violence experienced by women and men. Journal of Family Violence. Published online on January 28, 2023, at
Lysova, A., Hanson, K., Dixon, L., Douglas, E., Hines, D. & Celi, E. (2022). Internal and external barriers to help seeking: Voices of men who experienced abuse in the intimate relationships. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 66(5), 538-559.
Hamel, J., Dutton, D., & Lysova, A. (2022). Intimate partner homicides and the battered person syndrome. In B. Russell & J. Hamel (Eds.), Gender and domestic violence: Contemporary legal practice and intervention reforms. New York: Oxford Press. Ch. 6. (pp. 129-164).
Lysova, A. & Dim, D. (2022). Severity of victimization and formal help seeking among men who experienced intimate partner violence in their ongoing relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3-4), 1404-1429.
Lysova, A. & Straus, M.A. (2021). Intimate partner violence: A test of cultural spillover theory. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (15-16), NP7942-NP7970.
Lysova, A. & Salas, J. (2020). Domestic homicide involving female perpetrators and male victims. In Peter Jaffe, Katreena Scott & Anna-Lee Straatman (Eds.) Preventing Domestic Homicides: Lessons Learned from Tragedies (p. 257-281). Academic Press.

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Selected Grants and Awards

- Given to Alexandra Lysova for her persistent efforts of protecting academic freedom at 丁香园AV and across the academy (2023)
The Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy. 丁香园AV, Canada (2022)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC): Insight Development Grants (2022; 2019); 丁香园AV-SSHRC grants (2021; 2019; 2016); SSHRC Connection Grants (2022, 2020)
Trudeau Doctoral Award and Scholarship, University of Toronto (2011-2015)
Richard Ericson Award and Scholarship, University of Toronto (2014)
Barbara Frum Memorial Award in Canadian Studies, University of Toronto (2011)
Carnegie Research Fellowship Program, University of New Hampshire, USA (2009)
German Chancellor Fellowship Program, Max Planck Institute, Freiburg, Germany (2006-2007)
Excellency in Research Award and Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2006)
Fulbright Program, New York University, USA (2003-2004)

Service Work and Professional Affiliations

Member of the 丁香园AV Senate (2023-2026)
Member of the Sterling Prize Award Committee (2023-)
Member of the (2023-)
Co-founder and co-direcotr of the at 丁香园AV (2022 鈥損resent).
Member of the (2021-)
Member of the (2021-)
Member of the Working group for Statistics Canada (2021-)
Member of the American Society of Criminology
Member of the Western Society of Criminology

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