Julia Korkman
Senior Programme Officer
Julia Korkman is an adjunct professor (docent) in legal psychology. She has led several large research projects in the field of legal psychology and is a co-leader of the research group in legal psychology at Åbo Akademi unviersity. She has expertise in, among other things, investigative interviewing and assessing witnesses in legal processes, investigating alleged cases of crimes against children, eyewitness identifications, factors associated with rape victims’ tendencies to make police reports and asylum processes. At HEUNI, Dr Korkman is responsible for the planning and implementation of HEUNI's EU and other international and national projects, especially regarding the rights of victims of crime, the fight against violence against women and developing the criminal justice process in an evidence-based and humane way. From July 2023, Dr Korkman is the President of the European Association of Psychology and Law.
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- Telephone+358 503471104

Writings, projects and publications
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SARAH: Safe, Aware, Resilient, Able and Heard – protecting and supporting migrant women victims of gender-based violence
2021 - 2022The SARAH project will raise awareness on gender-based violence and on victims’ rights among migrant populations, and awareness of the challenges migrant populations face in accessing victim...
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EASY. Increasing dialogue, awareness, and victim-centred support for victims of forced marriages
2023 - ongoingThe CERV-funded EASY project (“It is never easy to talk about this” – Increasing dialogue, awareness, and victim-centred support for victims of forced marriages) aims to increase community...
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Published in 2022
”You hear my concern and help me think of solutions”
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Julia Korkman, Inka LiljaRead More -
Published in 2022
Step Forward: A tool for developing an organisational strategy to provide victim-centred support for migrant women victims of gender-based violence
Authors
Inka Lilja, Anni Lietonen, Julia KorkmanRead More