Ieva Stončikaitė holds a PhD in Cultural & Literary Gerontology and English Studies. She is currently a Postdoc and English literature instructor at the Dep. of Humanities at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF, Barcelona). Ieva is also a member of the research group CELCA-Dedal-Lit (University of Lleida) and ENAS. Her areas of academic focus include literary and cultural representations of ageing, medical, spa and leisure tourism, dementia and care, age-friendly higher education and travel writing.