Research and methodological work

3 June 2021. Tenth international academic and practical conference at the Russian State University of Justice.

The programme lists Natalya Vysotskaya among discussion participants at Round Table No. 4 on the balance of public and private interests in bankruptcy.

On 22 December 2021, an online thematic conference at Moscow State University’s Faculty of Law addressed psychological and legal support for family disputes resolved in court.

The keynote report was delivered by Natalya Konstantinovna Kharitonova, professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences and head of the Civil Proceedings Expert Examination Department at the V. P. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology.

Natalya Konstantinovna discussed the problems of combined psychological and psychiatric expert examinations in court disputes over children's upbringing, conducted at the V. P. Serbsky Centre since 2004. Our guest described the nuances of examinations involving high-conflict families and highlighted psychologists' substantial role in this type of assessment. Their tasks include, in particular, establishing children's attachment to their parents, identifying parents' true attitudes towards their children, and determining whether a child has been psychologically influenced by the parent with whom they live. N. K. Kharitonova expressed hope for further integrated development of research into parent–child relationships through joint efforts by researchers and practitioners, involving both lawyers and experts from other disciplines, particularly linguists.

All-Russian round table. Organizers: the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University together with the International Association of Experts in Psychology and Law. 17 April 2024.

Speakers will include:

— Tatyana Sergeyevna Gerasimenko, clinical psychologist, Gestalt therapist, educational psychologist, and lecturer at the Imaton Institute teaching her own programme ‘Structure of Support for a Family Experiencing a High-Conflict Divorce’. Head of the METOD Counselling and Expert Assessment Centre and author of ‘A Respectful Divorce: How to Protect Your Child from Trauma and Overcome the Crisis Yourself’, nominated for the Golden Psyche award for Best Psychology Book of 2021 (St Petersburg).

— Olga Andreyevna Kamenskaya, lawyer and family-law advocate with the Moscow Regional Bar Association, certified mediator, promoter of legal literacy and mediation culture, and specialist at the METHOD Centre for Psychological Counselling and Expert Assessment, St Petersburg.

— Elena Igorevna Yan, Candidate of Legal Sciences, qualified psychologist, neurokinesiologist, business coach, trainer, media expert, Skolkovo Women Club resident and IAEPL member (Moscow).

— Natalya Anatolyevna Vysotskaya, lawyer, psychologist and educator; director of the Centre for the Protection of Children’s and Family Rights, the Centre for Family Relationship Research and Forensic Psychological Examination, and the Znayka children’s centre; IAEPL member (Novosibirsk).

The following topics are planned for discussion at the conference:

Practical issues in investigating crimes committed using information and telecommunications technologies.

— current ways to combat cyber fraud;

— problems in expert assessment of victims in fraud cases involving information technology;

Issues of protecting participants’ rights in proceedings involving digital crimes.

From 15 to 19 July, Natalya Anatolyevna Vysotskaya completed a placement at the F. A. Usoltsev Central Clinical Psychiatric Hospital (TsKPB). The placement presented approaches to organizing the hospital’s psychological and psychiatric examinations in criminal and civil cases. It was organized by the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University and the International Association of Experts in Psychology and Law.

On 21 January 2025, N. A. Vysotskaya took part in the round table ‘Current Issues in Forensic Psychological and Psychiatric Examinations in Fraud Cases’. It was organized by the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University (Department of Criminalistics) and the International Association of Experts in Psychology and Law (IAEPL).

Speakers and participants discussed the following issues:

— new expert assessment tasks and solutions in criminal fraud cases;

— current problems in expert decisions in civil cases involving disposal of property;

— the limits of competence of forensic experts and independent specialists when conducting examinations or assessments;

Issues in legally resolving disputed transactions entered into under deception, violence, threats or adverse circumstances.

All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference. Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 30 January–1 February 2025.

The Civil Law section programme for 31 January lists Natalya Vysotskaya's report, Current Issues in Psychologists' Participation in Disputes over Children's Upbringing.

On 26 February 2025, Natalya Vysotskaya presented "A Psychologist's Reports Outside Procedural Frameworks: Problems and Prospects" and helped conduct an all-Russian round table. The event marked the 270th anniversary of Moscow University and its Faculty of Law. It was organised by Lomonosov Moscow State University's Faculty of Law, Department of Criminalistics, and the International Association of Experts in Psychology and Law (IAEPL).

Speakers and participants discussed the following issues:

— Non-procedural opinions of a specialist psychologist: legal status, requirements and problems

Forensic examinations in child-upbringing disputes: appointment, conduct and results

— The role of the court in appointing a forensic examination: problems and prospects

Legally relevant facts requiring proof in parent–child disputes

— Evidence and defence strategy in court disputes concerning children's upbringing

— Problems in conducting forensic examinations in disputes concerning children’s upbringing when a legal representative is detained or serving a sentence in criminal proceedings