She defended the candidate’s dissertation on “Citizens’ Right to a Healthy Environment in the USSR” (thesis supervisor – Prof. V.V.
Vasilieva was awarded the academic title of associate professor by the decision of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation on February 18, 1998.
Vasilieva worked at the Faculty of Law of Tver State University as associate professor from September 1, 1990, to October 31, 2000.
[9] She took part in developing and examining a number of federal and regional acts of legislation as an expert and a member of working groups.
Vasilieva is the author of the draft concepts and text of the Federal Law “On Compensation for the Damage Caused to Public Health by the Negative Effect of Environment” and the draft of the Russian Federation entity model law “On Environmental Protection.” She is also a member of several environmental protection research projects implemented by the Center for Russian Environmental Policy, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Wildlife Fund, and other organizations.
Selected papers: Professor Mariya Vasilieva, Doctor of Juridical Science, is also co-author of the Russian-German textbook “Energy Law of Russia and Germany” (Vasilyeva M. Ecologische Anforderungen an Energieanlagen (Kraftwerke und Nutze) // Handbuch zum deutsch-russischen Energierecht (Herausgegeben von Franz Jürgen Säcker) // Verlag C.H.Beck Munchen.