Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Adoption law and policy
- Child protection
- Adoptee rights
- Surrogacy
- Gamete donation; the changing nature of 'the triad'
- The rights of the child
- Models for kinship care/alternatives to adoption
- The right to origin/identity
- Law and literature
Public outreach & key achievements
- Trustee with Kinship Care NI [2014-2020]
- Trustee with CASCAIDr (England) [2020 – present] – Social care law advice charity
- Key note speaker at KOROOT’s Adoption Truths Day [Seoul, Korea, Sept 2020] and at KAARN’s {Korean Adoptee Adoption Research Network} inaugural seminar series [The Right to Origin] Jan 2021 https://kaarn.org/onewebmedia/The%20Right%20to%20Origin.pdf
Research students
| PhD area | Breaking Down Barriers: Analysing the Scope of Therapeutic Jurisprudence to Promote Access to Justice for Older Female Victims of Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland |
|---|---|
| Name | Carolyn McDowell |
Discover More
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Law
- Centre for European and Transnational Legal Studies
- Human Rights Centre
Get ahead: tips on how to prepare your application to study for a PhD at QUB Law
Read our guidance on the steps in our PhD applications process and how to present your research proposal.
Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at QUB Law?
If you have already completed a PhD or are about to do so, and you are looking for a mentor for a postdoctoral fellowship in one of my areas of expertise, please get in touch via email. The School of Law has a strong track record in supporting able candidates who are working towards fellowship applications to funders such as the British Academy, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme, ESRC NINE and the Leverhulme Trust.