Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Human rights education
- Women and the law
- Legal education
Public outreach & key achievements
- Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year Finalist 2024 (only person on the shortlist from Northern Ireland).
- QUB Staff Excellence Awards Shortlisted for Outstanding Leadership 2024
- AHSS Digital Teaching Awards Teamwork Winner 2023 for the Students Skills Assistants Programme, which I direct in the Law School.
- AHSS Digital Teaching Awards Leadership and Innovation Finalist 2023 for my leadership of the Student Skills Assistants Programme in the Law School.
- Elected to the board of the National Women's Council of Ireland in both 2020 and 2022. The NWCI is Ireland's leading national representative organisation for women and women's groups, it represents over 190 groups and over 300,000 women.
- Appointed to the Governing Body of Ireland's first Technological University, Technological University Dublin in April 2021 and reappointed in June 2023. I was appointed as the Irish Minister for Further and Higher Education's nomination to the Governing Body. I also sit on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion sub committee of the Governing Body.
- Appointed to the Council of Gaisce: The President of Ireland's Award in April 2021. Appointed by the Irish Minister for Children and Equality. The President’s Award is Ireland’s national youth award and is a self-development programme for young people aged 14-25. It is offered as a programme in a number of settings including schools, prison service and probation service, and organisations working with young refugees and asylum seekers etc.
- Awarded a National Teaching Hero award by the Union of Students in Ireland and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in 2021.
- Named a Future Young Ethical Leader in Europe by the Asia Europe Foundation in October 2018.
Discover More
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Law
- Health and Human Rights Unit
- 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.