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Research Interests
Kathryn is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law. Her research intersects the areas of international human rights theory and practice, feminist and gender scholarship, and critical legal theory. She is particularly interested in gendered and critical engagements with the theoretical underpinnings and everyday activity of human rights.
Kathryn is the author of a monograph titled Human Rights and Radical Social Transformation: Futurity, Alterity, Power which was shortlisted for the 2018 Hart-SLSA Early Career Prize. In 2019-20 Kathryn was awared a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to investigate issues of time and materiality in international human rights law monitoring. In 2018 Kathryn was awarded the QUB Vice Chancellor's Early Career Research Prize. This University-wide Prize recognises a scholar whose research demonstrates outstanding significance and excellence in the first 5 years of their career.
Kathryn's work has been presented widely including as a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies at the University of British Columbia, funded by the County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary, and in conversation with Professor Judith Butler at LSE School of Law in February 2015. In September 2016 Kathryn was a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto.
Kathryn is a contributor to a number of collaborative research initiatives. These include the Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments Project, a venture between academics and legal practitioners which sought to bring a feminist methodology to bear on key cases in Northern/Irish law.
Kathryn is an Editorial Board Member of the leading UK feminist law journal, Feminist Legal Studies. She is also an Associate with Oxford Human Rights Hub.
You can follow Kathryn's research on Twitter and on academia.edu. Her work has been featured on a number of news/public engagement outlets, including The Conversation, The Independent and LSE Politics and Policy.
Teaching
Kathryn teaches in the areas of Legal Theory, Human Rights, Gender and Law, and Equity.
Other
Kathryn is the Director of Research in the School of Law.
Her previous leadership roles include Athena SWAN Champion. In 2018 Kathryn led the School of Law's successful application for a Bronze Athena SWAN Award. This national Award recognises the School's commitment to gender equality and addressing of challenges in this area.
As Athena SWAN Champion Kathryn led development of the School's artwork installation and companion text 'Women in Law: It's Hard to Be What You Can't See' in collaboration with local artist, Susie Rea.
Kathryn was awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award for her work in this area at the Queen's Staff Excellence Awards 2018.
Further information on Athena SWAN can be found here.
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R2591LAW: Temporality and 'Things' in the Practice of International Human Rights Law
02/04/2019 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
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The Temporal Ontology of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review
McNeilly, K., 08 Jan 2021, In : Human Rights Law Review. 21, 1, ngaa043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abortion Activism, Legal Change, and Taking Feminist Law Work Seriously
Enright, M., McNeilly, K. & de Londras, F., 23 Jun 2020, In : Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. 71, 3(OA), OA7-OA33.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How Time Matters in the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review: Humans, Nonhumans, and Time Creation
McNeilly, K., 08 Dec 2020, (Accepted) In : Leiden journal of International Law.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are Rights Out of Time? International Human Rights Law, Temporality, and Radical Social Change
McNeilly, K., 05 Oct 2019, In : Social and Legal Studies. 28, 6, 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book review: Bård A Andreassen, Hans-Otto Sano and Siobhán McInerney-Lankford (eds), Research Methods in Human Rights: A Handbook (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2017)
McNeilly, K., 21 Mar 2019, In : Journal of Human Rights and the Environment. 10, 1, p. 145-148Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Prizes
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AHSS Faculty Research Initiatives Fund Award: The Time(s) and Temporality of International Human Rights Law
McNeilly, Kathryn (Recipient), 14 Dec 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AHSS Faculty Research Initiatives Fund Award: Thinking the Future For Radical Social Change: Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice
McNeilly, Kathryn (Recipient), Stapleton, Paul (Recipient) & O'Rawe, Ricki (Recipient), 03 Aug 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Hart-SLSA Early Career Prize Shortlist
McNeilly, Kathryn (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Leverhulme Research Fellowship 2019-20
McNeilly, Kathryn (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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SLSA Seminar Competition Award
McNeilly, Kathryn (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Human Rights Law Review (Journal)
Kathryn McNeilly (Editorial board member)
Jan 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Edited Collection Workshop: The Times and Temporality of International Human Rights Law
Kathryn McNeilly (Organiser) & Ben Warwick (Organiser)
19 Mar 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Sexualities (Journal)
Kathryn McNeilly (Peer reviewer)
Nov 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Routledge (Publisher)
Kathryn McNeilly (Peer reviewer)
Jun 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Global Norms in a Divided World
Kathryn McNeilly (Participant)
27 Feb 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
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The Temporal Life of International Human Rights Law: Three Ways to Think it Through
01/05/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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What Feminism Can Teach Us About Alterity and Law on Mars
29/11/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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The Supreme Court’s decision on Northern Ireland’s abortion law – what now?
09/06/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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CEDAW and Northern Ireland Abortion Law
26/04/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities