Dr Mary Dobbs

    Law, Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)

    Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor

    Biography

    Mary joined the School of Law and Criminology in September 2020. Previously, she worked as a lecturer and then senior lecturer in Queen’s University Belfast since 2012, where she remains a visiting fellow. 

    She specialises in environmental law & governance, agriculture and genetically modified crops - in particular within the EU, but also more broadly.  Her current research includes focussing on these issues in the context of Brexit. She has published extensively in the field, engages with stakeholders and through giving evidence at parliamentary inquiries, and is a member of organisations such as Brexit and Environment and the Future Earth Ireland committee in the Royal Irish Academy. Mary has undertaken a number of projects and reports in this field, including for environmental NGOs and the Welsh Senedd, with a further project on the NI Protocol about to commence.

    Mary is also part of a Horizon Europe project (P2GreeN) (2022-2026) looking at the potential to reclaim nutrients from human waste for use as fertiliser in food production - she will be investigating the legal and regulatory frameworks across the EU and relevant regions for this project. Mary was previously part of a successful Jean Monnet Network on soft law in the EU Member States and a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on ’Tensions at the Fringes of Europe’.

    She is the legal expert on the Expert Advisory Group for the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss (2022-2023); and co-Special Advisor on Agriculture to the Scottish Parliamentary Committee on Rural Affairs and Islands (2022-2026). As part of the EAG for the Citizens' Assembly, Mary had the opportunity to work with the members to help identify potential themes, speakers, formats etc, provide a briefing on the governance frameworks and clarify and elucidate on points throughout the Assembly meetings. 

    She holds a PhD on the precautionary principle from UCD (2013), as well as a BCL (Law with French Law) from UCD and a certificat superieur en droit francais from Paris II (Pantheon-Assas) 

    Mary welcomes potential research students and collaborations regarding environmental law/governance, risk regulation and related areas - including focusses on Brexit/cross-border issues.

    Research Interests

    My main research interests lie in the area of environmental governance, e.g. regarding issues of agriculture, GMOs and risk regulation. I focus on both theoretical aspects (e.g. legitimacy, resilience, subsidiarity and sustainability) and the practical aspects (e.g. the impacts on farming and biodiversity or the challenges of transnational governance). Due to the nature of both the environment and agriculture, my research engages in a wide range of legal fields regarding for instance EU and national constitutional law, public international law, intellectual property law, trade law, health law and much more. Brexit has become a significant focus for obvious reasons in recent years - drawing many of these strands together. However, I continue to research more generally, including looking at EU and European developments.

    It may seem pretty unwieldy, but the interlinkages are part of what makes it interesting and cannot be ignored. 

    Research Projects

    Title Role Description Start date End date Amount
    P2Green - Safe N and P cycling by efficient nutrient capture from human excreta and reprocessing for agricultural use PI This project investigates the potential to reclaim nutrients from human waste to use as fertiliser in food production, promoting a circular economy approach. 01/12/2022 30/11/2026 200302.5
    Linking the Irish Environment PI This is a project undertaken in collaboration with colleagues across the island on behalf of two environmental NGO groups - NIEL and IEN. It considers the potential for cross-border and all-island environmental governance and cooperation, especially with regards to the role of eNGOs 22/11/2021 31/05/2022 4000
    Brexit and Agriculture Joint PI Funding to hire research assistant for book with Routledge, published January 2022. (Amount converted from sterling) 18/12/2018 01/09/2019 1000
    Agri-sustainability in a Changing Political Clime Co-Investigator/Co-organiser Funding to run 2-day workshop on Agri-sustainability in Cardiff in May 2018. (Amount converted from sterling) 14/05/2018 15/05/2018 6000
    Sustainable food production PI/Organiser Funding to run 2-day workshop on Sustainable food production in November 2018. Keynotes included Prof. Thomas Cottier of the World Trade Institute. (Amount converted from sterling) 29/11/2018 30/11/2018 3500
    ‘European Network on Soft Law Research (SoLaR)’ Consultant/Lead Investigator for UK environmental strand (https://www.solar-network.eu/home/). ‘The Soft Law Research Network (SoLaR) aims to promote multi- and interdisciplinary research about use of EU soft law by national administrations and courts and to encourage a dialogue between academia and practitioners.’ I undertook research on the role of EU environmental soft law in the UK, including undertaking empirical research. 01/09/2016 01/09/2019 300000
    National and regional controls over EU genetically modified cultivation: opting-out on what basis? Primary Investigatory 01/04/2015 31/07/2016 2220
    “Tensions at the Fringes of the European Union – Regaining the EU’s Purpose” (Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence) Co-Investigator https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/tensionatthefringes/ I primarily undertook research on research activity 1 (regarding the EU’s economic, social and ecological aims), as well as organising an Ecological Sustainability workshop in 2017. 01/09/2015 01/09/2018 150000

    Book

    Year Publication
    2022 Ludivine Petetin and Mary Dobbs (2022) * Brexit and Agriculture. Oxford: Routledge. [Link]

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2022 M. Dobbs and A. Keenan (2022) 'Territorial Approaches to a Pandemic – A Pathway to Effective Governance?'. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, .
    2021 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey and L. Petetin (2021) '*‘Driving the European Green Deal in turbulent times’'. Politics and Governance, 9 (3):316-326. [Link] https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i3.4321
    2021 V. Gravey, L. Petetin and M. Dobbs (2021) '*‘Quitter la PAC, comment et pour quoi faire? La (re)construction des politiques agricoles britanniques au Coeur des turbulences du Brexit’'. Politique Européenne, 73 (3):150-178.
    2020 Mary Dobbs (2020) 'National governance of public health responses in a pandemic?'. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 11 (2):240-248. https://doi.org/10.1017/err.2020.39 [Full-Text]
    2019 C. Brennan, M. Dobbs and V. Gravey (2019) '* Out of the frying pan, into the fire? Environmental governance vulnerabilities in post-Brexit Northern Ireland'. European Environmental Law Review, 21 (2):84-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461452919843646 [Full-Text]
    2017 M. Dobbs (2017) 'Genetically Modified Crops, Agricultural Sustainability and National OptOuts – Enclosure as the Loophole?'. Common Market Law Review, 54 (4):1093-1122.
    2016 M. Dobbs (2016) 'Attaining Subsidiarity-based Multilevel Governance of Genetically Modified Cultivation?'. Journal of Environmental Law, 28 (2):245-273.
    2015 M. Dobbs (2015) 'The Shifting Battleground of Article 4(2) TEU: Evolving National Identities and the corresponding need for EU management?'. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, 21 (2).
    2014 M. Dobbs (2014) 'Sovereignty, Article 4(2) TEU and the Respect of National Identities: Swinging the Balance of Power in Favour of the Member States?'. The Yearbook of European Law, 33 (1):298-334.
    2011 M. Dobbs (2011) 'Excluding Coexistence of GMOs? The Impact of the EU Commission's 2010 Recommendation on Coexistence'. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, 20 (2):180-193.
    2011 M. Dobbs, D. Casey, A. Greene, J. Lawless and N. Mullholland (2011) '*Transforming Researchers into Educators: Some Reflections on the University College Dublin School of Law Syllabus Design Workshop 2010’'. German Law Journal, 12 (9):1510-1528.
    2010 M. Dobbs (2010) 'Legalising General Prohibitions on Cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms'. German Law Journal, 11 (12):1347-1372.

    Book Chapter

    Year Publication
    2022 Mary Dobbs (2022) 'Northern Ireland's agricultural quagmire: how to develop a sustainable agricultural policy?' In: The Governance of Agriculture in post-Brexit UK. Oxford : Routledge.
    2021 M. Dobbs and O. Stefan (2021) '*EU Soft Law in the UK on the Eve of Brexit: (not) Much Ado About Nothing?' In: EU Soft Law in Member States: Theoretical Findings and Empirical Evidence. London : Bloomsbury/Hart.
    2022 M. Dobbs and V. Gravey (2022) '*Environment and Trade' In: The Law and Practice of the Protocol. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) 'The Challenges for the Environment across the Island' In: Brexit and Northern Ireland – Bordering on Confusion?. London : Bite-sized Books.
    2016 M. Dobbs (2016) 'Regulating Genetically Modified Organisms in Ireland – Laissez faire approach?' In: Genetic Technology in the Light of Food Security and Food Safety. New York : Springer.
    2015 M. Dobbs (2015) 'Co-existence of GMOs in the EU – A Veritable Choice for Whom?' In: Research Handbook on EU Agriculture Law. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar.

    Published Report

    Year Publication
    2023 C. Brennan, F. Brereton, M. Dobbs, V. Gravey, H. Gould, A. Hough and L.C. Whitten (2023) Linking the Irish Environment - Interim Report. EJNI, . [Link]
    2022 M. Dobbs & L. Petetin (2022) ‘Designing agricultural policies: contextual considerations’. Welsh Senedd, . [Link]
    2021 Mary Dobbs and Ludivine Petetin (2021) * Agriculture: environment, food and animal health standards. UK in a Changing Europe, .

    Blog

    Year Publication
    2023 Ludivine Petetin; Mary Dobbs (2023) The Agriculture (Wales) Bill – getting support right (part 2). BLOG [Link]
    2023 Ludivine Petetin; Mary Dobbs (2023) The Agriculture (Wales) Bill – greater clarity and ambition needed (part 1). BLOG [Link]
    2019 C. Brennan and M.Dobbs (2019) * Reality bites: The implications of scrutiny-free environmental law reform in Northern Ireland after Brexit. BLOG [Link]
    2019 Mary Dobbs (2019) Environmental principles in the Environment Bill. BLOG [Link]
    2018 Ludivine Petetin and Mary Dobbs (2018) *Collaborating for Agricultural Sustainability. BLOG [Link]
    2018 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey, C. Brennan and A. Uí Bhroin (2018) What is the future of environmental governance in Northern Ireland?. BLOG [Link]
    2015 M. Dobbs (2015) Choosing to go GM-Free? The New EU Legal Framework for Genetically Modified Crops. BLOG [Link]
    2015 M. Dobbs (2015) ‘Can you really be GM-free? Why new European laws pose a moral dilemma’. BLOG [Link]
    2015 M. Dobbs (2015) Cultures OGM: trêve fragile en Europe. BLOG [Link]
    2015 M. Dobbs (2015) GM crops: an uneasy truce hangs over Europe. BLOG [Link]

    Invited Review Articles

    Year Publication
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) Ines Hätel, Roman Budzinowski (Eds.), Food Security, Food Safety, Food Quality. Current Developments and Challenges in European Union Law. Baden-Baden/Oxford: Nomos/Hart Publishing, 2017. INVRA
    2018 Mary Dobbs (2018) Joanne Blennerhassett, A Comparative Examination of Multi-Party Actions: The Case of Environmental Mass Harm, Civil Justice Series, (Hart Publishing, 2016). INVRA

    Invited Lectures

    Year Publication
    2020 M. Dobbs (2020) ‘Agriculture in NI Post-Brexit’. INVL
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) Brexit and the rise of incoherency. INVL
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) Brexit and the cracks in environmental governance. INVL
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) Brexit & Environmental Challenges, Opportunities and Next steps. INVL

    Invited Seminars

    Year Publication
    2022 M. Dobbs (2022) ''Taking back control'? Lessons from designing agricultural policies post-Brexit'. Durham University: INVS
    2014 M. Dobbs (2014) Attaining Multilevel Governance of GM Cultivation. INVS
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) ‘Brexit: Where it’s at & where we want it to go’. INVS

    Invited papers

    Year Publication
    2022 M. Dobbs (2022) NI agricultural updates. INVP
    2022 M. Dobbs (2022) Designing an optimal policy statement: Ambitious, clear and effective. INVP

    Policy Contribution

    Year Publication
    2022 M. Dobbs; M. O Cinneide; P. Doran; V. Gravey; S. Hamill; A. Hough; O. Kelleher; R. Killean; R. Walsh (2022) Mapping governance for nature protection in Ireland - Briefing for the Irish Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. POLICY
    2022 M. Dobbs; L. Petetin (2022) Common Frameworks - Briefing Paper for RAINE Committee. POLICY
    2022 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey, M. Byrne, H. Cooke, J. Prince (2022) Written submission to consultation on NI's Environmental Strategy. POLICY
    2021 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey, L. Petetin and C. Reid (2021) *Invited written evidence to the Welsh Inquiry on Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee. POLICY
    2021 M. Dobbs and V. Gravey (2021) Written submission to consultation on NI's Rural Policy. POLICY
    2021 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey, M. Byrne, H. Cooke, J. Prince (2021) Written submission to consultation on NI's Green Growth Strategy. POLICY
    2021 M. Dobbs (2021) Invited written submission to NESC Shared Ireland Consultation - advance consultancy. POLICY
    2021 M. Dobbs and L. Petetin (2021) Invited written submission to the EU Environment Sub-Committee consultation on UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. POLICY
    2021 M. Dobbs (2021) Invited written submission to the House of Lords' Inquiry on the Common Frameworks. POLICY
    2020 M. Dobbs et al (2020) QUB submission to DAERA's environmental strategy engagement. POLICY
    2020 M. Dobbs and V. Gravey (2020) Written submission to DAERA's environmental strategy engagement. Joint submission by group of experts from across the university. POLICY
    2020 M. Dobbs (2020) Invited oral evidence to Northern Ireland Assembly’s Agriculture, Environmental and Rural Affairs Committee on the Agriculture Bill. POLICY
    2020 M. Dobbs (2020) Invited Oral evidence to Northern Ireland Assembly’s Agriculture, Environmental and Rural Affairs Committee on the Environment Bill. POLICY
    2020 M. Dobbs (2020) Invited written evidence to Northern Ireland Assembly’s Agriculture, Environmental and Rural Affairs Committee on the Environment Bill. POLICY
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) Invited Oral Presentation to Belfast city council on 'Environmental (& agricultural) considerations. POLICY
    2019 M. Dobbs & L. Petetin (2019) *Written submission to the EFRA & EAC Committees on the Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill. POLICY
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) Invited submission on DAERA's environmental strategy, prior to its publication and formal engagement. POLICY
    2019 M. Dobbs and L. Petetin (2019) 'Supplementary Invited Submission to the Welsh Assembly’s Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on Legislative Consent for the Agriculture Bill'. POLICY
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) Invited Oral evidence to the Welsh Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on the Environment Bill. POLICY
    2018 M. Dobbs and V. Gravey (2018) Submission to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Inquiry on ‘Brexit and Northern Ireland: Agriculture. POLICY
    2018 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey, C. Brennan and A. Uí Bhroin (2018) Written Evidence submitted to DEFRA on the 'Environmental Principles and Governance after Brexit Inquiry'. POLICY
    2018 M. Dobbs and L. Petetin (2018) Written Evidence submitted to DEFRA Consultation on Health and Harmony. POLICY
    2018 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey and L. Petetin (2018) Submission to the Welsh Government on‘ Brexit and our Land. POLICY
    2018 M. Dobbs and L. Petetin (2018) Invited submission to the Welsh Assembly’s Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on Legislative Consent for the Agriculture Bill. POLICY
    2018 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey and L. Petetin (2018) Submission to DAERA on the NI ‘Future Agricultural Policy Framework. POLICY
    2018 C. Brennan, M. Dobbs, V. Gravey and A. Ui Bhroin (2018) *The Future of Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland. POLICY [Link]
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) Invited oral evidence to the Welsh Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on the UK Agriculture Bill. POLICY
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) Invited oral evidence to the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Inquiry on ‘Brexit and Northern Ireland: Agriculture’. POLICY
    2017 M. Dobbs, L. McGowan, V. Gravey and M. Melo Araujo (2017) Written Submission to: ‘Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Brexit: Trade in food inquiry’. POLICY

    Conference Contribution

    Year Publication
    2023 M. Dobbs (2023) IALT Conference Rights and safeguards in the GFA and Article 2 of the NI Protocol : a pathway to environmental protections post-Brexit? UCC, Cork, 20/04/2023-.
    2023 M. Dobbs (2023) Rights of Nature Symposium Rights of Nature and the Citizens UCD, Dublin, 18/04/2023-.
    2023 M. Dobbs; O. Kelleher (2023) Network of European Environmental Lawyers Recent CJEU Environmental Judgments Custom House, Dublin, 24/03/2023-.
    2023 M. Dobbs; O. Kelleher (2023) Irish Centre for European Law Environmental Judgments : Review of the CJEU's 2022 Environmental Cases Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 10/02/2023-. [Link]
    2022 M. Dobbs, S. Hamill & R. Hickey (2022) Land Law and Land Use Mapping workshop Dublin, 30/04/2023-.
    2022 M. Dobbs (2022) Developing engaged citizens within (environmental) syllabi – challenges, opportunities and rewards IALT Conference Belfast, .
    2021 M. Dobbs and A. Hough (2021) Cross-border co-production of environmental knowledge: a collaboration with Civil Society RIA Co-Production Symposium and Workshop Dublin, 03/06/2021-.
    2021 M. Dobbs and L. Petetin (2021) Governance and Resilience for UK Agriculture post-Brexit UACES annual conference Online, 07/09/2021-.
    2021 M. Dobbs (2021) Turbulence, resilience and adaptive capacity – hard cases making for adaptive law? IALT Conference Cork, .
    2021 M. Dobbs (2021) Environmental implications - the NI Protocol, the TCA and UK developments The Protocol and the Environment Belfast/Dublin, 15/02/2021-15/02/2021.
    2021 M. Dobbs and L. Petetin (2021) Two Paths Diverged in Agriculture: which one for the UK? SLS annual conference Durham, 01/09/2021-.
    2021 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey and L. Petetin (2021) Understanding EU environmental governance in turbulent times ECPR annual conference Innsbruck, 01/09/2021-.
    2021 M. Dobbs (2021) Law’s role in a sustainable future? Patenting and the enclosure of plant genetic resources Caretakers of the Environment Conference; Future Earth Ireland panel Dublin, 06/07/2021-.
    2021 M. Dobbs and L. Petetin (2021) What governance for agri-food systems post-Brexit? ECPR annual conference Innsbruck, 31/08/2021-.
    2021 M. Dobbs (2021) Keynote by Tara Shine Caretakers of the Environment Conference Dublin, 09/07/2021-.
    2021 M. Dobbs (2021) Chaired breakout sessions Advising for Sustainable Food Production as an Island Online, 16/08/2021-.
    2020 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey and L. Petetin (2020) Workshop on Climate Governance and the European Green Deal in Turbulent Times ‘Understanding EU environmental governance in turbulent times,’ Online, .
    2020 M. Dobbs (2020) ‘Multilevel governance of pandemics’ International Law in Times of Crisis - Fall 2020 Symposium University of South Carolina School of Law, 06/11/2020-.
    2020 M. Dobbs (2020) ‘The NI Protocol, trade and environmental governance’ Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol to the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Belfast, 01/12/2020-.
    2020 M. Dobbs (2020) Governance of Epidemiological Units: Localised to Centralised Approaches COVID-19 and Legal Responses on the Island of Ireland Virtual, 11/12/2020-.
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) IALT Conference ‘Environmental Governance on the Island of Ireland: Shifting Patterns and Challenges to Coherency’ Limerick, .
    2019 M. Dobbs and L. Petetin (2019) UACES Conference ‘Environmental and Social Resilience in UK and Devolved Agricultural Policies’ Lisbon, Portugal, .
    2019 V. Gravey, L. Petetin and M. Dobbs (2019) Association Française de Science Politique - Congrès 2019 ‘Quitter la PAC, comment et pour quoi faire ? Construire une politique agricole britannique au coeur des turbulences du Brexit’ Bordeaux, France, .
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) UACES Conference ‘Brexit: A New Dawn for Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland?’ Lisbon, Portugal, .
    2019 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey and L. Petetin (2019) UACES Conference 'Building UK Agricultural Policies amid the Brexit Turbulence' Lisbon, Portugal, .
    2019 M. Dobbs and O. Stefan (2019) EU Soft Law in the UK on the Eve of Brexit: (not) Much Ado About Nothing? Soft Law Conference Aix-Marseille University, .
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) The Ethics of Patenting Plant Genetic Resources The Era of Biotechnology: Lights and Shadows in Trading Genetically Modified Organisms within the WTO Framework Symposium Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, .
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) A Principled Future post-Brexit? Law and the Environment Conference UCC, Cork, .
    2019 M. Dobbs (2019) Brexit: Potential Challenges for agricultural governance across the UK AgendaNI’s Northern Ireland Agribusiness Conference Northern Ireland, .
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) Nature Protection after Brexit? EU Nature Conservation Law and Policy Post-2020: Key Challenges Conference UCD, .
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) UK perspectives on the regulatory framework of new genome editing technologies’ Conférence sure les nouvelles techniques de sélection des plantes Nantes, France, .
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) Down the Rabbit Brexit Hole Friends of the Earth NI event ‘The Law and the Land Belfast, .
    2017 M. Dobbs (2017) UK IVR Annual Conference 'Flexible Rationality: Legitimising the Precautionary Principle?’ Sheffield, .
    2017 M. Dobbs (2017) 5th Annual European Environmental Law Forum Conference ‘Contextualising patenting of plant genetic resources: hidden threats to biodiversity’ Copenhagen, Denmark, .
    2017 M. Dobbs (2017) Precaution-spotting’: the value of express, implicit and interpretative precaution Law and the Environment Conference UCC, Cork, .
    2016 M. Dobbs (2016) Genetically Modified Crops, Agricultural Sustainability and National OptOuts – Enclosure as the Loophole? Law and the Environment Conference UCC, Cork, .
    2015 M. Dobbs (2015) Designing Law for Nutrition-Related Health ‘Harmonising the precaution out of the precautionary principle? The need for maintaining flexibility and an interpretative role’ Surrey, England, .
    2014 M. Dobbs (2014) SLS Conference Political Posturing or Real Powers: Control of Genetically Modified Crops by the Member States and their Regions Nottingham, England, .
    2014 M. Dobbs (2014) The CAP in 2020: The Future of the Policy? Coexistence of GMOs in the EU – A Veritable Choice? UCD, Dublin, .

    Working Paper

    Year Publication
    2021 M. Dobbs, V. Gravey and L. Petetin (2021) The turbulent development of agricultural policies post-Brexit. Queen's University Belfast: WP [Link]

    Radio Presentation

    Year Publication
    2018 M. Dobbs (2018) 'MOT tests post-Brexit' on BBC NI Drivetime Evening Extra. RADIO

    Video recording / TV

    Year Publication
    2020 M. Dobbs (2020) Sustainability, Law and Borders. VID [Link]

    Discussion

    Year Publication
    2022 M. Dobbs (2022) Roundtable on the interaction of human rights and the environment in Northern Ireland after Brexit. Belfast: DISCUSS
    2022 M. Dobbs (2022) Meeting with the Office for Environmental Protection. DISCUSS

    Published Interview

    Year Publication
    2023 Orla Dwyer; Josh Gabbatiss (2023) Q&A: Will the UK’s new farm payments cut emissions and help nature?. PUBINT [Link]
    2019 S. Pickstone (2019) Environmental Divergence: What could change after Brexit’. PUBINT [Link]
    2018 S. Pickstone (2018) ‘What does Brexit mean for the precautionary principle?’. PUBINT [Link]
    2017 S. Gardner (2017) ‘Biotech companies wary of Brexit threat to EU crop approvals’. PUBINT [Link]
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    Professional Associations

    Description Function From / To
    Brexit and Environment Associate Member 01/08/2018 -

    Honors and Awards

    Date Title Awarding Body
    01/05/2021 Visiting Fellow Queen's University Belfast

    Committees

    Committee Function From / To
    Future Earth Ireland (in the Royal Irish Academy) Committee Member 01/05/2019 -
    RECIEL editorial board board member -
    EJRR Book review editor -
    Expert advisory group for Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss Advisor 30/03/2022 -
    Irish Association of Law Teachers Secretary 20/11/2021 -
    Future Earth Assembly (Global) National representative 10/07/2021 -

    Employment

    Employer Position From / To
    Athlone Institute of Technology External Examiner 30/09/2017 - 30/09/2020
    Queen's University of Belfast Lecturer/Senior Lecturer 01/08/2012 - 31/08/2020

    Education

    Start date Institution Qualification Subject
    University College Dublin PhD Law - ‘The Viability of the Precautionary Principle: Legitimate and Justiciable?’
    University College Dublin BCL (Law with French Law) Law
    Université Paris II, Panthéon-Assas Certificat supérieur en droit français Law
    Queen's University of Belfast Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching Education

    Languages

    Language Reading Writing Speaking
    French Fluent Functional Functional