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UCC School of Law welcomes new Professor of Children鈥檚 Rights

14 Sep 2021

Professor Laura Lundy, a leading international children鈥檚 rights scholar, has joined the School faculty this month.

UCC School of Law is delighted to welcome Professor Laura Lundy to its faculty. Professor Lundy joins the School on a part-time basis beginning in September 2021. Her appointment further enhances the School鈥檚 renowned research, teaching and outreach strengths in the area of children鈥檚 rights, led through the Centre for Children鈥檚 Rights and Family Law.

Professor Laura Lundy is one of the world鈥檚 leading academics in children鈥檚 rights, co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Children鈥檚 Rights and a qualified barrister.  Her expertise is in law and human rights with a particular focus on children鈥檚 right to participate in decision-making, education rights and the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in law. Her 2007 paper in the British Educational Research Journal, 鈥溾�橵oice鈥� is not enough鈥� is one of the most highly cited academic papers on children鈥檚 rights ever. The model of children鈥檚 participation it proposes (based on four key concepts - Space, Voice, Audience and Influence) is used extensively in scholarship and practice. The 鈥淟undy model鈥� is core to Ireland鈥檚 National Strategy on Child and Youth Participation and National Framework on Child and Youth Participation. The Lundy model has been adopted by numerous other national governments and public bodies across the world as well as international organisations including the OHCHR, World Health Organisation, UNICEF and World Vision. She acts as expert advisor on child participation to Child Rights Connect, the Council of Europe and the European Commission.

Professor Lundy is Co-Director of the Centre for Children鈥檚 Rights and a Professor of Education Law and Children鈥檚 Rights at Queen鈥檚 深夜亚洲福利久久 Belfast. Her appointment represents an innovative and all-island approach to children鈥檚 rights scholarship in Ireland and builds on existing links between Queen鈥檚 and UCC.

Commenting on her appointment to the UCC School of Law, Professor Laura Lundy said:

I am delighted and excited to begin this new role at UCC.  It will enable me to build on the existing work that we have carried out together across Ireland and globally, enhance the links between UCC and Queen's and create a new programme of inter-disciplinary research that addresses the significant children's rights challenges that prevail in Ireland, Europe and across the world.

Welcoming Professor Lundy, Professor Mark Poustie, Dean of the UCC School of Law said:

The School of Law is very fortunate to have been able to attract a scholar of Professor Lundy鈥檚 stature, where her appointment will strengthen further our world class research and teaching in international children鈥檚 rights as well as enhancing interdisciplinary research opportunities in this field across and beyond UCC.  

Commenting on the cross-university impact of Professor Lundy鈥檚 appointment, Professor Ursula Kilkelly, Head of the UCC College of Business and Law, said:

I am delighted that Professor Lundy has joined the faculty at UCC. This appointment is very welcome across the 深夜亚洲福利久久 where it will be a significant addition to UCC鈥檚 impressive cross-disciplinary profile in academic programmes and both scholarly and applied research on children鈥檚 rights.

Further info

A full biography of Professor Laura Lundy is available here: