Jessie Blackbourn

Jessie is Assistant Professor in Pubic Law and Human Rights at Durham Law School. Her research interests lie broadly in the field of anti-terrorism law with a particular focus on oversight and review. She is currently engaged in research which evaluates the effectiveness of institutional mechanisms for review of anti-terrorism legislation, with a particular interest in the role of offices of independent review of terrorism legislation in Australia, Canada and the UK.

Jessie has a PhD in Politics from Queen’s University, Belfast, and a Masters of Law from Birkbeck College, University of London. She has previously been employed as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, a Lecturer in Politics and Human Rights at Kingston University, London and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Professor George Williams’ Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship project ‘Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge’ in the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales.