Sahar Maranlou

Dr. Sahar Maranlou is a socio-legal academic specialising in access to justice, legal empowerment, and public perceptions of law. Sahar’s research interests also focus on gender, justice, Islamic Law, law, and society in the Middle East (Iran). She conducted the first study of women’s perceptions of law in Iran, published as her first monograph, ‘Access to Justice in Iran: Women, Perceptions, and Reality' (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Sahar has been particularly interested in qualitative legal research and primarily ethnographic understanding of law in plural legal systems. Her forthcoming monograph concerns public perceptions of gender equality and law reform on social media.