Dr Brian Tobin Congratulations to Dr Brian Tobin, who was part of a consortium (with Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley & Dr Rebecca Barr, NUIG, and Dr Mary McAuliffe, UCD) awarded funding from the Irish Research Council in March 2019 for a ‘Creative Connections’ project on ‘Feminism, Fertility and Reproduction: Towards a Progressive Politics’. The team’s innovative research project will explore progressive approaches to reproduction in 21st century Ireland.
Dr John Danaher Dr Tobin has previously appeared before UK and Irish parliamentary committees advising on the legal issues pertaining to surrogacy and donorassisted human reproduction (DAHR). He was on sabbatical leave in 2018/19 as a Visiting Researcher at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, which was ranked 1st in the UK for 4* world-leading legal research in the most recent REF.
Dr John Danaher has been appointed to the European Commission’s dedicated Expert Group on specific ethical issues raised by driverless mobility. This group of experts will help to address legitimate societal and ethical concerns about connected and autonomous driving and will assist policymakers and designers in the safe, sustainable and efficient transition to connected and automated mobility. The group is due to meet several times over the next 12 months and to issue its final report by June 2020.
Dr Lucy-Ann Buckley and Dr Shivaun Quinlivan Dr Lucy-Ann Buckley and Dr Shivaun Quinlivan were appointed as expert advisors to the States of Guernsey regarding the development of new multi-ground equality legislation. Dr Buckley and Dr Quinlivan were previously appointed to advise the States of Guernsey on the development of a new disability discrimination law. However, this work was subsequently expanded and the new discrimination legislation will now cover multiple grounds, such as age, race and sexual orientation, as well as disability. The legislation will prohibit discrimination in relation to employment, goods and services (including education). Dr Buckley and Dr Quinlivan’s final report, which they presented to legislators and key stakeholders in November, developed a model piece of legislation, largely based on Irish and Australian law. This is now being adapted by the States of Guernsey to meet its specific requirements. A public consultation on the proposed new law has recently opened in Guernsey, and the final law is likely to be enacted in 2020. Dlíscéala | 11