Siobhán is a Lecturer in the School of Law at Ulster University. Prior to joining Ulster, Siobhán worked as an Assistant Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University and has taught at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University and the Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lyon (as part of the dual undergraduate degree BCL (Études Juridiques) with Maynooth University).

Siobhán completed her PhD at Maynooth University having been awarded the Maynooth University John and Pat Hume Scholarship (2017-2020) and Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship (2020-2022). Siobhán’s PhD research examined the contrasts and similarities of approach between the adult, young adult and youth criminal justice sectors in Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands. The research identifies the drivers of penal policy and assists in the development of policy concerning the relationship between adult and youth criminal justice sectors (and in particular young adults within the criminal justice system).

Youth justice; Young adult justice; Criminal justice; Comparative criminology; Punitiveness; Cross-sectoral differences between criminal justice sector; Transitions from youth to adulthood (from a criminal justice perspective).