People in the Transitional Justice Network
Scott Sheeran
LLB (hons), BCom (hons) (Otago), LLM (Cambridge)
Lecturer, School of
Law
Room: 5S.6.10
Telephone (external): (+44) 01206 873383
Telephone (internal): 3383
Fax: (+44) 01206 873428
e-mail: ssheeran [at] essex.ac.uk
Scott Sheeran joined the
School of Law in 2009. He teaches in the Law of International
Peacekeeping, UN and International Organisations Law, International
Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law.
Scott graduated from the University of Otago in 2000 with an LLB (Hons)
and BCom (Hons) and from Cambridge University in 2002 with a LLM in
International Law. He also has a diploma from the Rhodes Academy in
Oceans Law and Policy, and completed the International Law Seminar at
the UN International Law Commission in Geneva. He has presented academic
papers at conferences in the USA, Australia and New Zealand and has
guest lectured at the University of Virginia. In 2009 he was a UNITAR
Fellow at Columbia Law School, New York.
From 2004 to 2009, Scott worked as a legal adviser for the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. From 2006 to 2009, he was New
Zealand’s legal adviser at its Mission to UN Headquarters in New York.
During that time, he was appointed as a Vice-Chairman of the UN Legal
(Sixth) Committee, and as a Vice-President of the Meeting of States
Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Scott has also
previously worked in a specialist public law firm in New Zealand, and as
an intern at the UN Office of Legal Affairs in New York. He is admitted
as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
Network members
Sanja Bahun
Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Elisabeth Bishop
UK Data Archive
Paul Bou-Habib
Government and Human Rights Centre
Kevin Boyle
Law and Human Rights Centre
Fernne Brennan
Law and Human Rights Centre
John Cant
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Eamonn Carrabine
Sociology
Will Cartwright
Philosophy and Human Rights Centre
Han Dorussen
Government
Andrew Fagan
Human Rights Centre
Michael Freeman
Government
Fabian Freyenhagen
Philosophy and Human Rights Centre
Geoff Gilbert
Law and Human Rights Centre
Gillian Green
Health and Human Sciences
Katerina Hadjimatheou
Philosophy
Francoise Hampson
Law and Human Rights Centre
Beatrice Han-Pile
Philosophy
Andrew Harrison
Biological Sciences and Mathematical
Sciences
Lisa Hecht
Government
Karen Hulme
Law and Human Rights Centre
Sofie Johansen
Law and Human Rights Centre
Todd Landman
Government and Human Rights Centre
Sheldon Leader
Law and Human Rights Centre
Carmen Li
Economics
Lorna McGregor
Law and Human Rights Centre
Sabine Michalowski
Law and Human Rights Centre
Frances Millard
Government
Aletta Norval
Government
John Packer
Human Rights Centre
Renos Papadopoulos
Psychoanalytical Studies
Peter Patrick
Language and Linguistics
Caitlin Phillips
Health and Human Sciences
Massimo Poesio
Comp Sci and Electronic Engineering
Sir Nigel Rodley
Law and Human Rights Centre
Rafael Charris
Romero
Law and Human Rights Centre
Clara Sandoval
Law and Human Rights Centre
Rainer Schulze
History
Chris Shaw
International Academy
Scott Sheeran
Law and Human Rights Centre
Nigel South
Sociology
PVC Academic and
Regional Development
Gill Surfleet
Law and Human Rights Centre
Jackie Turton
Sociology
Dicle Uca
Human Rights Centre
Anthony Vickers
School of Computer Science and
Electronic Engineering
Marian de Vooght
Department of Government
Ann Walker
International Academy
Jane Wright
Law and Human Rights Centre
MEMBERS NEWS
Ismene Gizelis is organizing a roundtable discussion on 15 March 2012 titled "A Country of their Own: Women's Organizations and Peacebuilding". Even details can be accessed here.
Dr Sanja Bahun has been involved with a grant initiative affiliated by Humanities in the European Research Area on Transitional Justice and Arts.
Network structure
Conveners
Fabian Freyenhagen, Andrew Harrison, Clara Sandoval and Sanja Bahun
Advisory board
To be announced.
Research area chairs
Conceptual and normative issues - Fabian Freyenhagen
Data archiving and analysis - Todd Landman & Elisabeth Bishop
Economic and social dimensions of transitional justice - Sabine Michalowski
Gender- and children-focused approach - Sanja Bahun
Justice dimension of TJ - Clara Sandoval & Geoff Gilbert
Peacekeeping and peace building - Han Dorussen
The network at Essex
Essex network members
PhD Associates
PhD candidates at Essex
Research Fellows
External associates of the TJN