Dr. Charles O’Sullivan is joining the School of Law and Criminology as an Assistant Professor in Law.
Charles completed his PhD at Maynooth University where he also engaged in teaching and tutoring at undergraduate level, before joining the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University and the School of Law, Ulster University.
He also possesses an LL.B in Law, BA in Political Science and Economics, LL.M in Public Law, and PG Cert in Teaching and Learning. Charles received a PG Teaching Award in 2018, and was a finalist for UUSU Educator of the Year in 2022.
His research interests centre on law and the modern welfare state, particularly on how migrants and other marginalised groups access benefits. Charles is currently finalising a book on putative shifts within Irish welfare law and policy from 1996-2021. It argues that this period saw an unprecedented move towards the increased ‘policing’ of entitlements and claimants, and was achieved primarily via the scapegoating of claimants and other blame avoidant strategies at a governmental level.
He has published widely in journals such as the the European Journal of Migration and Law, Irish Studies in International Affairs and Human Rights Law Review.
Charles will be teaching on modules such as European Union law. He invites collaborations, research students and media enquiries related to his research interests.