Dr Charles O'Sullivan
Biography
Prior to joining the School of Law & Criminology, Maynooth University in 2023, Charles was a Lecturer at the School of Law, Ulster University (2020-2023) where he also acted as a Course Director and Chair of the Ethics Filter Committee. He also taught at the Department of Law, Maynooth University (2014-2018) and the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University (2018-2019).
Charles completed his PhD at Maynooth University, having been awarded a departmental (2014-2016), followed by an Irish Research Council postgraduate scholarship (2016-2018). He also possesses an LL.B in Law (Griffith College), BA in Political Science and Economics (University College Cork), LL.M in Public Law (NUI Galway), and PG Cert in Teaching and Learning (Maynooth University). In 2018, he received a PG Teaching Award for the 2017/2018 academic year, and was a finalist for Educator of the Year within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in 2022.
Charles’ research interests centre on law and the modern welfare state, and has lectured primarily in areas including European Union, Common and Constitutional law. He has published widely in journals such as the Journal of Social Security Law, BioLaw, the European Journal of Migration and Law, and Human Rights Law Review. He is also a member of the Irish Association of Law Teachers, and Socio-Legal Studies Association.
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Charles O'Sullivan (2020) 'EU Citizenship and Disability' In: Research Handbook On Eu Disability Law. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing. [Link] | |
| 2018 | Charles O'Sullivan (2018) 'The EU Between Market State Ideals and Social Market Economy Objectives' In: The EU Social Market Economy and the Law. London-New York : Routledge. [Link] | |
| 2016 | Delia Ferri; Anthony Giannoumis; Charles O'Sullivan (2016) 'Introduction' In: Fostering accessible technology and sculpting an inclusive market through regulation. Abingdon : Routledge. [Link] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Charles O'Sullivan (2023) 'Book Review of Yves Stevens, EU Pension Law'. Journal of Social Security Law, 30 (2):125-126. | |
| 2022 | Charles O'Sullivan and Clíodhna Murphy (2022) 'The “Special Structural Vulnerability” within Migrant Agricultural Work'. Irish Jurist, 68 (2):50-68. | |
| 2022 | Charles O'Sullivan (2022) 'Assessing the Right to Social Assistance for EU citizens resident in Ireland: A Review of Recent Case Law'. Irish Journal of European Law, 24 (1):1-23. [Link] | |
| 2021 | Ciara Fitzpatrick; Charles O'Sullivan (2021) 'Comparing Social Security Provision in the North & South of Ireland: Past Developments and Future Challenges'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 32 (2):283-313. [Link] https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.28 | |
| 2021 | Charles O'Sullivan; Donna McNamara (2021) 'The ‘Necessity' of Austerity and its Relationship with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Case Study of Ireland and the United Kingdom'. Human Rights Law Review, 21 (1):157-185. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngaa051 | |
| 2021 | Charles O'Sullivan (2021) 'Access to Social Welfare Payments for Dependent Family Members of EU Citizens in Ireland'. Irish Journal of European Law, 23 (1):145-161. [Link] | |
| 2021 | Ciara Fitzpatrick; Charles O'Sullivan (2021) 'Establishing a New Laboratory: A Response to ‘A New Working Age Welfare Imaginary for the Island of Ireland'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 32 (2):558-560. [DOI] | |
| 2020 | O' Sullivan, C; Ferri, D (2020) 'The Recast Reception Conditions Directive and the Rights of Asylum Seekers with Disabilities: Opportunities, Challenges and the Quest for Reform'. European Journal of Migration and Law, 22 :272-307. [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Charles O'Sullivan (2019) 'Europeanisation and the Irish Habitual Residence Condition'. Journal of Social Security Law, 26 (2):79-96. | |
| 2019 | Charles O'Sullivan (2019) 'Ireland’s Non-Compliance with the Principle of Supremacy and the Definition of Court or Tribunal for the Purposes of Article 267 TFEU: A Review of the Recent Case Law'. Irish Jurist, 61 :159-173. | |
| 2016 | Ferri D. and O'Sullivan C.E (2016) 'The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Irish Legal System. Between Austerity and Constitutional Rhetoric'. FERDERALISMI.IT –RIVISTA DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO ITALIANO, COMPARATO ED EUROPEO, . [Full-Text] | |
| 2016 | Charles O'Sullivan (2016) 'Social Assistance for Economically-Inactive Citizens within the EU’s ‘Market State’ Model'. Irish Journal of European Law, 19 (1):64-75. [Link] |
Editorial
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ferri D.; Giannoumis G.; Edward O'Sullivan C. (2015) Fostering accessible technology and sculpting an inclusive market through regulation. [Editorial] [DOI] |
Blog
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ciara Fitzpatrick; Charles O'Sullivan (2021) Rethinking Social Security for a New Ireland. [Blog] [Link] | |
| 2020 | Delia Ferri; Charles O'Sullivan (2020) Revamping EU Disability Policies post-COVID-19: The Role of the Conference on the Future of the EU. [Blog] [Link] | |
| 2019 | Charles O'Sullivan (2019) Brexit: An Irish Perspective on a British Manufactured Problem. [Blog] [Link] | |
| 2017 | Charles O'Sullivan (2017) The Spectre of the ‘Welfare Tourist’ within the Judgements of the CJEU. [Blog] [Link] | |
| 2016 | Charles O'Sullivan (2016) benefit sanctions and coercion in the Irish welfare system. [Blog] [Link] |
Other Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Charles O'Sullivan (2020) 'Against Ideology? Examining Social Rights in Ireland During Times of Crisis' BioLaw Journal - Rivista di BioDiritto, 2020 (1) :715-721. [Link] | |
| 2017 | Charles O'Sullivan; Muireann O'Dwyer (2017) 'Case C-308/14 Commission v UK: The Market, Gender and the Retreat of the EU in the Field of Social Security' King's Inn Law Review, 7 :201-219. |