Prof Sharon Cowan

Prof Sharon Cowan

Sharon Cowan is a professor of feminist and queer legal studies at the university of Edinburgh. She is an LGBTQ advocate for students, and teach criminal law and asylum and refugee law and policy.

She recently completed a literature and case review of the use of sexual history evidence in sexual offences trials in Scotland (for the EHRC). She is the co-convener of the Scottish Feminist Judgments Project @ScottishFemJP. She is currently engaged in a study about the impact of equality laws and policies on trans people; and a project on the way that universities deal with allegations of sexual assault and misconduct on campus.

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