Dr Jennifer Giblin is Associate Head of the School of Law and Criminal Justice with responsibility for employability and external relations.

Jennifer’s general research interests lie in the fields of international peace and security, United Nations peacekeeping/peace operations and post-conflict situations. With a background in international law, Jennifer’s research on peacekeeping is interdisciplinary, drawing on perspectives from law, peace and conflict studies and international relations.

She is the author of United Nations Peacekeeping and the Principle of Non-Intervention: A TWAIL Perspective (Routledge, 2024) and is co-editor of a forthcoming edited collection on International Law and the Ukraine War. Jennifer’s other research projects include a Universities UK (UUKi) funded twinning project which strengthened ties between Edge Hill University and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Kharkiv) through various research and knowledge exchange activities.

Prior to joining Edge Hill, Jennifer was a Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham. She completed her undergraduate (Law), masters (Public International Law) and PhD (International Law) studies at the University of Nottingham. Her PhD titled ‘International Law, Intervention and UN Peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’ was awarded the DJ Harris Prize (Best PhD Thesis) in 2022.

Research Interests:

• United Nations Peacekeeping
• The Law of the United Nations
• Conflict and Security Law
• Public International Law
• Law of Armed Conflict
• Critical Legal Theory - TWAIL

Teaching:

• LAW1003 Law of Contract
• LAW2068 International Law
• LAW3221 International Peace and Security