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Dr Jennifer Giblin is Interim 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 International Law and the Ukraine War (Routledge, 2025). 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
Education/Academic qualification
Law, PhD, International Law, Intervention and UN Peacekeeping in the DRC, University of Nottingham
Oct 2016 → Jun 2021
Award Date: 8 Dec 2021
Keywords
- K Law
- KZ Law of Nations
- JX International law
- United Nations
- Conflict and Security Law
- Critical Legal Theory
- Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)
- Peacekeeping
Research Groups
- International Justice and Human Rights Research Group
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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International Law after the Ukraine War
GIBLIN, J., CHUB, O., BUTCHARD, P. & Senatorova, O., 15 Sept 2025, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 244 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Introduction
Giblin, J., 1 Jan 2025, International Law After the Ukraine War. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Complexities of the Congo: What do the battles with M23 mean for the DRC and UN Peacekeeping?
GIBLIN, J., 13 Mar 2025, EJIL:TALK!.Research output: Other contribution › Blog
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The Force Intervention Brigade: A Conscious Departure
Giblin, J., 12 Nov 2024, In: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies. 15, 2, p. 209-227 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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United Nations Peacekeeping and the Principle of Non-Intervention: A TWAIL Perspective
GIBLIN, J., 26 Mar 2024, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 296 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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United Nations Peacekeeping Raw Interview Data
GIBLIN, J. (Creator), University of Nottingham, 7 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.17639/nott.7119, https://rdmc.nottingham.ac.uk/handle/internal/9145
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