Michelle Donnelly

Michelle Donnelly is a Lecturer at Strathclyde Law School (2021-present). She was previously appointed as a Lecturer in Law and the Director of the BA Law Programmes at the University of Stirling (2018-2021) and held roles as a Teaching Associate (2017-2018) and Research Associate (2016-2017) at Strathclyde. Dr Donnelly is a socio-legal researcher with interests in child and family law and justice, mainly focused on compulsory state intervention in family life. Her PhD thesis (2017) examined the unitary nature of the children’s hearings system as an integrated child protection and justice forum. She has contributed to studies examining aspects of children’s hearings practice and child justice more broadly. Dr Donnelly is a Co-Investigator for a major research programme funded by the Nuffield Foundation, ‘Challenging Justice Inequalities. Co-producing change with children in conflict with the law’ (2024-2026).