Prof. Laure Lundy
Professor Laura Lundy is Professor of Education Law and Children’s Rights and the Director of the Centre for Children’s Rights at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland (www.qub.ac.uk/ccr.)
Her expertise is in law and children’s rights, with a particular focus on children’s education rights and right to participate in decision-making. Her 2007 paper conceptualising Article 12 of the UNCRC is one of the most highly cited academic papers on children’s rights and the model of participation it proposes (based on four key concepts: Space, Voice, Audience and Influence) has been used globally by policy makers and practitioners.
She has extensive practical experience of rights-based, participatory research and consultation with children of all ages and has provide training and consultancy to a range of international organisations including the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe and Child Rights Connect.
Her expertise is in law and children’s rights, with a particular focus on children’s education rights and right to participate in decision-making. Her 2007 paper conceptualising Article 12 of the UNCRC is one of the most highly cited academic papers on children’s rights and the model of participation it proposes (based on four key concepts: Space, Voice, Audience and Influence) has been used globally by policy makers and practitioners.
She has extensive practical experience of rights-based, participatory research and consultation with children of all ages and has provide training and consultancy to a range of international organisations including the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe and Child Rights Connect.