Dr S Palmer

Stephanie Palmer's  research interests lie in the fields of human rights, constitutional law and feminist theory.  Her current projects include working on a book on human rights in the UK and a research project on gender and climate change.   She has a research interest in ‘Bills of Rights’ and related constitutional developments, especially in the UK.  She is a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre and a member of the Centre for Public Law and the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences.  She is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Behaviour Change by Design Programme in the University of Cambridge Behaviour and Health Research Unit.  

She lectures and supervises students in Human Rights Law, Medical Law and Life Sciences,Constitutional and Administrative Law.  She is currently supervising doctoral theses on a range of public law and human rights topics.  She is a Fellow at Girton College and a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London. She is on the Joint General Editor of  the European Human Rights Law Review and was one of the founding editors of the International Journal of Constitutional Law (I*CON).  She has a particular interest in pro bono law and has been an executive member of the Cambridge Pro Bono scheme since its foundation in 2000 and she is also a collaborator of the Somerstown Legal Advice Corner in London.