Meet Our Advisors
Shivaun Quinlivan
NUI Galway
Dr. Shivaun Quinlivan, is a lecturer in the School of Law, and the Vice Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the College of Business, Public Policy and Law.
Dr Quinlivan specialises in equality law, education law and constitutional law. She is currently an expert advisor to the States of Guernsey in relation to the development of new multi-ground equality legislation. Shivaun was recently awarded an O'Brien Residential Fellowship and has completed a period in residence in the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
Dr Quinlivan is the co-chair of the School of Business and Economics Athena SWAN Self Assessment Team, she is a member of the Institutional Self Assessment Team, and a committee member of the University Women's Network.
In 2010, Dr Quinlivan coordinated the establishment of the LLM in International and Comparative Disability Law and Policy, for which she was the Programme Director from 2010-2016.
Dr Quinlivan holds a BA and LLB from NUI Galway, an LLM from King's College London and a PhD from Trinity College Dublin. She is also a qualified barrister.