Sharron will participate in collaborative and transdisciplinary research with other centre members. These collaborations will include the development of research links that advance the Centre’s profile and interests internationally. She will contribute her expertise and empirically and theoretically grounded knowledge to support CSEL

Research interests: Sharron’s research interests and expertise lie at the intersection of mobility, gender, sexuality and law. She has conducted large and small scale empirical and theoretical research in the areas of human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation, sex work, sexual politics, gender equality law and policy and migration from the Global South to the European Union. Sharron is an experienced social scientist and has expertise in qualitative research methods and fieldwork, including psychosocial approaches to researching ‘vulnerable’ and ‘difficult to reach’ groups.

She has written widely on these issues and is the author of four books including Sexual Politics in Contemporary Europe (Palgrave MacMillan 2022). Sharron is the Founder and Executive Director of LEX an international Research Hub focused on research at the intersection of law, gender and sexuality. Current projects include Medical, Legal and Lay Understandings of Physical Evidence in Rape Cases (Evidently Rape) with May-Len Skilbrei.