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Dr. David Doyle is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law and Criminology at Maynooth University, where he has been since October 2015. His expertise spans criminal law, criminology, legal history, and education law. He holds a BA and MA in History and Politics from University College Dublin, followed by a doctorate and a Bachelor of Laws (first class honours) from the National University of Ireland, Galway.
His research focuses on capital punishment, criminal justice history, de-extinction, domestic abuse, human trafficking, sexual offences, and the right to education. Notable works include a book co-authored with Dr. Liam O'Callaghan, Capital Punishment in Independent Ireland: A Social, Legal and Political History (2019), and contributions to interdisciplinary topics like the legal implications of de-extinction and the rights of foreign national prisoners.
- Awards:
- Irish Research Council Doctoral Scholarship
- IRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011)
- IRC New Ideas Award (2011)
- IRC New Foundations Award (2012)
- IRC Research and Networking Grant (2012)
- IRC International Career Development Fellowship (2013)
- IRC Ukrainian Researcher Scheme Awards (2022–2023)
- IRC Coalesce Award (2021)
His grants include multiple IRC New Foundations Awards (2015–2021) and IRC Ukrainian Researcher Scheme Awards (2022–2023), supporting research on human trafficking, de-extinction ethics, and education access. He previously held a Marie-Curie Co-Fund fellowship at the Oxford Faculty of Law's Centre for Criminology (2013).
Teaching interests include criminal law, criminology, education law, and intellectual property law. He actively mentors research proposals in these areas and collaborates with international teams on topics like data ethics, prisoner rights, and transnational crime.
