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Roles and Affiliations: Davina Cooper is a Research Professor in Law & Political Theory at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London. She leads the Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship on 'Gender and the Conceptual Imagination' and previously directed the ESRC-funded Future of Legal Gender project. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and Academy of Social Sciences.
Education: Her academic background is rooted in legal and political theory, with a focus on conceptual innovation and transformative governance. She has held roles at Keele University and Westminster University, including Research Dean for Social Sciences at Keele (2000-2003).
Research Interests:
- Conceptual innovation in law and politics
- Gender equality and legal reform
- Prefigurative law and municipal activism
- State and non-state governance models
Articles Trends: Her recent publications explore decertification of legal gender, prefigurative law strategies, and intersections of religion and disability in equality law. Themes include conceptual activism, institutional reform, and feminist methodologies.
Awards:
- Fellow of the British Academy (2021)
- Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Grants & Advising: She led the £1.8M ESRC Future of Legal Gender project (2018-2022) and secured a Leverhulme Fellowship (2022-2024). She advises parliamentary committees and accepts PhD students in law and political theory.
Labs & Teams: Co-founder of the interdisciplinary Routledge Social Justice book series and collaborator on municipal governance initiatives, including projects on BDS activism and gender policy.
