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Fiona MacGregor is a Research Fellow at Durham University's Durham Law School and a Non-Residential Fellow at the Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies, University of Auckland. Her career spans investigative journalism, UN work, and academic research focused on human rights in conflict zones and displacement contexts, particularly for women and girls.
Education: Awarded an LLM with distinction in Gender, Conflict and Human Rights from the University of Ulster (2022). Her dissertation won the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Dissertation Prize.
Research: Current PhD research examines UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 (just societies) through the lens of sexual violence in conflict. Supervised by Professors Catherine O’Rourke, Roger McGinty, and Nayanika Mookherjee, her work combines international law and community-led justice mechanisms.
Awards: Recipient of the Durham Doctoral Scholarship supporting her PhD and the prestigious Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Dissertation Prize.
Professional Background: Over a decade of fieldwork in Southeast and South Asia as a journalist and UN researcher. Her work bridges academia and policy, with a focus on translating research into actionable frameworks for protection and justice.
