Gizem Guney

Gizem Guney is a Senior Lecturer in Law with Criminology at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (SCCJ), Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Portsmouth. She joined the university in 2020 and also serves as the Study Abroad Coordinator and Course Leader for the dual degree program in Counter Terrorism, Intelligence and Cybercrime with Edith Cowan University, Australia. She is a Guest Lecturer at the Riga Graduate School of Law, where she coordinates the MSc 'International Criminal Law' module.

• PhD in Law, University of Sussex (2019)
• LLM in International Human Rights Law, Queen Mary University of London (2014)
• LLB, Eskişehir Anadolu University (2011)

Her research centers on gender-based violence against women and LGBTQI+ individuals from a human rights and feminist theoretical perspective. She critically examines national criminal justice responses in relation to international standards such as the ECHR, ECtHR jurisprudence, and the Istanbul Convention. Her work integrates radical, postmodern, intersectional, and queer theories to analyze legal frameworks and policy failures. She also explores cyber and technology-facilitated forms of violence, including IoT-enabled domestic abuse and digital-age challenges to women’s rights.

Her recent publications, including the edited volume Towards Gender Equality in Law: An Analysis of State Failures from a Global Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan), reflect a strong trend in comparative legal analysis, focusing on state accountability, anti-gender movements, and the implementation gaps in international human rights conventions. Her articles span topics such as the anti-Istanbul Convention campaigns, gender passports, and Turkey’s compliance with transnational gender violence standards.

She has received recognition for academic excellence, including the Best Student Award in her LLM specialization. She has contributed expert analyses to high-impact policy studies by the European Parliament FEMM Committee and the Council of Europe on violence against women in the digital age.

• Best Student Award, LLM International Human Rights Law, Queen Mary University of London
• Contributor, European Parliament FEMM Committee study on VAW legislation
• Expert contributor, Council of Europe study on digital violence and the Istanbul Convention

Gizem Guney actively supervises PhD research in gender-based violence, human rights, and feminist/queer criminology. She has secured collaborations with international institutions and contributes to policy development through commissioned research. Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to gender equality and justice. She is involved in the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime at the University of Portsmouth, contributing to interdisciplinary research on cyber-enabled gender violence.