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Iyiola Solanke holds the Chair in EU Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds Law School. Her work focuses on anti-discrimination law, critical race theory, judicial diversity, and the intersection of law with social justice movements. She is a former Visiting Professor at the Harvard University School of Public Health and a Fernand Braudel Fellow, with notable publications including Discrimination as Stigma: A Theory of Anti-Discrimination Law (Hart, 2017).
- Current Role: Chair in EU Law and Social Justice, University of Leeds
- Previous Roles: Visiting Professor at Harvard University School of Public Health, Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute
- Key Contributions: Founder of the Black Female Professors Forum, Chair of the Inquiry into the History of Eugenics at UCL, Inaugural Dean of EDI at the University of Leeds
Her research explores how discrimination operates as a societal virus, proposing public health-inspired frameworks to combat it. This paradigm shift was highlighted in her 2019 TEDxLondon talk, which argues for adapting epidemic management strategies (e.g., contact tracing, quarantine) to address systemic discrimination.
- Scientific Awards:
- Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute
- Academic Bencher of the Inner Temple
As Principal Investigator on the Co-POWeR project, she leads Work Package 1 ('Emergency Powers') with Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya and Monica Bernal Llanos. Her advocacy for marginalized groups in academia, particularly through the Black Female Professors Forum, underscores her commitment to structural equity and inclusion.
