Jessie Blackbourn

Dr. Jessie Blackbourn is an Associate Professor in Public Law and Human Rights at Durham Law School (joined 2019). Previously held positions at the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at UNSW. Specializes in counter-terrorism law's legal and policy dimensions, with focus on oversight mechanisms, child radicalization responses, and civil liberties balances. Research adopts socio-legal interdisciplinary methods.

Institutional Affiliations:

• Associate Professor, Durham Law School
• ORCID-registered researcher

Research Interests:

• Counter-terrorism legal frameworks
• Judicial review of security laws
• Human rights impacts of anti-terror measures
• Far-right extremism policy responses

Publications highlight comparative analyses of national security laws (UK/Australia), critiques of preventive detention practices, and evolving legal definitions of terrorism. Over 30 scholarly outputs including authored books, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed journal articles.

Advisory work includes supervision of PhD student Julien Nappey. Active in policy debates on balancing security imperatives with civil liberties preservation.

Current projects explore:

• Administrative justice in counter-radicalization programs
• Far-right terrorism legislative gaps
• Cross-jurisdictional review mechanisms