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Dr Magdalena Furgalska is a Lecturer at the York Law School since 2021, previously teaching at Durham Law School. Her research focuses on socio-legal approaches to mental health law, medical law, and reproductive healthcare law, with particular emphasis on consent frameworks, decision-making processes, and international human rights. She holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
- Education: LLB (Hull), LLM (Birmingham), MA in Social Research (Birmingham), PhD (Birmingham), PGCAP (York)
- Roles: Core team member of the Administrative Fairness Lab; Associate Editor for Medical Law International; Consultant to the World Health Organization
Her research investigates how law operates in practice, with a focus on marginalized groups such as psychiatric survivors and disabled women. Notable projects include work on the WHO’s 2022 Safe Abortion Guidance and analysis of abortion provisions in the 2010 Kenyan Constitution. Methodologically, she employs innovative visual and narrative techniques alongside systematic reviews to bridge legal and empirical research.
Key research streams include advance consent to mental health treatment, administrative fairness in healthcare decision-making, and rights-based approaches to reproductive healthcare access.
- Scientific Awards: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Dr Furgalska supervises PhD students in areas such as mental health law, mental capacity law, and socio-legal methodologies. She leads modules on Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law, Healthcare Law, and dissertation supervision across undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Her external activities include consultancy with the WHO and co-convening the Socio-Legal Studies Association’s Mental Health and Mental Disability Law Stream.
