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Dr. Tom Hickey is an Associate Professor at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University (DCU), specializing in constitutional law and theory. His work emphasizes judicial review, republican theory, and the separation of powers, with publications in leading journals like the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and International Journal of Constitutional Law. He co-authored the authoritative text Constitutional Law: Texts, Cases & Materials (2019) and co-edited Judges, Politics and the Irish Constitution (2017).
- Education: Degrees from NUI Galway and Cambridge University.
- Visiting Roles: Visiting Teaching Professor at Université Montesquieu (2015), Visiting Research Fellow at the Bonavero Institute (Oxford, 2020), and visiting scholar at the University of Glasgow (2012) and Princeton (2009).
His research focuses on constitutional interpretation, judicial power, and the legitimacy of judicial review. Recent articles analyze Irish Supreme Court cases like Gemma O’Doherty v Minister for Health (2022) and Zalewski v Workplace Relations Commission (2023), highlighting shifts toward a pluralist view of public law. He has supervised three PhD candidates and advocates for constitutional theory informed by republican principles of non-domination and shared control.
Dr. Hickey received the DCU President's Prize for Innovative Teaching in 2015 and was nominated for the award in subsequent years. He served on DCU's Teaching and Learning Committee (2016) and School of Law and Government Research Committee (2014–2015). He also acted as a constitutional law expert for Ireland's Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality (2019–2021).
