Three new law-faculty members at UCD
UCD Sutherland School of Law has appointed three new faculty members – one because of a collaboration with law firm Matheson LLP.
The three new faculty members are:
- Dr Amanda Byer,
- Dr Ciara Molloy, and
- Dr Aoife McPartland.
Dr McPartland has been appointed assistant professor in corporate law and governance and will take up the role in January 2026.
Her appointment is part of the UCD Matheson Corporate Governance Partnership, a collaboration that will support the school in the teaching and research of corporate governance and related law.
Dr McPartland is currently a senior enforcement manager with the Corporate Enforcement Authority.
Law and spatial justice
Dr Byer has joined the school as assistant professor in international law and global justice.
She has been appointed as part of the Ad Astra Fellows programme, a UCD initiative to recruit 50 early-career faculty members this year.
Her research concerns the relationship between law and spatial justice, particularly the role of landscape in the protection of environmental and human rights for local communities.
Criminology
Dr Molloy, who joins UCD from the University of Sheffield, has been appointed assistant professor in criminology.
Her key research areas include historical criminology, victimology, policing, cultural criminology, and restorative justice.
She will lecture on the BSc Criminology and Psychology degree, which is now in its third year.