Dr Hannah Hirst

Hannah’s PhD examined the administration of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones in England through a children’s rights lens. Professor Helen Stalford and Professor Marie Fox supervised her doctoral research at the University of Liverpool. She was awarded a teaching fellowship for her PhD in 2017-2021 and taught undergraduate students Medical Law, Children's Rights and Public Law at Liverpool. 

 

Hannah recently contributed to Dr Craig Purshouse (University of Liverpool) and Dr Ilias Trispiotis's (University of Leeds) edited collection examining LGBT+ conversion 'therapy'. Her book chapter analyses the impact of conversion therapy on a gender diverse child’s right to develop. In July 2021, Hannah authored an article for Child and Family Law Quarterly outlining the implications of Bell v Tavistock on gender diverse children's rights. She is also currently involved in Dr Aoife Daly's (University College Cork) 'Sex Education as a Human Right' research project.

 

As a member of the European Children's Rights Unit, Hannah authored and co-authored several briefing papers highlighting the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit on children's rights, organised an International Symposium on Children's Rights, and helped to develop a series of master classes on how to bring theory to bear on children's rights research with ECRU colleagues.