Who is Laura Lundy?

Laura Lundy is Professor of Law at University College Cork and Honorary Professor of Children’s Rights at Queen’s University, Belfast where she undertook her law degree, Master’s and PhD. She lectured at Queen’s for thirty-six years (becoming a professor in 2009) and founded and directed its Centre for Children’s Rights. She is a qualified barrister at law and was co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Children’s Rights. Her expertise is in law and human rights with a particular focus on the implementation of the UNCRC in law and policy, children’s right to participate indecision-making and education rights. Her 2007 paper in the British Educational Research Journal, “’Voice’ is not enough” is one of the most highly cited academic papers on children’s rights ever. The model of children’s participation it proposes (based on four key concepts - Space, Voice, Audience and Influence) is widely known as the Lundy Model and is used extensively in scholarship and practice.