Dr Elizabeth Agnew

Dr Elizabeth Agnew is a lecturer in the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast. Her research examines young people who engage in a range of harmful behaviours, both on and offline.

A focus of her current research is on issues of consent and the complexities surrounding peer on peer harmful behaviours, in particular harmful sexual behaviours (HSB). Elizabeth just completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NINE) which centred on exploring young people’s understanding and experiences of consent within the context of ‘sexting’ (image sharing among young people) and the limitations of current regulatory frameworks. On the back of her PhD and PDF studies, Elizabeth published a sole-authored monograph entitled Cyberbullying and Sexting: Regulatory Challenges in the Digital Age, with Hart Publishing Ltd.

Elizabeth has also published a number of co-authored chapters and sole-authored/co-authored articles for a range of publishers and is a member of NOTA (Supporting Professionals to Prevent Sexual Abuse) NI Committee.

Elizabeth is also Interim Co-Director for the All-Ireland Network on Sexual Violence Research. The all Ireland network brings together academics, PGR students, practitioners and policy makers who work in the area of sexual violence.