Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Equality Law
- Employment Law
- Law and Religion
Publications
Supervision
Current PhD Students
Biography
Megan Pearson is a Lecturer in the Law School and the Director of the Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality and Law. After completing her PhD in Law at the London School of Economics, she was a Lecturer in Employment Law at the University of Winchester, before joining the University of Southampton in 2016.
Her research and teaching is predominantly in the fields of Employment Law, Equality Law and Human Rights. She has particular interests in gender equality and in law and religion, publishing widely in these areas. Her work has focused on issues such as clashes of equality rights with freedom of religion, the rights of Muslim women to wear the full face veil under ECHR law, the protection of offensive expression in the workplace and whether conspiracy theories can be considered to be 'religions' in law. Her current research is on work life balance rights, particularly relating to flexible working rights and pregnancy discrimination.
She welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in undertaking research in any area related to her research.