Dr Claire Pierson – our visiting researcher

We are delighted to have dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) with our project team in Warsaw in April 2025!

Claire Pierson is a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Liverpool. She specialises in reproductive politics, specifically abortion rights and activism in highly restrictive contexts. She is currently leading on a British Academy funded project ‘Abortion law reform strategies and discourses: Reproductive Justice in Malta.’ Her latest monograph ‘ Women’s Troubles: Gender and Feminist Politics in post-Agreement Northern Ireland’ published by Manchester University Press will be released in May. She is also chair of Alliance for Choice, a key abortion rights organisation in Northern Ireland.
Welcome to Warsaw, Claire!