Professor Jane Scoular
Law
Personal statement
I joined the Law School in 1995 and was promoted to Professor in 2012.
I am a socio-legal scholar working across issues relating to law and gender and sexuality. Researchers investigating the legal regulation of commercial sex place my publications amongst the primary reference works in the field.
My work has influenced both academic and policy debate and law reform. My publications include聽original theoretical expositions in books and internationally peer-refereed journals as well as ground-breaking national and international empirical studies. This work has been funded by government, the ESRC, The British Academy and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, amongst others.聽
With colleagues, I undertook the largest study of internet-based sex work and its regulation, in the ESRC-funded project ''听[2015-2018]. Among the project鈥檚 publications, which included a monograph and numerous articles, was the winner of the聽SLSA Best Article Prize in 2020:聽.
I was the Principal Investigator on an ESRC-funded project 鈥楽ex work and Sexual Violence (2021-23)' which explored how socio-legal contexts shape the experiences of sexual violence among people engaging in sex work. Our book '' which details the main findings was published in 2025.
I am currently an Adjunct Professor at QUT, Australia and I have been a Visiting Scholar at New York University and at the University of Stockholm, where I researched the Swedish law relating to prostitution. I served as a member of the Scottish Parliament's Expert Panel on Prostitution and continue to advise policy in this area. I served on the Management Committee and co-chaired the scientific programme on 'Prostitution Policies and Politics' in the (2013-2017).听
I teach in the areas of Legal Theory and Law and Society and am the Law School's Postgraduate Research Director.聽
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 4/4/2020
Publications
- Brents Barbara G, Abel Gillian, , Sanders Teela, Fraser Cherida, Wakefield Chris, Lanti Alessandra
- The British Journal of Criminology (2026)
- Sanders Teela, , Brents Barbara G, Balderston Susie, Abel Gillian, Ellison Graham, Wakefield Chris, Smailes Harriet
- Criminology and Criminal Justice (2025)
- , Gyurko Fanni, Brents Barbara G, Sanders Teela, Abel Gillian
- Voicing Consent Sex Workers, Sexual Violation and Legal Consciousness in Cross-National Contexts (2025) (2025)
- , Gyurko Fanni, Brents Barbara G, Sanders Teela, Abel Gillian
- Voicing Consent Sex Workers, Sexual Violation and Legal Consciousness in Cross-National Contexts (2025) (2025)
- Sanders Teela, , Brents Barbara G, Balderston Susie, Abel Gillian
- (2025)
- Sanders Teela, Smailes Harriet, Brents Barbara G, Abel Gillian,
- Voicing Consent Sex Workers, Sexual Violation and Legal Consciousness in Cross-National Contexts (2025) (2025)
Teaching
I have taught across a range of subjects on the LLB, BA and at post-graduate level and also have extensive experience of supervising Honours dissertations, LLMs and PhDs. I teach on the following courses:
- Legal Theory
- Legal Process
- Law and Society
- Gender, Sexuality and Law
Professional Activities
- Visiting researcher
- 2019
- Visiting researcher
- 2019
- Advisor
- 2015
- Member
- 2015
- Chair
- 8/4/2013
- Chair
- 2013
Projects
- Scoular, Jane (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2024
- Scoular, Jane (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2018
- Scoular, Jane (Principal Investigator)
- Enforcing Welfare: investigating the use of Enforcement and Support Orders in the context of street sex work
- 07-Jan-2013 - 31-Jan-2014
- Scoular, Jane (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 01-Jan-2017
- Scoular, Jane (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2011 - 31-Jan-2011
- Scoular, Jane (Co-investigator)
- Full Research Report. (拢48,000) ESRC End of Award Report, RES-000-22-1001. Swindon: ESRC
- 01-Jan-2007 - 31-Jan-2009