Award for Dr Ulic Egan
- Yvonne McDermott Rees
- Jul 20, 2024
- 1 min read
Congratulations to TRUE affiliated researcher, Dr Ulic Egan, who has been awarded Swansea University’s James Callaghan Doctoral Thesis Prize 2023-2024 for his thesis, “A Socio-Legal Intersectional Analysis of the Role of Technology in the Investigation of Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence”. The James Callaghan Thesis Prize is awarded to the best doctoral thesis from across Swansea University defended the previous year. Ulic wins a £1000 prize and the title of “James Callaghan Scholar”.
Ulic’s thesis examined an important and timely topic, the investigation of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Reported incidents of SGBV in war are ever-increasing (in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, amongst many others), and documentation efforts increasingly look to information online to prove the existence of mass atrocity crimes. By applying an intersectional lens to the role of technology in such investigations, this thesis breaks new ground in the literature and practice. Following the completion of his PhD, Ulic is now recognised as a leading voice in the investigation of SGBV crimes, as evidenced by his current role as senior lawyer with Global Rights Compliance in Kyiv, where he provides expert assistance to Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General in building cases related to the commission of sexual and gender-based violence in the conflict there. He is also co-leading a project to develop a guide for practitioners based on the ‘Murad Code’. Ulic was supervised by TRUE PI Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees and Dr Michelle Coleman at Swansea University.
Huge congratulations to Dr. Ulic Egan on winning the prestigious James Callaghan Doctoral Thesis Prize! His work on technology and the investigation of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence is incredibly important and timely. While this thesis focuses on socio-legal analysis, the rigorous documentation standards parallel those in clinical research. When preparing findings from complex studies for publication, many medical professionals utilize a specialized medical manuscript writing service to ensure their data and methodology are articulated with flawless accuracy for peer-reviewed journals.