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Mhairi Campbell

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20182025

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Research Interests:

Mhairi has a keen interest in socio-legal issues surrounding women's rights, disability rights, access to justice and welfare rights.

 

In particular Mhairi is interested socio-legal problems that impact menstrual health and women's mental health, specifically disorders such as Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. 

Mhairi is an active member of the UWS Women's Health Research Network.

Mhairi and her colleagues won funding to to explore how people with PMDD seek support from the UK welfare benefits system (funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh).

Mhairi has contributed her expertise to help develop the UK’s first research agenda for PMDD (funded by Research England).

To see Mhairi and colleague's research, visit www.pmddresearch.com. Here you can sign up to the PMDD research newsletter and/or join the UK's first PMDD patient insight group.

 

Outside of Women's mental health:

Mhairi is an Advisory Group member of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment commissioned by the Scottish Government. The advisory group consists of 10 members who have been convened to provide guidance, expertise, and scrutiny to the Chair to ensure the effectiveness, fairness, and integrity of the review.

The group will provide advice on the approach, methodology, engagement mechanisms and plans adopted by the review when conducting stakeholder engagement, as well as facilitating access to a wide range of audiences. Please see here for more information and up to date publications of the review. 

 

Mhairi has membership to:

  • International Association for Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD)
  • Socio-legal Studies Association
  • Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group for Women's Health 
  • Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland 

Current teaching activities and interests

Mhairi is lecturer on the BA in Law programme, leading the Consumers and the Law module, Contemporary Issues in Law 1 Module and the Tribunal Skills module. In addition to this, Mhairi has taught over a variety of Civil Law Modules such as:

Media Law (Module Co-ordinator)

Madia and the Law (Module Co-ordinator)

Legal Advocacy Skills (Module Co-ordinator)

Family Law

International Human Rights

Public Law 1 and 2

Property Law

Succession and Trusts

Administrative Law

Legal Theory

Company Law

Equality Law

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

External positions

Advisory Group Member for the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment, The Scottish Government

Apr 2024Oct 2025

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