Joshua Tickner Bellau
Laidlaw Scholar | Undergraduate Student | French and Spanish Joint Honours, Trinity College Dublin
I'm a Joint Honours French and Spanish student at Trinity College Dublin. My Laidlaw research has focused on immigration and the role of non-profits in supporting migrants and low-income families across Latin America, drawing on fieldwork in Medellín. For my Leadership in Action placement, I worked with Green Sanctuaries, a Paris-based environmental NGO, conducting legal and policy research on community-led conservation across France, Spain, Peru, and Ecuador. I'm interested in the intersection of law, language, and social/environmental justice.
Hi, I’m Hazel and I’m studying Law at the University of Leeds- this year I'm specializing in Environmental Law with my dissertation analyzing the role of legal personhood in the protection of bodies of water in UK.
I chose to study Law because it is a system with many flaws and- much like my plants that I love to take care of- and it requires constant attention and pruning to grow in a healthy manner. My passion involves analyzing aspects of the law and how it represents historical prejudices; how do we adapt our laws to form a more representative model? Where do we plant our next seeds?
My LIA is with Volunatrio Global in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I will be working with my superviser Milena Sapey to create a network of self-sufficient food chains and educate the Pacheco community on sustainable agricultural practices.
Mairéad Butler
Postgraduate Student, Central European University, Universidad de Granada, Trinity College Dublin
I'm an Erasmus Mundus MA in Women's and Gender Studies (GEMMA) student in Central European University, Vienna and the Universidad de Granada. I'm a BA (Hons) European Studies graduate, Gold Medallist, and Laidlaw Scholar (2022-23) at Trinity College Dublin.
My feminist historical research focuses on the intersection of motherhood, public health, and restorative justice in (post)colonial, Catholic contexts, with an emphasis on Ireland.
My Laidlaw research (2022) consisted of a comparative study of experiences of and discourses around gender-based violence in the Irish and Spanish Civil Wars (1922-23 and 1936-39 respectively). For my LiA (2023) I worked with Women Rights Initiative (WORI), a grassroots women's rights NGO in Uganda, on resource mobilisation and social enterprise business planning.