Mark Bell
Professor
Law
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
In 2015, Mark Bell was appointed Regius Professor of Laws, a Chair founded in 1668. He is also a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. Prior to his appointment at Trinity, he was a professor at the School of Law, University of Leicester, where he was also Head of the School of Law (2011-2014). Mark conducts research in the areas of Equality Law and Employment Law. He is the author of Racism and Equality in the European Union (OUP, 2008) and Anti-Discrimination Law and the European Union (OUP, 2002). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Irish Centre for European Law and the committee of the Employment Law Association of Ireland. In 2017, he organised the annual conference of the Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group. In 2015, he was a Senior Expert on Disability for the European Commission's Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination. He works regularly with a range of national and European NGOs dealing with equality issues, as well as international organisations. Since 2010, he has been working with the International Labour Organisation on several projects, and played a key role in producing a 2016 guide for employers on promoting diversity through workplace adjustments.
Research Interest
Mark's research interests lie in the areas of equality, work and migration. He has published extensively on EU equality law, but also on aspects of EU employment law (especially law and precarious work). His research interests include comparative equality and employment law issues. He has previously published research relating to migration law, such as the position of irregular migrants in the labour market. Mark welcomes inquiries from potential research students in the areas of equality law and employment law. He has experience of supervising doctoral research in these fields dealing with domestic law, comparative law, and EU law.
Publications
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British developments in non-discrimination law: the Equality Act in, editor(s)R Schulze , Non-Discrimination in European Private Law, Tubingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2011, pp209 - 231, [Mark Bell ]
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Mark Bell, Achieving the objectives of the Part-Time Work Directive? Revisiting the Part-Time Workers Regulations, Industrial Law Journal, 40, 2011, p254 - 279
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The principle of equal treatment: widening and deepening in, editor(s)P Craig and G de Búrca , The evolution of EU law, Oxford, OUP, 2011, pp611 - 639, [Mark Bell ]
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Lisa Waddington and Mark Bell, Exploring the boundaries of positive action under EU law: a search for conceptual clarity, Common Market Law Review, 48, 2011, p1503 - 1526
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Mark Bell , Between Flexicurity and Fundamental Social Rights: The EU Directives on Atypical Work, European Law Review, 37, 2012, p31 - 48
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Mark Bell , Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation: Alternative Pathways in EU Equality Law, American Journal of Comparative Law , 60, 2012, p127 - 146
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Occupational Health and Safety in the UK: At a Crossroads? in, editor(s)E Ales , Health and Safety at Work: European and Comparative Perspective, Alphen aan den Rijn, Kluwer Law International , 2013, pp375 - 410, [Mark Bell ]
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Constitutionalization and EU Employment Law in, editor(s)H Micklitz , The Constitutionalization of European Private Law, Oxford, OUP, 2014, pp137 - 169, [Mark Bell ]
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Mark Bell , Mental Health at Work and the Duty to Make Reasonable Adjustments, Industrial Law Journal, 44, 2015, p194 - 221
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Mark Bell , Sickness Absence and the Court of Justice: Examining the Role of Fundamental Rights in EU Employment Law, European Law Journal, 21, 2015, p641 - 656
