Lauren Fox

Criminology (2023 cohort)

My research interests centre around the application of intersectional feminist theory to border criminology, and in particular the increasing criminalisation of migration and asylum. I am particularly interested in the experiences of foreign national women in prison, and the treatment of individuals affected by intersectional marginalisation in the asylum process. I look forward to exploring these themes further during my MSc, before progressing to the DPhil Criminology.

Before starting the MSc, I was a Summer Fellow at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, where I worked at Turpin Miller LLP on ongoing deportation and asylum cases, including at the legal aid clinic at HMP Huntercombe. Prior to this, I studied BA Jurisprudence (Law) at Exeter College, University of Oxford, where I received the Toeg Scholarship and the Fitzgerald Prize. I co-ordinated the Oxford Legal Assistance programme, where I was also a trainee, which provided pro bono research and casework for ongoing deportation cases. I am continuing pro bono work this year through a research project with Oxford Pro Bono Publico and Repreive, concerning state responsibility for breaches committed abroad against nationals by non-state actors.

I am on the 1+3 pathway, which is generously supported by the ESRC and the Kingsgate Scholarship (Lincoln College).