Alex Nevins
Thesis title: “Asexuality and Law: Rights, Recognition and Justice”
PhD supervisors:
Qualifications
LLB (Hons) - University of Liverpool
International Human Rights Law LLM - University of Leeds
Responsibilities & affiliations
Convenor of Criminal Law Discussion Group
Undergraduate teaching
Tutor on Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World (SSPS08012) and Political Thinkers (PLIT08011) in the School of Social and Political Science
Research summary
Asexual-spectrum identities, legal recognition, queer legal theory, feminist legal theory, equality law, criminal law
Conference details
"Asexuality and Law: Rights, Recognition, and Justice" - Feminist and Queer Spatialities: Care, Connection and Change 2024 (University College Dublin)
"Sexual Orientation or Sexual Assumption? The Equality Act’s Oversight of Asexual-Spectrum Identities" - LEX, VAWGRN, FRAN, and CSEL research networks' Conference - Activism, Change, and Feminist Futures: Remembering the Past to Reimagine the Future 2024 (University of Liverpool)
"From Invisibility to Inclusion: Exploring Asexual-Spectrum Rights to Imagine Non-Sexual Citizenship" - American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2025 (Detroit)
"Rethinking Compulsory Sexuality: Locating Asexual-spectrum Identities In The Shadows Of Law" - Socio Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2025 (University of Liverpool).
"Beyond Desire: Asexuality and the Limits of Sexual Identity in Asylum Law" - Socio Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2026 (University of Sussex).