Noreen O'Meara has research interests that cross-cut EU, human rights, climate and environmental law. She has particular expertise on connections between rights and the environment, environmental governance and pollution, and relationships between the EU and ECHR systems.
Experienced at leading and supporting interdisciplinary, funded research projects (UKRI/GCRF, ESRC/IAA, EPSRC, GIZ, UNEP, British Academy), current projects focus on plastics pollution, urban sustainability, and trade. Noreen holds a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship advancing her research on national, EU and international dimensions of environmental governance.