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Biography
I am a Lecturer at the UCC School of Law, where I teach into the property and equity modules. I am also cross-posted with the Radical Humanities Laboratory. My research interests lie in the law of the dead and bodily disposal, and private law's interactions with death, particularly through a socio-legal lens.
Research Interests
Social and legal understandings of the dead body, private law (particularly personal property and trusts)
PhD Supervision
- Available for PhD supervision
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Blue Death Studies: Theorising the Water-Corpse Interface
Peterson, J., Bezan, S. & Falconer, K., 6 Dec 2024, In: Lagoonscapes.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Burial Disputes and the Work of the Dead
Falconer, K., 1 Jan 2024, Life and Death in Private Law. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 237-254 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Cryopreservation and the death of legal personhood
Falconer, K., 2024, In: Mortality. 29, 4, p. 762-777 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Life and Death in Private Law
Fell, A. & Falconer, K., 1 Jan 2024, Life and Death in Private Law. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 1-27 27 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Life and Death in Private Law
Falconer, K., Barker, K. & Fell, A., 1 Jan 2024, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 262 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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UCC researchers receive €1.1m to address national and global societal challenges
Cryan, J. F., Firth, L., Sullivan, T., Falconer, K., Peterson, J., Cuffe, J., O'Sullivan, J., O'Connell, S., Palmieri, P. & Fathi, M.
17/11/25
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Cryopreservation raises legal, financial dilemmas as more people choose to be frozen after death
12/07/24
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Scientists don't know how to stop frozen humans becoming a 'goopy mess', but there are more questions about cryonics
11/07/24
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You can now be frozen after death in Australia. If you get revived in the future, will you still legally be the same person?
4/06/24
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