Michael Foran
associate professor of law, University of Oxford; tutorial fellow in law, Keble College, Oxford

Dr Michael Foran is associate professor of law at the University of Oxford and tutorial fellow in law at Keble College, Oxford, where he teaches public law and jurisprudence.

He is an expert in equality and anti-discrimination law and his work has been cited by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the landmark case of For Women Scotland v the Scottish Ministers which confirmed a biological interpretation of sex within equality law. His work also informed the decision of the UK government to veto the enactment of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill which would have introduced sex self-identification into Scotland.

Dr Foran writes extensively on all aspects of equality and human rights law. His first book, Equality Before the Law, was published in 2023 and was based on his PhD thesis, which won the Yorke Prize from the University of Cambridge. His second book, Sex, Gender Identity and the Law, will be published in 2026 by Cambridge University Press.

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