Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law

Our Staff

Our trustees and staff are highly experienced
in the areas of psychology, law and social policy, providing a solid basis for our interdisciplinary endeavour.

Jane Herlihy: Director

Jane Herlihy is the Executive Director of CSEL. She is a Chartered Consultant Clinical Psychologist and has been writing and conducting research into the decision-making process in refugee status claims since 2000.

She worked briefly part time at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture between 2000 and 2001 and then from 2001 to 2005 at the Refugee Service of the Traumatic Stress Clinic, a centre for asylum seekers and refugees experiencing difficulties following traumatic experiences. She currently has a part time clinical role at the Trauma Clinic in London. She is an Honorary Lecturer at University College, London.

Clare Cochrane:
Women's Research Dissemination Worker

Clare Cochrane is the Women's Research Dissemination Worker, heading up CSEL's Dissemination Project for Refugee Women. Over the next three years the project will deliver training and produce resources for non-lawyers and non-psychologists supporting traumatised women seeking asylum in the UK.

Clare previously worked at Oxfam as a policy officer in the UK Poverty Programme and at Groundswell UK as Communications Development Worker. She sits on the management committee of the Women?s Budget Group and was a co-chair from 2005 to 2009.

Mary Whitehead:
Administrator

Mary has held secretarial positions in a number of industries and professions. Her first position was as a junior secretary to the Regional General Manager, North East Team at Midland Bank Headquarters. She retired 2 years ago from her position as P.A. to the Chief Executive and Owner of a small group of companies operating in the care home and hotel sector.

Mary’s roles have always exceeded the job description for secretary/PA. For example she was responsible for obtaining Work Permits for nursing staff for the care homes and was responsible for getting ‘A’ status under the new immigration system.

Alex Moscicki:
volunteer Research Assistant

Alex is a volunteer at CSEL, helping to write research summaries for the dissemination project and analyzing the data for a recent study. He is currently an MSc student in Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL and previously worked at the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington, DC, as a post-baccalaureate research fellow. As an American abroad, he is really enjoying his time in London and at CSEL!

Get Involved

As a trustee, as a fellow researcher, or by participating in one of our current projects. Contact us now for more information at info@csel.org.uk