From 2002 to 2009, he was Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights[2] at the London School of Economics.
His academic research focuses primarily on civil liberties, terrorism and human rights.
Conor Gearty was born in Ireland and graduated in law from University College Dublin was before moving to Wolfson College, Cambridge in 1980 to study for a master's degree and then for a PhD.
In 1990, he moved to the school of law at King's College London, where he was first a senior lecturer, then a reader and finally (from 1995) a professor.
[3] Gearty is also a practising barrister and a founder member of Matrix Chambers.