Mark Bennett

Profile

Biography

Dr Mark Bennett

Research Fellow

I joined the University of York in March 2025 as a Research Fellow and member of the Core Team in the Administrative Fairness Lab.

I was previously a Lecturer in Law at Liverpool Hope University (2021-25) and, prior to this, completed a PhD at the University of Liverpool (2016-21), funded by the AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership.

My research interests lie primarily in the fields of UK constitutional and administrative law, counter-terrorism and security law, and human rights law.

Research

Projects

I am currently working on a research project with Dr Jed Meers (University of York) and Professor Joe Tomlinson (King's College London) focused on the DWP's 'Targeted Case Review' scheme. This project - part of a collaboration between the Welfare Benefits Unit and the Administrative Fairness Lab, funded by the Legal Education Foundation - examines the roll out and claimant experiences of the scheme.

Publications

Selected publications

Bennett, M. (2024) Parliamentary Scrutiny of Counter-Terrorism Targeted Killings: Democratic Accountability Challenges of, and for, the Political Constitution. Public Law, Jan, pp.45-69
Bennett, M. (2022) Protecting Free Speech whilst Preventing Terrorism: The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill and the ‘Prevent Duty’ [blog post]. UK Constitutional Law Association Blog, 28 June 2022
Bennett, M. (2021) Exploring the Constitutional Implications of the UK’s Contemporary Counter-Terrorism Response(s) through the Lens of ‘Political’ Constitutionalism. PhD. Thesis, University of Liverpool
Bennett, M. (2019) Book Review: Parliament’s Secret War. Legal Studies, 39(4), pp.735-738
Bennett, M. (2018) The Ever-Expanding ‘Emergency’ Exception: Syria, the War Powers Convention, and the Bypassing of Prior Parliamentary Debate [blog post]. UK Constitutional Law Association Blog, 25 April 2018

External activities

Overview

I am a Member of the Society of Legal Scholars and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I was previously a Blog Manager of the UK Constitutional Law Association Blog (2021-25).