Professor Suzanne Ost
ProfessorResearch Overview
Suzanne's main research interests are: law and bioethics on assisted dying; breaches of the sexual boundaries between doctors and patients and the impact of criminal law on bioethics and health care practice); unknowing victims of crime (, ); the legal and societal responses to child abusive images (); and the sexual grooming of children and child sexual exploitation. Her most recent analyses exploitation (conceptually, ethically and legally) in the doctor-patient relationship. Her completed projects include a project on , funded by the British Academy.
Suzanne has advised the Jersey government () She was the expert adviser for and critical friend to the .
Career Details
Professor of Law since 2012. Senior Lecturer in Law (September 2007-March 2012). Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester (2004-2007), and Lecturer in Law at the University of Central Lancashire (2000-2003).
Professional Role
Academic Lead for the North West North Wales (NWNW) Cluster of the British Academy's Early Career Researcher Network.
Formerly Director of Research Enhancement and Associate Dean for Research for the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (2018-2024).
External Roles
External Advisor to the , reviewing the Jersey draft law on assisted dying, 2025
Member of the Law sub-panel under Panel C, REF2021
Member of the AHRC Peer Review College
Critical Friend for the , 2024
Expert Adviser for , 2021
2011-2020: former Editor in Chief for the journal
Output assessor for the Law sub-panel under Panel C, REF14
Peer Review Assessor for the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, NHS Research for Patient Benefit Programme and the Wellcome Trust
Research Grants
I have been awarded research funding from the AHRC, the British Academy and the Socio-Legal Studies Association.
Current Teaching
2025-2026:
Law300 Health Care Law and Ethics
Law104x Criminal Law
PhD Supervision Interests
Professor Ost is happy to supervise research degrees on medical law and bioethics, legal and social issues surrounding child abusive images and sexual grooming, child sexual exploitation and other areas related to her research interests.
Selected Publications
Ost, S., Gillespie, A. 16/12/2023 In: British Journal of Criminology. 17 p.
Journal article
Ost, S., Biggs, H. 26/08/2021 Routledge. 208 p. ISBN: 9781138238756.
Monograph
Ost, S., Gillespie, A.A. 1/05/2019 In: International Review of Victimology. 25, 2, p. 223-247. 25 p.
Journal article
Ost, S. 4/02/2016 In: Medical Law Review. 24, 2, p. 206-233. 27 p.
Journal article
All Publications
14/05/2021 → 01/03/2023
Research
01/02/2013 → 31/12/2013
Research
01/11/2011 → 31/07/2021
Other
01/01/2008 → 31/07/2011
Other
01/05/2006 → 31/12/2009
Other
Expert Opinion
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Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
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Membership of committee
Membership of council
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Editorial activity
- Centre for Law and Society
- Security Lancaster (Policy, Law and Ethics)