Professor Dr. Harriet Cornell

Biography

Harriet Cornell completed her PhD in Economic Social History at the University of Edinburgh. Her academic work focuses on power, authority, law, and the state in early modern Scotland, particularly on the implications of 'statecraft' for the lives of ordinary people. Since joining the Edinburgh Law School in 2013, she has worked on several significant projects, including the Global Justice Academy and the Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP). She is currently the Programme Manager for the Peace Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep), a six-year Accountable Grant programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. PeaceRep is the largest grant awarded to the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Edinburgh, amounting to £19 million. Harriet has also been involved in the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and successfully submitted applications for Heritage Lottery Fund Catalyst Funding Endowment Grants. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from Edinburgh and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. One of her notable projects includes receiving the Carnegie Collaborative Grant for the project 'Agriculture Teind Reform in Early Modern Scotland', with a book published by Boydell in April 2024.

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