Emma’s research explores issues raised by a feminist lens on social justice in contemporary Northern Ireland, significantly she began work on the lack of abortion access for women in the island of Ireland in 2011. The stigma and secrecy combined with the attitudes fostered by colonialism and deep religious conservatism are dealt with in a variety of ways, in her multi-disciplinary research, her art practice and within the wider women’s sector as an activist and public campaigner.
Forthcoming publications:
Array Collective: Campbell, E, Cargnelli, A, O’Connor, L (2024) “Púcaí, Partition and Placards: socially engaged art and political entropy in Northern Ireland” In: “Northern Ireland Beyond 100" edited by Bell, D and O’Dowd, L, Cork University Press
Bloomer, F and Campbell, E (2024) “"Intersections of law, policy and politics": the long and winding road to abortion decriminalisation” In: “Abortion Politics in Iceland and Ireland”, edited by Field, L and Ómarsdóttir, S. B, Special issue of Irish Political Studies
Campbell, E (2023) “All we want is, free, safe, legal, local abortion access for everyone who needs it: An examination of the Northern Ireland decriminalisation of abortion campaign” In: "Reproductive Care and Justice” edited by Long, E and Fraser, R. New Area Studies: Special Issue
Campbell, E and Roberts, D (2024) ““Activism is not a one-lane highway”: The diverse modalities of Alliance for Choice and abortion decriminalisation” In: “Abortion Politics in Iceland and Ireland”, edited by Field, L and Ómarsdóttir, S. B, Special issue of Irish Political Studies
Publications
Bloomer, F., & Campbell, E. (2022a). Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland: Legislation and Protest. In Bloomsbury (Vol. 1). Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/decriminalizing-abortion-in-northern-ireland-9780755642571/
Bloomer, F., & Campbell, E. (2022b). Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland: Allies and Abortion Provision. In Bloomsbury (Vol. 2). Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/decriminalizing-abortion-in-northern-ireland-9780755642571/
Campbell, E. (2022a). Art, Alliance for Choice and activism. In: F. Bloomer and E. Campbell, eds., Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland: Allies and Abortion Provision. [online] London: Bloomsbury, pp.59–69. Available at: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/decriminalizing-abortion-in-northern-ireland-9781350278912/ [Accessed 12 Oct. 2022].
Campbell, E., Cargnelli, A., O´Connor, L. (2022) Pucaí, Partition and Placards, in: Des Bell & Liam O´Dowd, Beyond Borders: Northern Ireland at 100, Cork University press (forthcoming)
Campbell, E. (2016). Think women seeking abortion in Northern Ireland have other options? Here’s the reality [online] the Guardian. Available at: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/05/abortion-northern-ireland-sentencing
Campbell, E. (2014a). Source Photographic Review - Back Issue Archive - Issue 79 Summer 2014 - Feature Page - Sexism on Show Has gender equality in photography moved on from the 1970s? - Feature Article by Emma Campbell. [online] www.source.ie. Available at: https://www.source.ie/archive/issue79/is79feature_Emma_Campbell_08_43_39_06-07-21.php
Campbell, E. (2016). Interdiscipinary adventures and philosophical moments in creative arts research, 'What is feminist art practice and how does it form part of a multidisciplinary approach to research. In: ‘Mind the Gap: Working papers on Practice-based Research in the Creative Arts’. Dublin: Dublin Distillers Press, National College of Art and Design.
Campbell, E. 2017 “When they put their hands out like scales.” In: Female lines: new writing by women from Northern Ireland edited by Linda Anderson and Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado, Dublin, New Island Books, pp.167-171.
Campbell, E. (2018). It’s only the North’s leaders who say ‘no’ to abortion rights. www.thetimes.co.uk. [online] 28 May. Available at:https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-s-only-the-north-s-leaders-who-say-no-to-abortion-rights-m7p0966h9 .
Campbell, E. (2019b). Now for NI: Fighting for abortion rights in the North. [online] Irish Broad Left. Available at: https://irishbroadleft.com/2019/02/21/now-for-ni-fighting-for-abortion-rights-in-the-north/
Campbell, E. (2021). Free, safe, legal, local. [online] https://www.redpepper.org.uk/. Available at: https://www.redpepper.org.uk/alliance-for-change/ .
Campbell, E. (2022). What Sort Of State Were We In? Alliance For Choice Tackle Westminster. In: F. Bloomer and E. Campbell, eds., Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland: Legislation and Protest. London: Bloomsbury.
Campbell, E. and Clancy, S. (2018). From Grassroots to Government: Engagement Strategies in Abortion Access Activism in Ireland. In: Crossing troubled waters: Abortion in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown: Island Studies Press, pp.132–173.
Campbell, E., Clancy, S. and Madera, M. (2016). Labour of Love. In: Abortion and Reproductive Justice – The Unfinished Revolution II. Labour of Love Exhibition. Belfast.
Campbell, E. and Connor, N. (2021). Alliance for Choice submission: Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill. [online] www.niassembly.gov.uk. Northern Ireland Assembly Commission. Available at: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/committee-blocks/health/2017---2022/alliance-for-choice.pdf.
Campbell, E., Connor, N., Heaney, S. and Bloomer, F. (2021a). Training abortion doulas in Northern Ireland: lessons from a COVID-19 context. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 47(17), p.bmjsrh-2021-201098. doi:10.1136/bmjsrh-2021-201098
Campbell, E., Ndolo, P., Kivuti, L., Mwai, K., Chiluba, B., Lukama, R. and Bloomer, F. (2021b). Radical Abortion Care in a Pandemic Briefing Report 1, April 2021 Global Policy Review of Abortion in the time of the Covid-19 Pandemic. [online] Available at: https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/90894362/Radical_Abortion_Care_in_Covid_19_Global_Policy_Review.pdf [Accessed 11 Nov. 2021].
Carruthers, M. (2022). BBC Radio Ulster - Red Lines, The art of politics and the politics of art. [online] BBC. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0blrw4x [Accessed 27 May 2022]. Interview with Stephen Millar and Emma Campbell from Array Collective.
Chiluba B, Lukama R, Ndolo P, Kivuti L, Mwai K, Campbell E, et al. (2021) Radical Abortion Care in a Pandemic Briefing Report 3, August 2021 Legislative and Policy Analysis and Related Publications within the Zambian context [Internet]. Belfast: Ulster University. Available from: https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/91973595/Zambia_Radical_Abortion_Care_in_Covid_19_Briefing_Report_.pdf.
Clancy, S. and Campbell, E. (2015). Out with you fucking whores! In: MART. Feminism and the Body in Performance: Current Practices. www.mart.ie.
Ndolo P, Kivuti L, Mwai K, Chiluba B, Lukama R, Campbell E, et al. Radical Abortion Care in a Pandemic Briefing Report 2, May 2021 Legislative and Policy Analysis, Practice Guidelines and Related Publications within the Kenyan Context [Internet]. Belfast: Ulster University; 2021 [cited 2022 Jul 27]. Available from: https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/90945512/Radical_Abortion_Care_in_Covid_19_Kenya_Final_version.pdf
Recent Conference Papers:
Campbell, E. 2023, “Controlling Bodies with Bureaucracy” is Abortion Post Repeal, Lincoln University
Campbell, E. 2023, “Photography as a Feminist Activist Practice in the Movement for Abortion Rights in North/ern Ireland” Peckham 24 - WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM: RESISTING NETWORKS OF CONTROL, London
Campbell, E. 2023, “Art as a Site of Protest and Resistance” Reproductive Justice in a post Covid World Cambridge University,
Campbell, E. and Antosik-Parsons, K., 2023. “Conceptualising Reproductive Citizenship Through Abortion Regulation and Experiences on the Island of Ireland” ARJC Regional Europe Webinar on reproductive justice with the Asia Safe Abortion Partnership
Campbell, E. and Antosik-Parsons, K., 2023. “Conceptualising Reproductive Citizenship and Theoretical Explorations of Experiences on the Island of Ireland” Repro Cit Project, Trinity. After the review, what next for Irish abortion services?