Dr Alice Storey is Associate Professor of Human Rights at Birmingham City University. Her research focuses on the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), specifically examining how States and civil society engage with international human rights, with a focus on women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty. She is the Academic Lead of the UPR Project at BCU, shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award in 2021, which engages in practice with the UPR mechanism, as well as supporting civil society organisations and domestic governments. She regularly contributes to public engagement, including advising the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights in 2023 and 2025 regarding the UK’s UPR. Alice is also co-founder of the UPR Academic Network, an international group of scholars working on the UPR.