Alan Greene holds B.C.L. and LL.M (Criminology and Criminal Justice) degrees from UCD. In 2009 he was awarded the UCD School of Law Doctoral Scholarship. Alan’s thesis investigates legal and political controls on states' emergency powers. His interest is not merely in the efficacy of these controls but in the theoretical implications of utilising only political controls and leaving the assessment of the existence of a state of emergency beyond the legal sphere. His research is supervised by Dr Fiona de Londras.