Professor Adelyn Wilson has been the Head of Strathclyde Law School since July 2023. During her tenure, she has led the strategic redirection of the School across its portfolio of activities. Prior to taking up this role, she was a Professor of Law and the Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for international student recruitment strategy at the University of Aberdeen (2019-23). As well as an Executive Council Member of CHULS, she is the Convener of the Committee of the Head of Scottish Law Schools and a Member of the Joint Standing Committee for Legal Education in Scotland.

Her research interests principally focus on constitutional law and legal history, but also include medical law and private law topics. She was formerly an Academic Fellow of the Scottish Parliament, an editor of both the Edinburgh Law Review and Comparative Legal History, and a trustee or council member of five intellectual charities. She has also advised the European Scrutiny Committee of the UK Parliament and appeared on TV and radio in relation to her research.

Adelyn has taught legal history, medical law, commercial law, across the breadth of private law and on interdisciplinary and skills-based courses. She has been an external examiner for three UK universities, an appeals assessor for a Norwegian university, and an external consultant to design a QA framework for ABA Accreditation for a US university. She has taught for partner institutions internationally in five countries. She won Aberdeen’s Excellence Award for Best PGR Supervisor, and was nominated for Best UG Lecturer, Best UG Supervisor and Most Inspiring Lecturer.