She is the author of Prison Policy in Ireland: Politics, Penal-Welfarism and Political Imprisonment (Routledge, 2011), and Prison Law (Bloomsbury Professional, 2014). Dr Rogan was awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant worth €1.5million in 2015 for a project entitled ‘Prisons: the rule of law, accountability and rights’. Dr Rogan was appointed by the Minister for Justice and Equality to chair an Implementation and Oversight Group on reforms to penal policy in 2015. She is a barrister and also a member of the Board of the Irish Association for the Social Integration of Offenders, and is a former Chairperson of the Irish Penal Reform Trust.