Birmingham Law School

Global — Civic — Diverse

Our research themes

Our research projects

Algorithmic Accountability

The governance of emerging technologies
Resilience in Survivors of War Rape and Sexual Violence

A comparative project aimed at understanding the factors that enable and impede expressions of resilience in survivors of conflict-related rape and sexual violence
Everyday Cyborgs 2.0

Law’s boundary work and alternative legal futures
Legal and mental capacity in everyday life

How should the law respect and support the autonomy of persons with intellectual disabilities?
Healthy Brexit

ESRC-funded research into Health Law Outside the EU: immediate, intermediate and long-term impacts
Law and Language at the European Court of Justice

A new understanding of the development of EU law by examining the process behind the production of the multilingual jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union
EUTIP

We foster interdisciplinary research into the evolving international trade policy of the European Union (EU)
Counter-Terrorism Review

We aim to discover how CTR works, and to propose reforms where necessary for the purpose of ensuring the good governance of counter-terrorism in the UK.
Problem Solving in Criminal Law

What are the acceptable limits of the criminal law?

Public and policy engagement

Reforming abortion law in Ireland

Research undertaken by Birmingham Law School academics informed the legislative reform process that changed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world
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Our staff substantially contribute through their engagement work, locally and globally

Research news

09/09/2020

Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili and international lawyers publish "Invitation to Sign"

09/09/2020

The Enormity of the Patient Safety Challenges Facing the NHS in England

09/09/2020

The future of post-Brexit regulation of medicines and medical devices

09/09/2020

Not just A-levels: unfair algorithms are being used to make all sorts of government decisions

Birmingham Law School

Publications

Catalogue of recent and forthcoming monographs, chapters and articles by our academics
Academic staff

Full list of all of our academic researchers
Doctoral researchers

Profiles of our PhD students