Doctoral researchers

We have a very active and varied research community. Examples of our students' current areas of study are listed in the profiles below.

Bridget Kafui Anthonio-Apedzi

Doctoral researcher
Visiting Lecturer

PhD title: Environmental Impact Assessment: towards the concept of sustainable development
Supervisor: Professor Robert Lee
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Sarasvathi Arulampalam

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Can the right to health entail the right not to be pregnant?
Supervisors: Professor Fiona de Londras and Mairead Enright
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Annalies Azzopardi

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The treatment of dominant undertakings in EU competition law: time for a new approach?
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Arnull and Dr Gulara Guliyeva
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Daniel Bansal

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: A conceptual analysis of criminal causation
Supervisor: Professor Robert Cryer
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Haifeng Chen

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Reconstruction of Confucianism through Kantian Reading
Supervisors: Professor Sean Coyle and Dr Gavin Byrne
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

I-Ju Chen

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Examining the environmental impact of the Asia-Pacific PTAs: Towards the goal of fisheries sustainability
Supervisors: Dr Luca Rubini and Professor Rilka Dragneva-Lewers
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Jonathan Collinson

Postgraduate Teaching Associate

PhD title: How should the Article 8 ECHR claims of foreign national offenders against deportation take into account the best interests of the child?
Supervisor: Dr Adrian Hunt
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Paul Dale

Doctoral researcher
Visiting lecturer

PhD title: Can John Austin’s theory of law, as properly understood, explain international law?
Supervisors: Professor Sean Coyle and Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Alana Farrell

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Censorship of Abortion Information in Ireland: Enforcement and Subversion
Supervisors: Professor Fiona de Londras and Mairead Enright
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Laura Ford

Postgraduate Teaching Associate

PhD title: Exempting the severely mentally ill from the death penalty in the United States of America
Supervisor: Professor Jean V. McHale
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Sophie Gallop

Postgraduate Teaching Associate

PhD title: Torture and the Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies Rule, under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Supervisor: Dr Julian Lonbay
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Carol Gray

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Why should we require informed consent for veterinary treatment of animals?
Supervisor: Professor Robert Lee
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Laura Harpham

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Do the legislative tools of the greening initiatives in the EU Common Agricultural Policy produce a measurable benefit to the natural environment of UK farmland?
Supervisors: Dr Aleksandra Cavoski and Professor Robert Lee
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Céline Hocquet

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title: EU Readmission agreements and the protection of asylum seekers’ rights
Supervisors: Professor Fiona de Londras and Dr Kieren McGuffin

Amirah Hussain

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The Role and Influence of the European Union on Consumer Contracts, Rights and Enforcement
Supervisors: Keith Uff and Professor Nelson Enonchong
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Amy Lawton

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Environmental taxation as a form of environmental protection: Implementing the second phase of the Carbon Reduction Commitment
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Naomi Luhde-Thompson

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The governance of unconventional fossil fuels in relation to sustainable development in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Supervisor: Professor Robert Lee
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Andreja Mihailovic

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Derivative suit
Supervisor: Dr Aleksandra Cavoski
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Najmadeen Ahmed Muhamad

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Taking Dignity Seriously in Legal Philosophy
Supervisors: Professor Sean Coyle and Dr Hakeem O. Yusuf
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Saba Navid

Doctoral researcher
Teaching associate

PhD title: A critical analysis of the effects of illegality on a contract
Supervisors: Dr Catherine Mitchell and Keith Uff
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Synda Obaji

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Evaluating Environmental Justice Under Nigeria’s Environmental Impact Assessment Law.
Supervisors: Dr Walters Nsoh and Professor Robert Lee
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Olukunle Davis Oke

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Towards Limiting Treaty Shopping in International Investment Law and Arbitration: A Critical Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Denial of Benefits Clause.
Supervisors: Professor Robert Lee and Professor Robert Cryer
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Andrea Preziosi

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: ‘Security’ as a Legal Concept: developing a clear conception of the role and power of rights as ‘brakes’ on security action
Supervisors: Professor Fiona de Londras and Dr Natasa Mavronicola

Tamara Reid McIntosh

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Under the Guise of Religious Pluralism: Islamic Law in US Courts and What America can glean from England and Canada
Supervisor: Dr Hakeem O. Yusuf
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Andrea Rocco

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The legitimacy of European intervention in the energy sector from an international standpoint
Supervisors: Dr Luca Rubini and Dr Julian Lonbay
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Eleanor Rowan

Doctoral researcher
Visiting lecturer

PhD title: A study investigating the equitable doctrine of undue influence and the ‘protective procedures’ in place for sureties entering bank lending transactions.
Supervisor: Professor Robert Lee
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

David Sheldon

Doctoral researcher
Teaching Associate

PhD title: An ethnographic study into the nature, frequency and extent of violence amongst imprisoned sexual offenders
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Yunxiang Shi

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Assessing Effectiveness and Legality of Chinese Policies on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: A Critical Analysis in the Context of WTO Legal System
Supervisors: Dr Luca Rubini and Dr Aleksandra Cavoski
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Tolulope O Taiwo

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Contractual mechanisms for dealing with risks and uncertainties in international oil and gas agreements.
Supervisors: Professor Nelson Enonchong and Dr Catherine Mitchell
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

George Tizirai-Chapwanya

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: A critical review of Roman-Dutch law as a source of law in Zimbabwe with special focus on its interplay with customary law.
Supervisor: Professor Nelson Enonchong
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Indria Wahyuni

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Impacts of the Decentralisation on Oil and Gas Mining Activities in Indonesia (A Case Study on the Block Cepu, in Bojonegoro, Indonesia)
Supervisors: Professor Robert Lee and Dr Aleksandra Cavoski
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Citta Widagdo

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The Role of Law in Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention
Supervisors: Professor Jean V. McHale and Dr Ben Warwick
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Stefanos Xenofontos

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The constitutionalisation of international law and the evolving nature of the ECtHR: Towards a European Constitutional Court for human rights?
Supervisors: Professor Fiona de Londras and Dr Natasa Mavronicola
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur