Doctoral Researchers - Birmingham Law School Birmingham Law School has a vibrant postgraduate community, carrying out research in a broad range of areas. Profiles of some of our current doctoral researchers and details of their research are listed below: Sophia Ahmed Doctoral researcher PhD titleAssessing the compatibility between religious beliefs, human rights and medical opinion in ordering the withdrawal of medical treatment for children.SupervisorsProfessor Jean V. McHale and Professor Atina KrajewskaCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Emma Ahmed-Rengers Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Responsible Governance of Computer Vision TechnologiesSupervisorsProfessor Karen Yeung and Dr Hyung Jin ChangCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Abiola Awe-Adesanya Doctoral researcher PhD titleLiving in a material world: Critical Materials and the Shift to Electric Vehicles – A Legal AnalysisSupervisorsProfessor Aleksandra Cavoski and Dr Walters NsohCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Magali Brosio Doctoral researcher PhD titleGender Equality and the Sustainable Development Goals: Improving Measures of ProgressSupervisorsProfessor Kate Bedford and Professor Nic CheesemanCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Robson Chihota Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Impact of Economic Resources Questions on the Implementation of Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Zimbabwe and South AfricaSupervisorDr Ben WarwickCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Alana Farrell Doctoral researcher PhD titleCensorship of Abortion Information in Ireland: Enforcement and SubversionSupervisorsProfessor Fiona de Londras and Professor Máiréad EnrightCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Magdalena Furgalska Doctoral researcher PhD titleAchieving Social Justice for Psychiatric Survivors: Capabilities and Advance Consent in Mental Health LawSupervisorsProfessor Rosie Harding and Dr Emma OakleyCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Duaa Hassan Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Restrictions on Freedom of Political Expression on Campus: How Students Can Exercise Political Expression on Campus with Respect for Human Rights and Academic InterestsSupervisorsDr Lydia Morgan and Dr Bosko TripkovicCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Polly Hernández Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe relevance of relevance: an examination of the role of evidential relevance in relation to sexual history evidence, bad character evidence and hearsay evidenceSupervisorsProfessor John Child and Dr Samantha FaircloughCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Gunay Ismayilova Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe ECtHR’s standard of proof in determining a substantive violation of the right to life: key principles and their concretisation in case-law on the right to life against AzerbaijanSupervisorsProfessor Natasa Mavronicola and Dr Meghan CampbellCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Ramón Jessurun Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Mexican Constitution: Aspects of Law and LanguageSupervisorsProfessor Karen McAuliffe and Dr Felix E TorresCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Md Rezaul Karim Doctoral researcher PhD titleGraduation of Bangladesh from LDC to Developing Country and its Impact on Bangladesh’s International Trade Supervisors: Dr Luca Rubini and Dr Maria CorvagliaCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Constantina Lazaridou Doctoral researcher PhD titleTo what extent does the European Court of Justice (ECJ) recognise and protect fundamental human rights in its application of the fundamental economic freedoms of the internal market?SupervisorsProfessor Anthony Arnull and Dr Bosko TripkovicCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe Doctoral researcher PhD titleNon-Trade Norms in Regional Economic CommunitiesSupervisorsProfessor Rilka Dragneva-Lewers and Dr Henok AsmelashCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur James MacLaren Doctoral researcher SupervisorProfessor Karen YeungCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Sean Madden Doctoral researcher PhD titleFeeding a Humanitarian Disaster: International Law, Human Rights, and Industrialised AgricultureSupervisorsProfessor Mohammad (Shahab) Shahabuddin and Dr Walters NsohCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Nuno Marques Doctoral researcher PhD titleManaging the Conflict Between Fundamental Human Rights and National Security: Assessing the Legitimacy and Compatibility of Diplomatic Assurances with International LawSupervisorsProfessor Natasa Mavronicola and Dr Marianne WadeCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Manisha Mathews Doctoral researcher PhD titleTitle of thesis: Including “Paternity” as a Protected Characteristic under s.4 of the Equality Act 2010 and a Ground of Discrimination under art.14 of the Human Rights Act 1998Supervisors: Dr Meghan Campbell and Dr Charlotte BendallCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Arbaz Muzaffer Doctoral researcher PhD titleA TWAIL and a postcolonial analysis of the possibilities for self-determination in KashmirSupervisorsProfessor Mohammad (Shahab) Shahabuddin and Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili Menes Abinami Muzan Doctoral researcher PhD title Ecological Restoration and Oil Spill Remediation Governance in Nigeria. SupervisorsDr Walters Nsoh and Professor Aleksandra CavoskiCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Eric Ndeh Mboumien Ngang Doctoral researcher PhD titleClimate Change and Local Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Kenya: An Analysis of Agrarian Community Responses and their Role in Formal Law and Decision-MakingSupervisorsDr Walters Nsoh and Professor Fiona NunanCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Arinze Bryan Okiche Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Meaning and Implications of Flexibility in African Regional Trade Agreements; Consequences for the New African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA)CourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Paraskevas Rodosthenous Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe executive remuneration regulation for public companies: re-conceptualising socially responsible frameworkSupervisorsDr Andreas Kokkinis and Dr Katharina MöserCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Daniela Travaglia Doctoral researcher PhD titleRight to a fair trial in Brazilian Appellate Courts: A Perspective through the lens of Feminist TheorySupervisorsDr Meghan Campbell and Professor Natasa MavronicolaCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Chloe Waterman Doctoral researcher PhD titleLegal Decision-Making in Dementia: A conversation analytic studySupervisorProfessor Rosie HardingCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur Sean David Yates Doctoral researcher PhD titleInternational Commercial and their Domestic RelationsSupervisorsProfessor Robert Lee and Dr Sophie BoyronCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Sophia Ahmed Doctoral researcher PhD titleAssessing the compatibility between religious beliefs, human rights and medical opinion in ordering the withdrawal of medical treatment for children.SupervisorsProfessor Jean V. McHale and Professor Atina KrajewskaCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Emma Ahmed-Rengers Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Responsible Governance of Computer Vision TechnologiesSupervisorsProfessor Karen Yeung and Dr Hyung Jin ChangCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Abiola Awe-Adesanya Doctoral researcher PhD titleLiving in a material world: Critical Materials and the Shift to Electric Vehicles – A Legal AnalysisSupervisorsProfessor Aleksandra Cavoski and Dr Walters NsohCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Magali Brosio Doctoral researcher PhD titleGender Equality and the Sustainable Development Goals: Improving Measures of ProgressSupervisorsProfessor Kate Bedford and Professor Nic CheesemanCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Robson Chihota Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Impact of Economic Resources Questions on the Implementation of Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Zimbabwe and South AfricaSupervisorDr Ben WarwickCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Alana Farrell Doctoral researcher PhD titleCensorship of Abortion Information in Ireland: Enforcement and SubversionSupervisorsProfessor Fiona de Londras and Professor Máiréad EnrightCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Magdalena Furgalska Doctoral researcher PhD titleAchieving Social Justice for Psychiatric Survivors: Capabilities and Advance Consent in Mental Health LawSupervisorsProfessor Rosie Harding and Dr Emma OakleyCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Duaa Hassan Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Restrictions on Freedom of Political Expression on Campus: How Students Can Exercise Political Expression on Campus with Respect for Human Rights and Academic InterestsSupervisorsDr Lydia Morgan and Dr Bosko TripkovicCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Polly Hernández Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe relevance of relevance: an examination of the role of evidential relevance in relation to sexual history evidence, bad character evidence and hearsay evidenceSupervisorsProfessor John Child and Dr Samantha FaircloughCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Gunay Ismayilova Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe ECtHR’s standard of proof in determining a substantive violation of the right to life: key principles and their concretisation in case-law on the right to life against AzerbaijanSupervisorsProfessor Natasa Mavronicola and Dr Meghan CampbellCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Ramón Jessurun Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Mexican Constitution: Aspects of Law and LanguageSupervisorsProfessor Karen McAuliffe and Dr Felix E TorresCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Md Rezaul Karim Doctoral researcher PhD titleGraduation of Bangladesh from LDC to Developing Country and its Impact on Bangladesh’s International Trade Supervisors: Dr Luca Rubini and Dr Maria CorvagliaCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Constantina Lazaridou Doctoral researcher PhD titleTo what extent does the European Court of Justice (ECJ) recognise and protect fundamental human rights in its application of the fundamental economic freedoms of the internal market?SupervisorsProfessor Anthony Arnull and Dr Bosko TripkovicCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe Doctoral researcher PhD titleNon-Trade Norms in Regional Economic CommunitiesSupervisorsProfessor Rilka Dragneva-Lewers and Dr Henok AsmelashCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
James MacLaren Doctoral researcher SupervisorProfessor Karen YeungCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Sean Madden Doctoral researcher PhD titleFeeding a Humanitarian Disaster: International Law, Human Rights, and Industrialised AgricultureSupervisorsProfessor Mohammad (Shahab) Shahabuddin and Dr Walters NsohCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Nuno Marques Doctoral researcher PhD titleManaging the Conflict Between Fundamental Human Rights and National Security: Assessing the Legitimacy and Compatibility of Diplomatic Assurances with International LawSupervisorsProfessor Natasa Mavronicola and Dr Marianne WadeCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Manisha Mathews Doctoral researcher PhD titleTitle of thesis: Including “Paternity” as a Protected Characteristic under s.4 of the Equality Act 2010 and a Ground of Discrimination under art.14 of the Human Rights Act 1998Supervisors: Dr Meghan Campbell and Dr Charlotte BendallCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Arbaz Muzaffer Doctoral researcher PhD titleA TWAIL and a postcolonial analysis of the possibilities for self-determination in KashmirSupervisorsProfessor Mohammad (Shahab) Shahabuddin and Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili
Menes Abinami Muzan Doctoral researcher PhD title Ecological Restoration and Oil Spill Remediation Governance in Nigeria. SupervisorsDr Walters Nsoh and Professor Aleksandra CavoskiCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Eric Ndeh Mboumien Ngang Doctoral researcher PhD titleClimate Change and Local Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Kenya: An Analysis of Agrarian Community Responses and their Role in Formal Law and Decision-MakingSupervisorsDr Walters Nsoh and Professor Fiona NunanCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Arinze Bryan Okiche Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Meaning and Implications of Flexibility in African Regional Trade Agreements; Consequences for the New African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA)CourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Paraskevas Rodosthenous Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe executive remuneration regulation for public companies: re-conceptualising socially responsible frameworkSupervisorsDr Andreas Kokkinis and Dr Katharina MöserCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Daniela Travaglia Doctoral researcher PhD titleRight to a fair trial in Brazilian Appellate Courts: A Perspective through the lens of Feminist TheorySupervisorsDr Meghan Campbell and Professor Natasa MavronicolaCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Chloe Waterman Doctoral researcher PhD titleLegal Decision-Making in Dementia: A conversation analytic studySupervisorProfessor Rosie HardingCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur
Sean David Yates Doctoral researcher PhD titleInternational Commercial and their Domestic RelationsSupervisorsProfessor Robert Lee and Dr Sophie BoyronCourseLaw PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur