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.

Emma Ahmed-Rengers

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The Responsible Governance of Computer Vision Technologies
Supervisors: Professor Karen Yeung and Dr Hyung Jin Chang
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

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

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

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

Robson Chihota

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The Economic and Ecological resources management impact on the implementation of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Supervisor: Dr Ben Warwick
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
Teaching Associate in Criminal Law

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

Magdalena Furgalska

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Achieving Social Justice for Psychiatric Survivors: Capabilities and Advance Consent in Mental Health Law
Supervisors: Professor Rosie Harding and Dr Emma Oakley
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Céline Hocquet

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title: The implications of the use of EU non-entry policies for EU and international refugee law
Supervisors: Professor Fiona de Londras and Dr Kieren McGuffin

Khalid (Soran) Khedri

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Centrality of the concept of sovereignty in the development of International Law.
Supervisors: Professor Robert Cryer and Dr Mohammad (Shahab) Shahabuddin
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Constantina Lazaridou

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: To 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?
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Arnull and Dr Bosko Tripkovic
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Marcelo Carvalho Loureiro

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Decolonising nationality law: a critical legal theory of citizenship
Supervisors: Professor Fiona de Londras and Dr Sophie Boyron
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

James MacLaren

Doctoral researcher

Supervisor: Professor Karen Yeung
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Alice Manzini

Marie Curie PhD Fellow

PhD title: The Liberalisation of Public Procurement Markets through EU FTAs
Supervisor: Professor Martin Trybus

Najmadeen Ahmed Muhamad

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Taking Dignity Seriously in Legal Philosophy
Supervisor: Professor Sean Coyle
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Annalies Muscat

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

Menes Abinami Muzan

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Oil Spill Remediation in the Niger Delta: Ecological Restoration Law as an Alternative Approach?
Supervisors: Dr Walters Nsoh and Dr Aleksandra Cavoski
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Saba Navid

Doctoral researcher

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

Eric Ndeh Mboumien Ngang

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Climate Change and Sustainable Livelihoods in Central and East Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Agrarian Community Responses and their Role in Formal Law and Decision-Making
Supervisors: Dr Walters Nsoh and Professor Fiona Nunan
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Philip Ebosetale Oamen

Doctoral researcher
Teaching associate

PhD title: Protection of Socio-Economic Rights in Nigeria: an Alternative Approach to Constitutionalisation and Judicialisation
Supervisor: Dr Ben Warwick
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

Karen O'Neill

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Re-defining authorship for the creative rights of an author
Supervisors: Dr Chen Zhu and Dr Maureen Mapp
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Andrea Preziosi

Doctoral researcher
Teaching Associate in Criminal Law

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
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

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

Abdulbaki Turkmenoglu

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Copyright Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Redefining “Author”
Supervisors: Dr Chen Zhu and Professor Karen Yeung
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

Chloe Waterman

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Legal Decision-Making in Dementia: A conversation analytic study
Supervisor: Professor Rosie Harding
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