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 title: Assessing the compatibility between religious beliefs, human rights and medical opinion in ordering the withdrawal of medical treatment for children.
Supervisors: Professor Jean V. McHale and Dr Atina Krajewska
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

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

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

Magali Brosio

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Gender Equality and the Sustainable Development Goals: Improving Measures of Progress
Supervisors: Professor Kate Bedford and Professor Nic Cheeseman
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

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

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

Polly Green

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The relevance of relevance: an examination of the role of evidential relevance in relation to sexual history evidence, bad character evidence and hearsay evidence
Supervisors: Dr John Child and Dr Samantha Fairclough
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 Professor 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
Teaching Associate in Counter-Terrorism Law
Teaching Fellow in Political Sciences

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

Jack Murphy

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Regulating cross-examination in Human Trafficking trials
Supervisors: Dr Marianne Wade and Dr Samantha Fairclough
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: Ecological Restoration and Oil Spill Remediation Governance in Nigeria.
Supervisors: Dr Walters Nsoh and Professor Aleksandra Cavoski
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

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

Arinze Bryan Okiche

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The Meaning and Implications of Flexibility in African Regional Trade Agreements; Consequences for the New African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA)
Supervisor: Dr Luca Rubini
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

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

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 Professor Aleksandra Cavoski
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur

Daniela Travaglia

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Right to a fair trial in Brazilian Appellate Courts: A Perspective through the lens of Feminist Theory
Supervisors: Dr Meghan Campbell and Dr Natasa Mavronicola
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 Professor 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

Sean David Yates

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: International Commercial and their Domestic Relations
Supervisors: Professor Robert Lee and Dr Sophie Boyron
Course: Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur