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Below is a list of our current staff in the Law School. It details their research expertise and the areas of law in which they would welcome applications from prospective Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) candidates. Their staff profiles provide their contact details.
To improve the chances of acceptance onto a research degree at Durham Law School, it is strongly encouraged that prospective applicants contact relevant academics directly to discuss their research proposals.
| Staff Member | Areas for Research Supervision |
|---|---|
| Adefolake Adeyeye |
Anti-corruption law Business and human rights Corporate law and governance Corporate Social Responsibility |
| Daniel Attenborough |
UK/US corporate law Corporate governance Financial markets regulation |
| Chris Bevan |
Property Law Land Law Housing and Homelessness Law & Policy Family Law Equity & Trusts Social Welfare Law & Policy The Legal Profession, Barristers & the Bar |
| Deryck Beyleveld |
Foundations of Human Rights Moral Theory especially Kantian and Gewirthian Theory Theories of Punishment Legal Theory Moral Issues Arising in Law Bioethics (including Medical Ethics) Biolaw |
| Jessie Blackbourn |
Preventive counter-terrorism measures Closed material procedures Criminal terrorism offences Terrorism sentencing Counter-extremism and counter-radicalisation Counter-terrorism and human rights Counter-terrorism review and accountability |
| Michael Bohlander |
Comparative Criminal Law International Criminal Justice SETI and human law |
| Kim Bouwer |
Climate change law Environmental law Tort law |
| Hannah Bows |
Criminal law Violence against women Crimes by/against older adults |
| Thom Brooks |
Citizenship Constitutional Law Criminal Law History of Political & Legal Philosophy (esp British or German Idealism) Immigration Law & Economics Political & Legal Philosophy Public Policy Punishment & Sentencing |
| Emma Cave |
Medical law especially: Treatment of children Informed consent Compulsion |
| Demet Caltekin |
Anti-militarism Critical Military Studies Socio-legal Studies Gender and Criminal Law |
| Karam Chadha |
Consent Ethics Political Philosophy Legal Theory Special/specific/particular Jurisprudence |
| Anca Chirita |
Competition Law The wider goals of competition policy e.g. consumer wellbeing and sustainability Restraints of trade e.g. algorithmic cartels, resale price maintenance etc. Abuse of a dominant position e.g. the monopolisation of online platforms (GAFAM), monopolistic abuse of data sharing or combination, excessive or predatory pricing etc. Mergers e.g. public interest or data-driven mergers State aid e.g. competition and inequality through unfair tax competition |
| Benedict Douglas |
Human dignity The moral basis of human rights. The place of choice, duty and / or community in the law The moral basis of the UK constitution Human rights in the UK constitution Phenomenology and law Land access rights |
| Ming Du |
International trade law (WTO and regional trade agreements) International Investment Law China and International Law Law and society in China Comparative corporate law and capital market regulations |
| Can Eken |
International commercial arbitration Investment law Third-party funding Alternative dispute resolution methods Commercial mediation Online dispute resolution |
| Helen Fenwick |
Protection for private information under the tort of misuse of private information and/or the UK GDPR/DPA 2018; comparisons with measures in other jurisdictions Same sex marriage and/or same-sex registered partnerships; Article 8 ECHR The Online Safety Bill in UK Criminal offences applicable to online expression (including images, sounds etc) Counter-terrorism measures, especially preventive measures – measures intended to prevent terrorist attacks such as TPIMs (UK) or their equivalents Aspects of freedom of expression, especially in relation to Article 10 ECHR; comparisons with other jurisdictions A British Bill of Rights? Reform of the Human Rights Act? Hate speech, especially online |
| Eleni Frantziou |
The application of human rights in disputes between private parties Comparative regionalism European human rights law, including the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights The right to private and family life in the digital age The freedom of expression in the digital age |
| Samantha Halliday |
Comparative law (criminal, public or medical law focussed) Medical law Health law especially: Reproductive justice Foetal protection Abortion Embryo research Euthanasia Non-treatment decisions Advance decisions Mental capacity |
| Mark Hanna |
Freedom of expression, especially under conflict/post-conflict conditions Privacy Social movements and law Law and social systems theory |
| Andy Hayward |
Legal Regulation of Adult Relationships (Marriage, Civil Partnership and Cohabitation) Divorce, Dissolution, and the Division of Assets Family Property and Trusts of the Family Home LGBTQ+ Family Law Comparative Family Law Human Rights and Family Law Legal History relating to Families |
| Johanna Jacques |
Trusts Law Property Theory Continental Legal Philosophy Electronic Money and Cryptoassets |
| Henry Jones |
International law Law of the Sea Law and Colonialism Legal History Law and Literature Critical approaches to property law International Legal Theory Law and Marxism Legal Geography |
| David Lawrence |
Bioethics/ medical Ethics and law Emerging Biotechnology law and ethics Neuroethics/ neuroscience/ neurotechnology law Moral Status Personhood Animal Rights AI ethics and law |
| William Lucy |
Adjudication and legal reasoning Legal philosophy Philosophy of private law The normative standing of access to justice Technological Management |
| Clara Martins Pereira |
Financial law and regulation Financial technology / FinTech Sustainable finance Corporate law and corporate governance |
| Roger Masterman |
UK Constitutional Law and Reform Bills of Rights (esp the Human Rights Act) Judicial Power/Separation of Powers Relationships between UK and international law UK apex judges |
| Deirdre McCann |
UK Employment Law EU Employment Law International Employment Law |
| Clare McGlynn |
Legal regulation of pornography Image-based sexual abuse Reforming sexual offences laws Cyberflashing Justice and violence against women and girls |
| Emma Milne |
Women as offenders Infanticide and infant killing Foetal harm and killing Feminist legal theory Criminal justice and sex/gender Motherhood/mothering and the law |
| Petra Minnerop |
Public International Law International Environmental Law International Law on Climate Change Intersection of Climate Law and Climate Science |
| Jonathan Mukwiri |
Regulation of takeovers Corporate governance Directors’ duties Minority shareholder protection Corporate social responsibility |
| Catherine O'Rourke |
International law Gender and women’s rights CEDAW Armed conflict Transitional justice Feminist approaches to international law |
| Shaun Pattinson |
Medical law Health law Biolaw Medical ethics Bioethics Philosophy of human rights |
| Anashri Pillay |
Economic and social rights I nternational human rights law, Adjudication of rights Judicial appointment processes Comparative human rights law |
| Rozemarijn Roland Holst |
Public International Law Law of the Sea International Environmental Law (incl. critical and interdisciplinary approaches) New technologies and the environment North Sea law and policy Global commons and community interests International dispute settlement |
| Chloe Romanis |
Abortion Assisted Reproduction Feminist Legal Theory Gender and Law Healthcare Law Medical Ethics & Law Reproductive Technologies |
| Jane Rooney |
International Human Rights Law Public International Law The extraterritorial application of human rights Incorporation of international obligations in the UK |
| Pierre Schammo |
EU Law Financial Regulation |
| Robert Schuetze |
EU Constitutional law Comparative federalism Comparative regionalism |
| Natalie Sedacca |
Labour law / employment law, particularly where related to marginalised workers / issues of gender and migration Human rights, where related to: the rights of workers / women / migrants; economic and social rights; positive obligations; or the Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
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International Law Legal History Law and Colonialism Migration and Refugee Law Law of Armed Conflict |
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| Catherine Turner |
Transitional Justice International Law and Peacemaking Violence and Law Law and conflict Critical theory- (particularly Derrida) |
| Barend Van-Leeuwen |
EU Internal Market Law (in particular, free movement of goods and services) EU Health Law The Interaction between EU Law and Medical Law (in particular, free movement of patients/doctors, professional qualifications/discipline, product liability law, regulation of medical devices) EU Private Law Judicial Protection in EU Law (in particular, State liability and private liability, and the horizontal application of free movement law) |
| Jenifer Varzaly |
Corporate law Corporate governance |
| Bruce Wardhaugh |
Competition Law including state aid / subsidies Cartel control WTO and International Trade Law Law and economics (including projects incorporating that methodology) Corporate and commercial law |
| Kara Woodbury-Smith |
Constitutional Theory General Jurisprudence Law and Language Philosophy of Human Rights Law Philosophy of International Law |
| Olivia Woolley |
Environmental Law (UK, EU, International) Terrestrial and marine ecosystem protection and law Energy Law concerning the low carbon energy transition Renewable Energy and Law (UK, EU, International) Climate Law (UK, EU, International) |
| Ben Yong |
Institutionalism and the law The executive The legislature/Parliament Public law and budgeting Bureaucracy: the civil service; parliamentary administration The legal profession The judiciary: empirical studies Sociolegal approaches to the law |