There is a thriving postgraduate research community in the Law School. Details about the research currently being carried out by postgraduate researchers in the School can be found on our profiles page.

Areas of Research Expertise in the Law School can be found below. You may also wish to check the Law School's Research Groups webpage for further information.

• Administrative Justice, Disputes and Disputing - Professor Dave Cowan; Professor Michael Ford QC; Professor Morag McDermont.
• Banking Law and Financial Markets - Professor Harry McVea; Dr Holly Powley.
• Children’s Rights - Professor Judith Masson, Professor Rachel Murray; Dr Devyani Prabhat.
• Comparative Law - Professor Paula Giliker; Dr. Jule Mulder; Dr Athanasios Psygkas; Professor Ken Oliphant.
• Competition Law - Dr Albert Sanchez-Graells.
• Corporate Law and Governance - Nina Boeger; Professor Jonathan Hill; Professor Harry McVea; Dr Georgina Tsagas; Professor Charlotte Villiers.
• Crime and Criminal Justice - Professor Lois Bibbings; Dr Jennifer Collins; Professor Joanne Conaghan (rape and domestic violence); Professor Sarah Green; Dr. Judy Laing (Mental Health); Dr Michael Naughton; Dr Oliver Quick; Dr Yvette Russell.
• Environmental Law, Sustainability and Resilience - Professor Antonia Layard (EIA and land use); Dr. Margherita Pieraccini, Dr Janine Sargoni; Professor Chris Willmore.
• EU Administrative Law - Professor Tony Prosser; Dr Athanasios Psygkas; Dr Albert Sanchez-Graells.
• EU Law and Policy - Dr Diego Acosta; Nina Boeger; Dr Sofia Galani; Dr Clair Gammage; Dr Jule Mulder; Professor Tonia Novitz; Dr Margherita Pierracini; Professor Aurora Plomer; Professor Phil Syrpis; Dr Albert Sanchez Graells; Mr Andrew Charlesworth (Information Society and data protection).
• European Private Law - Professor Paula Giliker (Contract and Tort); Professor Ken Oliphant (Tort).
• Family Law and Justice - Dr. Emma Hitchings; Dr. Judy Laing; Professor Judith Masson.
• Gender - Professor Lois Bibbings; Professor Joanne Conaghan; Dr Katie Cruz; Dr Jule Mulder; Dr. Yvette Russell.
• Globalisation and Development and the Sociology of International Law - Professor Pat Capps; Dr. Clair Gammage; Dr Devyani Prabhat; Professor Tonia Novitz; Professor Achilles Skordas.
• Health Law - Professor John Coggon; Dr Catherine Kelly; Dr Judy Laing; Dr Sheelagh McGuinness (Regulation of Reproduction); Professor Aurora Plomer; Dr Oliver Quick; Professor Keith Syrett.
• Human Rights - Dr Foluke Adebisi; Dr Eirik Bjorge; Professor Joanne Conaghan (Gender and Human Rights); Professor Malcolm Evans; Professor Michael Ford QC; Dr Sofia Galani; Dr. Clair Gammage (Trade and Human Rights); Professor Steven Greer; Dr. Judy Laing (Mental Health); Professor Rachel Murray; Professor Tonia Novitz; Professor Aurora Plomer; Dr Athanasios Psygkas; Dr Jane Rooney; Dr Devyani Prabhat; Mr Andrew Charlesworth (Privacy).
• Immigration and Migration Law - Dr Diego Acosta; Professor Tonia Novitz; Dr Devyani Prabhat.
• Intellectual Property - Professor Aurora Plomer; Dr Asma Vranaki; Mr Andrew Charlesworth.
• Information Technology and e-Commerce - Andrew Charlesworth; Dr Asma Vranaki; Professor Sarah Green.
• International Law/Public International Law - Dr Eirik Bjorge; Professor Pat Capps; Dr. Clair Gammage; Professor Malcom Evans; Dr Sofia Galani; Dr Cian Murphy; Professor Rachel Murray; Professor Tonia Novitz; Professor Aurora Plomer; Dr Jane Rooney; Professor Achilles Skordas.
• International Commercial Litigation (Commercial Conflict of Laws) - Dr Ardavan Arzandeh; Professor Jonathan Hill.
• International Economic and WTO Law - Dr. Clair Gammage; Professor Tonia Novitz.
• Jurisprudence and Theory - Professor Lois Bibbings (Gender and Feminist theory); Professor Jonathan Burnside; Professor Pat Capps; Professor Dave Cowan (social theory); Dr. Clair Gammage (Law and Political Economy); Professor Morag McDermont (social theory); Professor Julian Rivers; Dr Albert Sanchez-Graells (Law and economics); Professor Joanne Conaghan (Gender and Feminist theory); Dr. Yvette Russell (Social and Gender and feminist theory); Mr Andrew Charlesworth (Research Ethics).
• Labour Law - Dr Katie Bales; Professor Joanne Conaghan (equality, work and family); Dr Katie Cruz; Professor Michael Ford QC; Dr. Jule Mulder; Professor Tonia Novitz.
• Law and Religion - Professor Jonathan Burnside; Professor Steven Greer; Professor Julian Rivers.
• Law of Contracts - Dr Ardavan Arzandeh; Professor Harry McVea; Dr Asma Vranaki (digital contracts); Professor Paula Giliker (digital contracts); Professor Sarah Green (digital contracts).
• Law of Social Movements - Dr.Katie Bales; Professor Morag McDermont; Professor Tonia Novitz; Dr Devyani Prabhat.
• Legal Geography, Housing and Urban Law - Professor Dave Cowan; Dr Tomaso Ferrando; Professor Antonia Layard; Professor Morag McDermont.
• Public and Constitutional Law - Dr Eirik Bjorge; Dr Devyani Prabhat; Professor Tony Prosser; Dr Athanasios Psygkas.
• Regulation - Professor Tony Prosser; Dr Janine Sargoni; Dr Margherita Pieraccini; Professor David Cowan; Professor Morag McDermont; Dr Athanasios Psygkas.
  
• Legal History - Professor Lois Bibbings; Dr Catherine Kelly; Professor Gwen Seabourne.
• Law and Medicine and Public Health - Professor John Coggon; Dr Catherine Kelly; Dr Judy Laing; Dr Sheelagh McGuinness (Reproduction); Dr Oliver Quick; Professor Keith Syrett.
• Public Procurement - Dr Albert Sanchez-Graells.
• Tort Law - Professor Joanne Conaghan; Professor Paula Giliker; Professor Sarah Green; Professor Ken Oliphant.

For further information please contact Stephanie Dimberline Postgraduate Senior Admissions Administrator or Programme Director, Dr Margherita Pieraccini.