Doctoral students

For more information about our Research Students please go to our Student Opportunities Page.

Sophie Chester-Glyn‌

Sophie's research considers how the The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) is important for people using social care. It focuses on those who might lack autonomy, involvement and equity of treatment in their care. It examines the divergence between domestic policies in social care, social care law and human rights, with a focus on adults with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities. It will focus on UK policy and law approaches and how enforcement action, such as those part of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, might improve human rights compliance. Funded by the ESRC on a 1 + 3 scholarship, currently completing her Masters degree in Socio-Legal Studies. Sophie's general research interests are social care law and policy and community law.

Conor Francis
Conor Francis Macis is a PhD student whose thesis has the working title: "Law and Governance: The Global Political Economy of Antimicrobial Resistance". Conor's research broadly encompasses global health law, Marxist jurisprudence, and the global political economy of health. Their thesis intends to address capitalistic preanalytical assumptions that pervade the global health approach to resolve antimicrobial resistance. He is supervised by Professor Keith Syrett, Professor Terrell Carver, and Dr Jacopo Martire. They are funded on a 1+3 scholarship by the ESRC and recently completed an MSc in Socio-Legal Studies at Bristol. They also achieved their LLM in Health, Law, and Society at Bristol, which was funded by the Wellcome Trust through CHLS, having attained his BSocSc in Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton.

Patricia Blardony Miranda

Patty is a licensed attorney in the Philippines who joined the CHLS as a Wellcome Trust Scholar in 2021 and has since received her LLM Health, Law and Society with Distinction. She was awarded an SWDTP ESRC studentship in 2022 to conduct research on mental health law and migration, through a case study of the lived experiences of Filipino migrant women in England. Patty previously served as one of the five members of the Drug Price Advisory Council, an independent and technical panel of experts supporting the Philippine Department of Health implement the Cheaper Medicines Act. She also managed award-winning and internationally recognized campaigns on women’s economic empowerment and health promotion that adopt community-focused approaches to health and wellbeing in contexts disproportionately affected by disasters, armed conflict, and fragility.