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These are some of our current PhD students and details of the research projects they're working on.

Mahmud  Abba Jato

  • Resolving Disputes in Nigeria's Energy sector: the role of International Commercial Arbitration and of Investment Arbitration in Balancing Investor and Host State Interests.
  • Supervisors: Dr Kyriaki Noussia and Professor Robert Merkin.
  • Research Grouping: .

Chinuru Chituru Achinewhu

  • Critical Examination of the Legal Regulation of Trans-National Online Based ‘Ponzi’ Schemes in Nigeria.
  • Supervisors: Dr Bolanle Adebola and Dr Andrea Miglionico.
  • Research Grouping: .

Areej Alabassi

Khawlah Aladl

  • The Governance Gap in Saudi Arabia’s CSR: A Legal Framework for Integrating Social Responsibility into Corporate Strategy.
  • Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Samuel Law.
  • Research Grouping:

 

Naif Alatawi

Wala Al-Daraji

Ahmed Aldhafeeri

Sami Aldbyani

Hayat Almutairi

  • Investigation into the Labour Reforms Initiative (LRA) as a tool for Saudi Arabia to improve migrant worker's rights
  • Supervisors: Dr Rachel Horton and Dr Kieran Lee Marshall
  • Research Grouping:

Asaiel Alohaly

Noora Alsada

 

Ahlam Alshammari

  • Application of Laws Conflict Principle in Disputes Resulting from International Trade Law Contracts in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, with Reference to Worldwide Agreements - A Comparative Study
  • Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Professor Gerard McMeel
  • Research Grouping:

Hanouf Al-Thani

Abderahim Alwallani

Melisa Aydin

 

Shweta Band

Yusuf Enes Beggi

Leslie Olonyi Bosire

  • Dissecting the Legal Architecture Enabling Environmental Dumping: Regulating the Risk and Stemming the Southerly Tides of Environmental Dumping
  • Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson and Dr Jorge Guira
  • Research Grouping:

Wyatt Boutwell

  • The Conundrum of Colonial Bishops:The High Church, Low Church debate on bishops for the colonies and the first African Anglican Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther
  • Supervisors: Dr Charlotte Smith and Professor Aleardo Zanghellini
  • Research Grouping:

Marzia Briel

Tara Brown

Daniel Hassan Bwala

Priya Chowdhury

  • Reform at the Crossroads: Addressing Private Benefits and Power Struggles in Indian Takeover Law
  • Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Samuel Law
  • Research Grouping:

Elif Demir

 

Aybuke Naz Durmus

Joy Emma-Duru

Dimag Feridun

Sareeya Galasintu

Radhika Goel

Charlotte Graham

Alok Gupta

Ceren Gurkan Dogan

Balkrishna Gurung

Katerina Hadjistavri

Catherine Janet Kissee-Sandoval

Robert Kithuku

  • Efficiency of Adaptive finance: a case of finance community based adaptation projects in Kenya
  • Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson and Rosalind Cornforth

Ion Klitorakis

  • Law, Justice, and Society: Criminal Law, Media, and Privacy
  • Supervisors: Dr Beatrice Krebs and Jessica Fish

Daryl Lai

Anna Lui

 

Lan Ma

 

Alastair Marke

Natalie Matranga

Conor McGahon

Roberto Musone

Ugochi Nwosu

Will Page (SeNSS DTP scholarship)

  • The Peculiarities of Privacy in Public Space & The Deployment of Automatic Facial Recognition (AFR) Technology
  • Supervisor: Dr Peter Coe and Kat Hadjimatheou 
  • Research Grouping:

Stavros Pantos

Kristin Qui

Anna Elyse Ressler

Andy Reynolds

Muhammed Sahin

Elvinas Savukynas

Teddy Soobramanien

Karolina Szopa

Khaled Talahma

Kieran Tinkler

Dickson Tarnongo

Pei Ying Wang

Yuzi Wang

 

Mia Wick

  • Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the International Aid Sector: Making the case for a human rights-based regulatory framework for INGOs
  • Supervisors: Professor Rosa Freedman

Zechuan Zhao

Recently awarded PhDs

 

  • Tahlia-Rose Virdee - Beaten into the Margins: The Governance and knowability of BDSM and Kink Sexualities in England and Wales. 
  • Ahmed Aldhafeeri - The Public Policy Exception to The New York Convention: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Perspective. 
  • Amelia Chirtes - The Convention on Nuclear Safety for Nuclear Power Plants: Between Stability and Reform during a Quarter Century. 
  • Furkan Dogan - Seaworthiness in the Age of Emerging Technologies.  
  • Matthew Armitage - Neither Relational nor Discrete: the ISDA Master Agreement as a Bimodal Contract. 
  • Rebecca Nocella - Porn Content Creators as 'Workers': A Pragmatist Feminist Argument. 
  • Basak Bak Tezgel - Genetic Data Privacy and ‘Legitimate Interest’ in Genetic Research: Is consent still a relevant narrative within the realm of big data research under the European data protection regime? 
  • Margaret Ounsley - At the Golden Bear with St. Lawrence: A study of cooperation in the administration of poor relief in an eighteenth-century corporation town. 
  • Virgilio Emanuel Lobato Cervantes - Data Protection by Design and by Default: A Novel Business Compliance Framework for Effective Adherence to EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
  • Busra Balat - United Nations Accountability under International Law.  
  • Patsy Kirkwood - Has the right to Be Forgotten Brought About a New Form of the Right to Privacy and Further Control of Personal Information Within Data Protection for Individuals? 
  • Liz-Mari Welman - Securing Gender Equality at a Senior Level? A Critique of UK Employees’ Right to Request Flexible Working.