Postgraduate Research Students

There are more than 160 postgraduate law research students registered in the School of Law.

View the profiles of some of our current research students to see their research topics, supervisors and working titles.

NameThesisResearch area
Amr A Abbas The regulation of international capital movement under bilateral investment treaties.
Hanan Almawla The problem of author's moral rights in conflict-of-laws Intellectual Property, Private international law, copyright, author's moral rights, choice of law
Steven Ang The Moral Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights
Kadir Bas A Critical Approach towards Substantive Appraisal of Joint Ventures under EC Competition Law Competition Law
Ana Georgina Alba Betancourt Alternative Dispute resolution for Intellectual Property Right disputes in Mexico and the UK ADR dispute resolution, International Arbitration, Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
Tendayi Bloom What should be the obligations of a state towards non-citizens present in its territory? Human rights and civil liberties, Asylum and immigration law, Migration law, Indigenous people, Traditional knowledge
Jeanette Calleja Borg Cross-Border Group Loss Relief in the EU European commercial law, European and International taxation, Taxation
Marie-Aimée Brajeux Anti-Social Behaviour Orders and Criminalisation Criminal law and criminal justice, comparative law
Kimberley Brayson Unveiling our Ignorance? Can human rights discourse ever adequately articulate the interests of Muslim women in European society? A study within the context of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Becky Brown The Ethics of Using Financial Incentives to Change Health Behaviours Philosophy, Philosophy and Ethics, Bioethics, Medical Ethics
Stephan Buck Virtual Worlds – Virtual Governance Media law, internet law, information technology, privacy and data protection, Telecommunications, Electronic commerce, Communications law
Jack Simson Caird 'The Theory and Practice of Legislative Constitutional Interpretation in the United Kingdom' Public law, Administrative law, courts and tribunals, Constitutional law, judges access to justice
Robin Callender Smith The Royal Family and the Development of the Law of Privacy Torts, Class actions, Media law, Internet law, information technology, privacy and data protection, Telecommunications, Electronic commerce, Communications law, Legal history, Legal education, Human rights and civil liberties, Asylum and immigration law, Public law, Administrative law, courts and tribunals, Constitutional law, judges access to justice, Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
Nefissa Chakroun What Kind of Technology Transfer Best Practices could be implemented by developing countries to achieve development? Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
Ti-Li Chen Copyright Exception for the Visually Impaired Persons: the Work of WIPO Copyright, Intellectual Property Law
Theodora A Christou Justice and Trust: European Criminal Justice and Fundamental Rights
Shang-Pei Chung Patent as Property in Taiwanese Jurisprudence: A Comparative Study of Taiwanese Law Reform 1899-2009 Legal history, Legal education, Property law, Pensions law, Housing law, Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
Margaret Devaney The Remedies Stage of the Investor-State Arbitration Process: a public interest perspective ADR and dispute resolution, international arbitration Comparative law Foreign investment law International economic law, international commercial law, international trade law, international secured transactions Public international law, protection of human rights, international humanitarian law, disarmament law, international environmental law, Development treaties
Ana Maria Fagetan Hedge Fund Regulation
Mena Faridi Women’s Rights in Pakistan: Politics or Progress? Feminist Legal Theory
Micheál O'Floinn The Role of Service Providers in the Alleviation of Cybercrime Transjurisdictionality
Mary Gani-Ikilama An Analysis of the Effect of Copyright Law on Creativity in the Music Industry Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
Abdul-Raouf Garoub Toward International Uniform Rules for Parallel Imports' Regulation under the WTO: Pharmaceuticals as Step One
Patrick Graham The Evolution of Martial Law: Military intervention and civil disorder in Great Britain Criminal law, international criminal law, European criminal law, criminal justice and criminology, Terrorism law, Evidence, Legal history, Legal education, Public law, Administrative law, courts and tribunals, Constitutional law, judges access to justice.
Dabrowka Grodz The role of auditors in the context of corporate governance (working title) Company Law, Corporate Law
Rish Handa The Interplay between Copyright and Patent Law in the Protection of Computer Programs Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law, Media law, Internet law, information technology, privacy and data protection, Telecommunications, Electronic commerce, Communications law
Mark Hanna A Social Systems Theory of Public International Law Jurisprudence and legal theory, Sociology of law, Law and literature, Public International law, protection of human rights, International humanitarian law, disarmament law, International environmental law, Development Treaties
Alexander Horne Is there a case for greater legislative involvement in the judicial appointments process? Comparative Law, Public Law, Administrative Law
Aaron Hudson-Tyreman 'Traits' of the Commercial Mediator (working title) Mediation methodology, ADR, Regulatory and Policy making mechanisms, Psychological Profiling
Aleksandra Jordanoska Housing Market Crime and the Law Regulation, Jurisprudence and legal theory, Sociology of law, Law and literature, Criminal law, international criminal law, European criminal law, criminal justice and criminology, Terrorism law, Evidence
Andriani Kalintiri The assessment of economic evidence by the European Courts and the application of competition law Competition Law
Theo Karvounakis Fair Criminal Evidence in Europe: From ECHR to EU Criminal Law Jurisprudence and legal theory, Sociology of law, Law and literature, Criminal law, international criminal law, European criminal law, criminal justice and criminology, Terrorism law, Evidence, European Union law, Public International law, protection of human rights, International humanitarian law, disarmament law, International environmental law, Development Treaties, Public law, Administrative law, courts and tribunals, Constitutional law, judges access to justice, Human rights and civil liberties, Asylum and immigration law
Troels Larsen A Chilling Effect as defined by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
Pawarit (Paul) Lertdhamtewe WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement), Intellectual Property Rights and Development: Reforming Plant Protection Regime in Thailand for Development Objective Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
Luo Li How to Protect “Chaos”- Protection of Folklore in Southwest of China Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
Wen Li The Regulation of New Electronic Payment in China, a Comparative study with the EU/UK Media Law, Internet law, information technology, privacy and data protection, telecommunications, electronic commerce, communications law
Wenxin Li The Children of Internal Migrants in China and their Rights to Education - a Long Journey towards a Harmonious Society International Law and children's rights, Human rights and civil liberties
Laíse Da Correggio Luciano The effects of a hybrid competition law regime in the regulation of market power: the case of Brazil.
Michaela MacDonald ‘Virtual Property: Building upon Established Legal Concepts’ Intellectual Property law, IT law, Property law, Contract law
Vivian Mak Developing Guidelines for Patenting Living Organisms: A Comparative Interdisciplinary Study in the E.U., United States and Canada Intellectual Property, Comparative International Law, Policy Making
Thaddeus Manu The Impact of WTO/TRIPS Agreement on Local Production of Essential Pharmaceuticals and the Supply of APIs for Public Health Protection in Africa Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
June McLaughlin Securities Regulation at African Stock Exchanges: Hybrids of Anglo-American beginnings and emerging African Law Banking and Finance Law, Comparative Law
Alberto Merino Lefenda The role of judicial training and performance appraisal mechanisms in Chile: How to enforce judicial consistency without undermining independence Public Law, Administrative Law, Courts and Tribunals, Constitutional Law, Judges, access to justice
Sungho Mok Trade Mark Use in Paid Search Marketing and Direct Liability Intellectual property law, Trade mark law
Roksana Moore Vendor liability for defects in computer security applications – can de jure standards be used as a tool to establish whether a defect should lead to liability?
Tatjana Nikitina Regulation of over-the-counter derivatives in the European Union Banking and Finance Law
Mba Chidi Nmaju Multiple Forums And The Implementation Of International Criminal Law: Issues Of Fragmentation And Divergence In The Development Of The Law
Yonit Manor Percival Chinese outward direct investment (ODI) – An interdisciplinary analysis of the operation of the ODI paradigm emerging from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) within the framework of international Economic Law ADR and dispute resolution, International Arbitration, Foreign investment law
Charles Randell Making Cross-Border Resolution of Systemically Important Financial Institutions a Reality Banking and Finance Law
Jim Roche Empowering the inventor; the most appropriate course of action for RNAi and antisense diagnostics and treatments? Intellectual property law, Patent law, Trade Mark law, Copyright law
Eda Sahin Establishing an effective and efficient EU Collective Redress mechanism on damages actions in the field of competition law. Competition Law
Ruth Saunders Genetic Databases Created By Personal Genome Companies: Understanding The Relationship Between Law and Practice Medical law, Philosophy, Philosophy and Ethics, Bioethics, Medical Ethics
Silja Schaffstein The Doctrine of Res Judicata Before International Arbitral Tribunals ADR and dispute resolution, International Arbitration
Maria Kreszentia Sheppard The Patient, the Doctor, the NHS and the EU: treatment choice and complementary medicine a paradox? Medical Law, European Union Law, Medical Ethics
Sarah Singer The Impact of Anti-terrorist Measures on the Exclusion of Individuals from Refugee Status in the UK Human rights and civil liberties, Asylum and immigration law, Criminal law, international criminal law, European criminal law, criminal justice and criminology, Terrorism law, Evidence Public International law, protection of human rights, International humanitarian law, disarmament law, International environmental law, Development Treaties
Latif Tas Kurds in the UK: Legal Pluralism and Dispute Resolution in the Diaspora
Georgina Tsagas The financial crisis as a driver of EU takeover law reform: the board neutrality and ‘breakthrough’ rules revisited Corporate Law, Takeover Regulation, Corporate Governance (Jurisdictions: UK, EU & US)
Mariia Tymofiienko Economic functions of a trade mark: legal analysis Trade mark law, competition law, marketing
Hélène Tyrrell Foreign Jurisprudence in (UK) Domestic Human Rights Cases Human rights and civil liberties, Asylum and immigration law, Public law, Administrative law, courts and tribunals, Constitutional law, judges access to justice
AM Viens Morality in Times of Emergency Ethics
Mary Yarwood 'Prisoners and reproduction: fundamental right or privilege?'