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Supervisor	Research Opportunities	School	Department
Professor Thérèse Murphy School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Health and human rights Science, technology and human rights, in particular questions concerning law's capacity...	Open to PhD applications in: Health and human rights Science, technology and human rights, in particular questions concerning law's capacity to regulate the life sciences Human rights method Human rights more broadly Health law and ethics Global health law	School of Law
Dr Conor McCormick School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Constitutional law Administrative law The legal system of Northern Ireland Legal history	Open to PhD applications in: Constitutional law Administrative law The legal system of Northern Ireland Legal history	School of Law
Dr Lauren Dempster School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Enforced disappearances Efforts to deal with the past in Northern Ireland Victim mobilisat...	Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Enforced disappearances Efforts to deal with the past in Northern Ireland Victim mobilisation The relationship between the environment and transitions from conflict The role of forensic science in transitions from conflict	School of Law
Professor Anna Bryson School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Socio-legal studies Transitional justice - Dealing with the past particularly in relation to archives, apologie... Socio-legal research; transitional justice; oral history; conflict transformation	Open to PhD applications in: Socio-legal studies Transitional justice - Dealing with the past particularly in relation to archives, apologies, victims, oral history and ‘from below’ initiatives Cause lawyers	School of Law
Dr David Capper School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Contract law Tort Private law and commercial remedies Dispute resolution Civil procedure Commercial law Socio-legal research; transitional justice; oral history; conflict transformation	Open to PhD applications in: Contract law Tort Private law and commercial remedies Dispute resolution Civil procedure Commercial law	School of Law
Dr Alessandro Corda School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Criminal law Comparative criminal justice policy and practices Sentencing and corrections Punishment and society criminal law; sentencing; comparative penal policies; sociology of punishment	Open to PhD applications in: Criminal law Comparative criminal justice policy and practices Sentencing and corrections Punishment and society	School of Law
Dr Eithne Dowds School of Law Open to PhD applications in: The legal framing of sexual consent Rape reform Responses to sexual and gender based violence in international ... Sexual consent, rape reform, responses to sexual and gender based violence in international and domestic criminal law, feminist legal theory, children born of sexual violence in conflict	Open to PhD applications in: The legal framing of sexual consent Rape reform Responses to sexual and gender based violence in international and domestic criminal law Feminist legal theory	School of Law
Dr Amanda Kramer School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Brexit (particularly in relation to Northern Ireland or justice and security issues more broadly) Critical appr... Human rights, Crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court, EU	Open to PhD applications in: Brexit (particularly in relation to Northern Ireland or justice and security issues more broadly) Critical approaches to international law and institutions Postcolonial theory Critical criminology	School of Law
Professor Cheryl Lawther School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Truth recovery Dealing with the past Victims, Ex-combatants Reparations Emotions Dark tour... Transitional Justice; Truth recovery, Dealing with the past; Victims; Ex-Combatants; Reparations; Emotions; Dark tourism	Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Truth recovery Dealing with the past Victims, Ex-combatants Reparations Emotions Dark tourism Northern Ireland conflict and peace process	School of Law
Professor Louise Mallinder School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Amnesty laws Transitional justice practitioners and stakeholders Dealing with the past in Northern Ireland Inte... international human rights law, human rights practice, research methods and theories, constitutional law	Open to PhD applications in: Amnesty laws Transitional justice practitioners and stakeholders Dealing with the past in Northern Ireland International law and policy on truth, justice and reparations	School of Law
Professor Marek Martyniszyn School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Competition law Antitrust law Competition Law, Antitrust Law, International Economic Law, Law And Economics, Public International Law, Global Governance, Law and Development, Globalization and Governance, European Law, EU Law, WTO law, International Trade Law, Regulation of Transnational Commerce, and Contract Law	Open to PhD applications in: Competition law Antitrust law	School of Law
Professor Anne Marie McAlinden School of Law Oopen to PhD applications in: Sexual abuse or exploitation Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) SGBV in the digital age Peer forms of abu... child sexual abuse or child sexual exploitation; 'cyber' or on-line forms of offending; restorative justice; peer abuse; institutional abuse; transitional justice approaches to historic institutional abuses; community or social attitudes to sexual offending; sex offender desistance and reintegration	Oopen to PhD applications in: Sexual abuse or exploitation Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) SGBV in the digital age Peer forms of abuse Historical forms of abuse Restorative justice Risk management of sexual offending Transnational regulation of sexual crime Criminal justice responses to sexual offending Community responses to sexual offending Cultural myths around sexual violence Public health and prevention	School of Law
Professor Luke Moffett School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Reparations Transitional justice Victims’ rights Land, housing and displacement Reparations Victims' rights, International Criminal Court, Transitional Justice	Open to PhD applications in: Reparations Transitional justice Victims’ rights Land, housing and displacement	School of Law
Professor John Morison School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Constitutional law and theory Democracy and participation New technology Smart cities Algorithmic government Th... Constitutional law and theory, e-government and e-democracy, new technology, (including smart cities, big data, surveillance etc.), judges and the legal professions	Open to PhD applications in: Constitutional law and theory Democracy and participation New technology Smart cities Algorithmic government The legal profession and judges	School of Law
Dr Ciarán O’Kelly School of Law Open to PhD applications in the following areas: Corporate social responsibility Business and human rights Accountability within corporate g... Socio-legal study of corporate governance, Moral commitments and action within corporate governance and the corporate form - Discourses of responsibility and accountability within corporate governance and public administration - Textual analysis of law and governance, socio-legal perspective	Open to PhD applications in the following areas: Corporate social responsibility Business and human rights Accountability within corporate governance Computational approaches to the study of company law, corporate responsibility and corporate governance	School of Law
Dr Alice Panepinto School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Critical approaches to public international law International human rights law and comparative law Right to tru... International law, human rights, Middle East	Open to PhD applications in: Critical approaches to public international law International human rights law and comparative law Right to truth and accountability for human rights abuses International law and Israel/Palestine	School of Law
Dr Dieter Pesendorfer School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Financial law and regulation European Banking Union and Capital Markets Union (Post-)Brexit financial markets i... Financial Regulation, Financial Crises, Business Regulation, Risk Regulation and Governance	Open to PhD applications in: Financial law and regulation European Banking Union and Capital Markets Union (Post-)Brexit financial markets integration in Europe Sustainable finance and financial inclusion Commercial law Trade law (especially WTO law; trade in financial services; regional trade integration; trade, the environment and precaution) Business regulation (e.g. energy sector; chemical industry; financial services) Competition law and policy (especially tensions between competition law and public policies; relationship between competition law – sector-specific regulation; EU competition law and policy; competition in the financial sector)	School of Law
Dr Ronagh McQuigg School of Law Open to PhD applications in: International and regional human rights law, particularly applications which focus on gender-based violence Domestic violence; human rights; violence against women	Open to PhD applications in: International and regional human rights law, particularly applications which focus on gender-based violence	School of Law
Dr Clayton Ó Néill School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Medical law and ethics The connection between religious and/or cultural beliefs and medical law Capacity in the conte... Medical Law and Ethics, Human Rights Law, Law and Religion	Open to PhD applications in: Medical law and ethics The connection between religious and/or cultural beliefs and medical law Capacity in the context of children Capacity in the context of adults, especially dementia Assisted suicide Conscientious objection to abortion	School of Law
Professor Billy Melo Araujo School of Law Open to PhD applications in: WTO law EU external trade relations law UK trade law International investment law Foreign relations law EU External Relations, International Economic Law	Open to PhD applications in: WTO law EU external trade relations law UK trade law International investment law Foreign relations law	School of Law
Dr Ciara Hackett School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Business and human rights OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises (particularly NCPs) Remedy (as related to corp... Business and Human Rights OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises (particularly NCPs), Remedy (as related to corporations and international law, access and enforcement) Corporate Governance Corporate Social Responsibility	Open to PhD applications in: Business and human rights OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises (particularly NCPs) Remedy (as related to corporations and international law, access and enforcement) Corporate governance Corporate social responsibility	School of Law
Professor Christopher McCrudden School of Law Open to PhD applications in: The theory of human rights The concept of human dignity The implications of Brexit for the island of Ireland	Open to PhD applications in: The theory of human rights The concept of human dignity The implications of Brexit for the island of Ireland	School of Law
Professor Kathryn McNeilly School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Public international law International human rights law International legal theory History of international human rig...	Open to PhD applications in: Public international law International human rights law International legal theory History of international human rights law United Nations structures	School of Law
Professor Carsten Stahn School of Law Open to PhD applications in: International criminal law and transitional justice Critical and post-colonial approaches to international law Intern...	Open to PhD applications in: International criminal law and transitional justice Critical and post-colonial approaches to international law International human rights Sociology and criminology of mass atrocity crime International peace and security United Nations law Post-conflict peace and cultural heritage protection International law and colonialism	School of Law
Professor Kieran McEvoy School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Human rights Criminology Sociology of the legal profession	Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Human rights Criminology Sociology of the legal profession	School of Law
Professor Heather Conway School of Law Open to PhD applications in: All aspects of law relating to the treatment of the recently dead, bodily disposal, funeral, exhumation and memoriali...	Open to PhD applications in: All aspects of law relating to the treatment of the recently dead, bodily disposal, funeral, exhumation and memorialisation Succession law Law and emotion Property and land law	School of Law
Dr Kevin Brown School of Law Open to PhD applications in the following fields: Criminal law Criminal procedure Sentencing Evidence Victimology Hate crime Criminal law and tech...	Open to PhD applications in the following fields: Criminal law Criminal procedure Sentencing Evidence Victimology Hate crime Criminal law and technology	School of Law
Professor Mark Flear School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Health law Medical law European law and global law and standards Public health New health technologies Biomedical res...	Open to PhD applications in: Health law Medical law European law and global law and standards Public health New health technologies Biomedical research Clinical trials Equitable access to research findings and new medicines and vaccines Comparative health law Comparative medical law Risk regulation Bioethics Biopolitics Epistemic injustice	School of Law
Dr Peter Doran School of Law Open to PhD applications in: The Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 The climate emergency The rights of nature The commons and commonin...	Open to PhD applications in: The Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 The climate emergency The rights of nature The commons and commoning The wellbeing economy The attention economy Ecological civilization Law and the pluriverse The lawscape and critical approaches to law and environment	School of Law
Professor Fionnuala Ni Aolain School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Counter-terrorism and human rights Feminist legal theory Gender justice Law of armed conflict &...	Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Counter-terrorism and human rights Feminist legal theory Gender justice Law of armed conflict	School of Law
Professor Colin Harvey School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Human rights Constitutional law Refugee law Migration and citizenship	Open to PhD applications in: Human rights Constitutional law Refugee law Migration and citizenship	School of Law
Professor Gordon Anthony School of Law Open to PhD applications in: UK public law (constitutional and administrative law) Human rights law (notably the ECHR) Global administrative law T...	Open to PhD applications in: UK public law (constitutional and administrative law) Human rights law (notably the ECHR) Global administrative law Tort law	School of Law
Professor Graham Ellison School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Policing, crime prevention and community safety Security sector reform Overseas development assistance and internatio...	Open to PhD applications in: Policing, crime prevention and community safety Security sector reform Overseas development assistance and international policing Commercial sex and its policing and regulation	School of Law
Dr Clemens Rieder School of Law Open to PhD applications in: EU Constitutional Law EU Internal Market Law Transnational Law The Social Question	Open to PhD applications in: EU Constitutional Law EU Internal Market Law Transnational Law The Social Question	School of Law
Dr Alice Diver School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Adoption law and policy Child protection Adoptee rights Surrogacy Gamete donation; the changing nature of 'the triad'...	Open to PhD applications in: Adoption law and policy Child protection Adoptee rights Surrogacy Gamete donation; the changing nature of 'the triad' The rights of the child Models for kinship care/alternatives to adoption The right to origin/identity Law and literature	School of Law
Dr Gerard Kelly School of Law Open to PhD applications in: Climate law (with a particular focus on governance/regulatory initiatives) Environmental law Planning law Coroners la...	Open to PhD applications in: Climate law (with a particular focus on governance/regulatory initiatives) Environmental law Planning law Coroners law Medical ethics	School of Law
Dr Eugene C Lim School of Law Open to PhD applications in: International and comparative intellectual property law Copyright Trademarks Patents Biotechnology law and policy Law...	Open to PhD applications in: International and comparative intellectual property law Copyright Trademarks Patents Biotechnology law and policy Law and technology	School of Law
Dr Pratyush Nath Upreti School of Law Open to PhD applications in: International intellectual property law and policy Intellectual property and economic development International inves...	Open to PhD applications in: International intellectual property law and policy Intellectual property and economic development International investment law Issues related to global south/asian legal studies	School of Law
Professor Giancarlo Frosio School of Law Open to PhD applications in: copyright law broadly copyright law in the digital environment copyright, cultural heritage, and digital libraries co...	Open to PhD applications in: copyright law broadly copyright law in the digital environment copyright, cultural heritage, and digital libraries copyright, public interest, and global justice, including cultural appropriation and access to knowledge intellectual property and fundamental rights online and offline internet governance and platform regulation intermediary liability of online service providers intellectual property enforcement online algorithmic enforcement online artificial intelligence and the law artificial intelligence and intellectual property history and economics of creativity/innovation intellectual property theories and justifications	School of Law

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