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Dr Alessandro Corda

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Dr Alessandro Corda

School of Law

My work focuses on criminal law and criminal justice. I am particularly interested in comparative criminal justice policy, sentencing and corrections, and the sociology of punishment.

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  • A.Corda@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3844
  • @AleGCorda

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in: 

  • Criminal law
  • Comparative criminal justice policy and practices
  • Sentencing and corrections
  • Punishment and society

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Fellow of the Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at the University of Minnesota Law School, United States https://robinainstitute.umn.edu/people/alessandro-corda
  • Co-founder and co-coordinator of the Working Group on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records within the European Society of Criminology https://www.esc-eurocrim.org/index.php/activities/working-groups/71-working-group-on-collateral-consequences-of-criminal-records 
  • Academic adviser, Collateral Consequences Resource Center, United States https://ccresourcecenter.org/ 
  • Member of the Anglo-German-Dialogue Project on the foundational principles and concepts of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice https://www.department-ambos.uni-goettingen.de/index.php/anglo-german-dialogue 
  • Member of the Collaborative Research Network CRN 27 - Punishment and Society within the Law and Society Association, United States http://punishment-society.blogspot.com/p/members.html
  • Visiting Professor in the School of Law at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

Research students

PhD area                                         
Genetic ownership: A critical analysis of key legal, social and bioethical debates concerning genetic ownership and the rights of the individual with implications for the criminal justice system
Name Gillian Keilty
   
PhD area Criminal law and the autistic defendant: Solving the tension between the objective nature of criminal liability and emerging theories on neurodiversity
Name Matthew McCallion

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area                
Making sense of Saudi Arabian personal bankruptcy law
Name Dr Hassan Almatrafi
Years of study PhD awarded 2019

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