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Professor Robin Hickey

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Professor Robin Hickey

School of Law

My work focuses on property law and theory, and related aspects of criminal law and the law of obligations. I am particularly interested in the nature and justification of ownership. While much of my work on ownership is concerned with analysis of its legal meaning and structure, I am also interested in applying insights from analytical scholarship to global challenges – for example, I have written about property in the context of modern slavery; and in the reconstruction of communities and cultural heritage after conflict; and I am currently researching the relationship between ownership and food waste.

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  • r.hickey@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 1125

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in

  • Property law
  • Property theory, especially progressive property
  • Property law and sustainability
  • Theft and other property offences
  • Tort law and property
  • Unjust enrichment and property

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Past-President of the Association for Law, Property, and Society
  • Honorary Academic Member of the Property Bar Association
  • Finalist, Inner Temple Book Prize 2011
  • Dean of Education in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2021-present; Head of the School of Law, 2016-2021

Research students

PhD area The role of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1852 to 1922
Name Richard McBride
   
PhD area

Agricultural land ownership and nature conservation: reconceptualising property to further environmental protection in Northern Ireland

Name Brona McNeill

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area A liability in unjust enrichment where the claimant is understood to be the owner
Name Dr Etaf Almotawaa
Years of study PhD awarded 2022
   
PhD area What kind of interest is the 'mere equity' to rescind? A historical and conceptual analysis of equitable rescission
Name Dr Adam Reilly
Years of study PhD awarded 2017

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Get ahead: tips on how to prepare your application to study for a PhD at QUB Law

Read our guidance on the steps in our PhD applications process and how to present your research proposal.

Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at QUB Law?

If you have already completed a PhD or are about to do so, and you are looking for a mentor for a postdoctoral fellowship in one of my areas of expertise, please get in touch via email. The School of Law has a strong track record in supporting able candidates who are working towards fellowship applications to funders such as the British Academy, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme, ESRC NINE and the Leverhulme Trust.


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