Staff Research Areas
York Law’s research covers a diverse and exciting range of subject areas. These areas have been developed in both socio-legal, law and context approaches as well as doctrinal and practice-based approaches. Staff welcome collaborative projects and PhD candidates in the areas below.
All staff and PGR students are located in at least one research cluster. Staff encourage applications from prospective PGR students on topics within the interests of the clusters. For further information please see our cluster pages.
Administrative Justice, Simon Halliday, Joe Tomlinson
Artificial Intelligence Law, Phillip Morgan
Bank Regulation, Jay Cullen
Business History, Sarah Wilson
Conflicts and Transition, Ioana Cismas
Contract and Commercial, Phillip Morgan, Jenny Steele
Corporate Governance, Ioana Cismas (human rights accountability), Jay Cullen
Corporate Law, Richard Nolan
Counter Terrorism, Joanna Gilmore, Lawrence McNamara
Criminal Law, Joanna Gilmore, Kate Leader, Matt Matravers, Ailbhe O'Loughlin, Sarah Wilson (financial crime)
Criminology and Criminal Justice, Joanna Gilmore, Kate Leader, Matt Matravers, Ailbhe O'Loughlin
Employment Law, Charlotte O'Brien
Environmental Law, Stuart Bell
EU Law, Charlotte O'Brien, Kathryn Wright
Financial Regulation, Jay Cullen, Sarah Wilson
Gender, Caroline Hunter, Charlotte O'Brien
Gender and Sexuality, Sue Westood
Housing Law, Caroline Hunter, Jed Meers
Human Rights, Isra Black, Ioana Cismas, Joanna Gilmore, Martin Jones, Kate Leader, Jed Meers, Charlotte O'Brien, Ailbhe O'Loughlin, Jenny Steele, Sue Westwood
Human Rights Defenders, Martin Jones, Piergiuseppe Parisi
Insurance, Jenny Steele
Intellectual Property Law, Peter Harrison
International Law, Ioana Cismas, Martin Jones, Kate Leader (International Criminal Law)
Law, Age and Ageing, Sue Westwood
Law and History/Legal History, Sarah Wilson
Law and Humanities, Kate Leader
Legal Profession, Laurence Etherington
Litigants in Person, Kate Leader
Media Law, Lawrence McNamara
Medical Law, Law and Health, Isra Black, Matt Matravers, Ailbhe O'Loughlin, Sue Westwood
Migrants and Refugee Law, Martin Jones, Joe Tomlinson
Property Law, Jed Meers, Emma Waring
Public and Constitutional Law, Lawrence McNamara, Jed Meers, Joe Tomlinson, Kathryn Wright
Religion and Law, Ioana Cismas, Sue Westwood
Sociology and Philosophy of Law, Matt Matravers (Philosophy of Law)
Tort Law, Phillip Morgan, Jenny Steele
Transitional Justice, Ioana Cismas
Trust Law, Richard Nolan, Sarah Wilson
Welfare and Social Care, Simon Halliday, Caroline Hunter, Jed Meers, Charlotte O'Brien, Joe Tomlinson, Sue Westwood