Details of current research students - PhD and MA topics:

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Jonathan Fisk

The question of the nature and purpose of consent in medicine and the extent to which these can be derived from a coherent ethical framework

Supervisors: Professor Matt Matravers

 

James Killen

Human rights defenders at risk: Security, psychological trauma and state responsibility

Supervisors: Professor Martin Jones

 

Michael Robinson

Meeting aspirations?  Evaluating the assessment of Personal Independence Payment from a Disability Rights perspective

Supervisors: Professor Charlotte O'Brien and Dr Jed Meers

 

James Hart
The Admissibility of Conduct Subsequent to the Execution of a Contract as an Aide to Contractual Interpretation: A Doctrinal, Empirical, and Comparative Analysis

Supervisor: Dr Phillip Morgan and Professor TT Arvind

 

Carl Makin
Regulation and reality: towards a tenant-centric understanding of social housing law
Supervisor: Professor Caroline Hunter

 

Zaki Kaf Al-Ghazal

What are the problems with the understanding and enforcement of legal norms in a regime of sovereign states with reference to crimes against humanity?
Supervisors: Professor Matt Matravers and Dr Piergiuseppe Parisi

 

Atoosa Khatiri
The women and children of ISIS and their journeys back home: Challenges in the UK and beyond
Supervisors: Dr Ioana Cismas and Dr Lawrence McNamara

 

Charlie Tye

To what extent should principles of civil and criminal liability in England and Wales be attached to the harms inflicted by individual and collective acts within the Manosphere? The Manosphere is a network of male-orientated subcultures, communities, blogs, and Torums which subscribe to a philosophy known as the ¿Red Pill¿

Supervisors: Professor Matt Matravers and Professor Phillip Morgan

 

Le Nam Vo

An analysis of open banking regulations and their legal impact on banking structure
Supervisors: Professor Phillip Morgan and Professor John Ashton 

 

Thomas Knight

Privacy in emerging adulthood: A study of Generation Z's legal consciousness

Supervisors: Professor TT Arvind

 

Aysha Alshehri 

A Study of an Artificial Intelligence System Used in the Constitutional Review of Administrative Actions and Judgements
Supervisors: Dr Dimitrios Tsarapatsanis and Professor Caroline Hunter

 

Shivangi Gangwar
Judgments as Goods: An Economic Analysis of Constitutional Law Judgments
Supervisors: Dr Dimitrios Tsarapatsanis and Professor TT Arvind

 

Cindy Leung
Conceptualizing and Implementing a Rights-Based Approach to Address Food Insecurity at City Level in Developed Countries – A Pilot Trial in York

Supervisors: Dr Ioana Cismas and Professor Paul Gready 

 

Giorgio Minelli
Seeking theoretical justifications to support the institution of the
jury trial
Supervisor: Professor Matt Matravers

 

Frankie Power
Legal (de)constructions of the (un)deserving nomad. Precarious freedoms in forbidden lands
Supervisors: Professor Caroline Hunter and Dr Laurence Etherington

 

Max Williams
The Online Threat of Artificial Intelligence to the Legal and Ethical Foundations of Contemporary Journalism.
Supervisors: Dr Phillip Morgan and Professor TT Arvind

 

Eleana Kasoulide

The experimental stage of launching new technologies in public services: do current practices balance the associated risks and opportunities?

Supervisors: Professor Joe Tomlinson and Dr Jed Meers

 

Isabel Salter

The Socio-economic Inequality Duty: A catalyst for change?

Supervisors: Professor Joe Tomlinson and Dr Jed Meers

 

Brook Morrison

Conducting NATO Operations and Missions in Compliance with International Human Rights Law

Supervisors: Professor Ioana Cismas and Dr Piergiuseppe Parisi

 

Udeshika Pattiarachchi

Proposing an effective legal framework to regulate data protection and privacy in Sri Lanka: Insights from European Union and United Kingdom

Supervisor: Dr Dimitrios Tsarapatsanis