These are some of our current PhD students and details of the research projects they're working on.
Mahmud Abba Jato
- Resolving Disputes in Nigeria's Energy sector: the role of International Commercial Arbitration and of Investment Arbitration in Balancing Investor and Host State Interests.
- Supervisors: Dr Kyriaki Noussia and Professor Robert Merkin.
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR).
Chinuru Chituru Achinewhu
- Critical Examination of the Legal Regulation of Trans-National Online Based ‘Ponzi’ Schemes in Nigeria.
- Supervisors: Dr Bolanle Adebola and Dr Andrea Miglionico.
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR).
Areej Alabassi
- The legal protection of Saudi female employees against harassment in the workplace
- Supervisors: Professor Grace James and Dr Rachel Horton
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
Khawlah Aladl
- The Governance Gap in Saudi Arabia’s CSR: A Legal Framework for Integrating Social Responsibility into Corporate Strategy.
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Samuel Law.
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR).
Naif Alatawi
- "The Role of Arbitrators in International Commercial Arbitration": Strategic Implications of Neutrality, Independence, and Impartiality
- Supervisors: Professor Robert Merkin KC and Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
Wala Al-Daraji
- Third-party funding regulation and law development in Singapore, the UK and the US: access to justice, case selection, litigation costs and funding fairness.
- Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Professor Robert Merkin KC
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: w.al-daraji@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Ahmed Aldhafeeri
- The Public Policy Exception to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Perspective
- Supervisors: Dr Bolanle Adebola and Professor Robert Merkin KC
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: a.f.aldhafeeri@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Sami Aldbyani
- The evolving legal framework governing smart contracts: A comparative study of the UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Professor Gerard McMeel
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR)naif
Hayat Almutairi
- Investigation into the Labour Reforms Initiative (LRA) as a tool for Saudi Arabia to improve migrant worker's rights
- Supervisors: Dr Rachel Horton and Dr Kieran Lee Marshall
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR)
Asaiel Alohaly
- Rethinking the Shareholder Primacy in State-Owned Enterprises: The Case of Aramco
- Supervisors: Dr Andrea Miglionico and Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: a.a.alohaly@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Noora Alsada
- An analytical study of the crime of money laundering.
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Kieran Lee Marshall.
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR).
Ahlam Alshammari
- Application of Laws Conflict Principle in Disputes Resulting from International Trade Law Contracts in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, with Reference to Worldwide Agreements - A Comparative Study
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Professor Gerard McMeel
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR)
Hanouf Al-Thani
- The effects of the United Nations conventions on the law reforms in the State of Qatar
- Supervisors: Professor Rosa Freedman and Professor Marko Milanovic
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR)
Abderahim Alwallani
- Debt Restructuring Reforms and their Impact on Financially Distressed Companies in the UK
- Supervisors: Dr Andrea Miglionico and Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: a.alwallani@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Melisa Aydin
- The Impact of Work-Family Rights Provisions on Women’s Employment Decisions and Reproductive Autonomy
- Supervisors: Professor Grace James and Dr Rachel Horton
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
Shweta Band
- Deconstructing the Paradox in the Promise of Freedom of Religion: Lessons from India and the UK
- Supervisors: Dr Stuart Lakin and Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: shweta.band@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Yusuf Enes Beggi
- Arbitration and AI: An Analysis of the Challenges and Procedural Issues Encountered
- Supervisors: Dr Kyriaki Noussia and Professor Robert Merkin KC
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR)
Leslie Olonyi Bosire
- Dissecting the Legal Architecture Enabling Environmental Dumping: Regulating the Risk and Stemming the Southerly Tides of Environmental Dumping
- Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson and Dr Jorge Guira
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
Wyatt Boutwell
- The Conundrum of Colonial Bishops:The High Church, Low Church debate on bishops for the colonies and the first African Anglican Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther
- Supervisors: Dr Charlotte Smith and Professor Aleardo Zanghellini
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society (LJS)
Marzia Briel
- Evaluating the unintended social, ethical and legal consequences of Open Science using a risk-based approach
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Christine Riefa
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: m.m.briel@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Tara Brown
- Is the legal framework robust enough to respond to threats below the level of armed attack in outer space?
- Supervisors: Professor Michael Schmitt and Professor Alexander Gilder
Daniel Hassan Bwala
- The Role of the Compliance Mechanism of the Paris Agreement in Achieving Equity and Climate Justice
- Supervisors: Dr Andrea Miglionico and Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society (LJS)
Priya Chowdhury
- Reform at the Crossroads: Addressing Private Benefits and Power Struggles in Indian Takeover Law
- Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Samuel Law
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR)
Elif Demir
- Regulating Online Disinformation in the Context of Middle Eastern Armed Conflicts: Upholding the Freedom of Expression.
- Supervisors: Professor Marko Milanovic and Dr Russell Buchan
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
Aybuke Naz Durmus
- Subrogation and Co-Insurance in Marine Insurance
- Supervisors: Professor Robert Merkin QC and Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: a.n.durmus@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Joy Emma-Duru
- The requirement and implications of better law enforcement and dispute resolution for pregnant workers and new mothers in the UK following pregnancy and maternity workplace discrimination
- Supervisors: Professor Grace James and Dr Rachel Horton
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: j.k.c.emma-duru@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Dimag Feridun
- The Principle of Good Faith in the Performance of Commercial Contracts in England and Wales
- Supervisors: Professors Gerard McMeel and James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: d.feridun@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Sareeya Galasintu
- Comparative Study on the Optional Consumer Redress Mechanism: Alternative Dispute Resolution in the EU and Thailand
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Bolanle Adebola
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR)
- Email: s.galasintu@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Radhika Goel
- Negotiating Power with the Normalised Cultural Ideal: Interaction of Neurodiversity and Sexuality within the contours of law, family, and social media
- Supervisors: Professor Aleardo Zanghellini and Professor Thérèse Callus
Charlotte Graham
- International Humanitarian Law and Non-State Actors
- Supervisors: Dr Alison Bisset and Dr Alexander Gilder
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: c.graham@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Alok Gupta
- When a Compassionate Culture exploits animals: an argument for Animal Rights in India
- Supervisors: Professor David Bilchitz and Professor Chris Hilson
Ceren Gurkan Dogan
- Allocation of Liability for Personal Data Breaches in B2B Standard Cloud Contracts
- Supervisor: Professor Christine Riefa and Dr Peter Coe
- Email: c.gurkandogan@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Balkrishna Gurung
- A Human Rights Based Approach in Disaster Prevention and Management to Provide Protection and Agency to Victims of Caste-Based Discrimination in Nepal
- Supervisors: Dr Alison Bisset and Professor Chris Hilson
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: balkrishna.gurung@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Katerina Hadjistavri
- European Union Constitutional Law - Expanding legal protections for Article 2 Treaty on European Union
- Supervisors: Dr Frances Hamilton and Dr Vicky Kapogianni
- Research Grouping: Law and Justice Society
- Email: Katerina Hadjistavri
Catherine Janet Kissee-Sandoval
- Where the Internet Stops: Developing the Legal Architecture to End the USA's Digital Divide
- Supervisors: Professor Christine Riefa and Dr Peter Coe
Robert Kithuku
- Efficiency of Adaptive finance: a case of finance community based adaptation projects in Kenya
- Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson and Rosalind Cornforth
Ion Klitorakis
- Law, Justice, and Society: Criminal Law, Media, and Privacy
- Supervisors: Dr Beatrice Krebs and Jessica Fish
Daryl Lai
- Cyborg Companies and the Corporate Veil
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Samuel Law
Anna Lui
- Post-Brexit Enforcement of Cross-border Commercial Disputes between the UK and EU.
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Kyriaki Noussia
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR).
Lan Ma
- Sustainability: Crafting a Legislative Framework for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships within the international maritime community.
- Supervisors: Dr Kyriaki Noussia and Professor Robert Merkin
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation (CCLFR).
- Email: Lan Ma
Alastair Marke
- The Role of Law in Regulating Digital Green Assets
- Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson and Professor Christine Riefa (Dr Samuel Law acting 2nd)
Natalie Matranga
- Sex and gender in the UK legal system
- Supervisors: Professor Rosa Freedman and Professor Jo Phoenix
Conor McGahon
- Is Digital Society causing a Paradigm shift in Privacy Law?
- Supervisors: Dr Peter Coe and Professor Christine Riefa
Roberto Musone
- Legitimate expectations in administrative law
- Supervisors: Dr Stuart Lakin and Dr Leonid Sirota
Ugochi Nwosu
- Promoting Gender Diversity in Arbitration Tribunals: A Case for Party Autonomy
- Supervisors: Dr Bolanle Adebola and Professor Robert Merkin KC
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: u.nwosu@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Will Page (SeNSS DTP scholarship)
- The Peculiarities of Privacy in Public Space & The Deployment of Automatic Facial Recognition (AFR) Technology
- Supervisor: Dr Peter Coe and Kat Hadjimatheou
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice and Society
Stavros Pantos
- Evaluating Macroprudential Measures and Policy Responses to COVID-19 for the European Banking Sector
- Supervisors: Professor Gerard McMeel QC and Dr Andrea Miglionico
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: s.pantos@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Kristin Qui
- Just transition and climate justice in small island developing states.
- Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson, Professor Rosa Freedman and Dr Vicky Kapogianni
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
Anna Elyse Ressler
- The Obligation to Register Death Under International Law
- Supervisors: Professor Aleardo Zanghellini and Professor Susan Breau
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: a.ressler@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Andy Reynolds
- Returning Criminals - Transportation Convicts returning from the “Hell in Paradise” in Australasia, 1788-18
- Supervisors: Dr Charlotte Smith and Dr Annika Newnham
Muhammed Sahin
- Evaluation of Foreign Judicial Sales of Ships and Their Recognition: In Terms of Protection of Security Interest Holders
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Professor Robert Merkin KC
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: m.sahin@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Elvinas Savukynas
- The Theory and Practice of the Proportionality Test in Human Rights Law
- Supervisors: Professor David Bilchitz and Dr Ana Cannilla
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: e.savukynas@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Teddy Soobramanien
- WTO Law and Security Interests in the New Geoeconomic Order
- Supervisors: Dr Andrea Miglionico and Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: y.soobramanien@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Karolina Szopa
- Between Consensus and Evolution: The Legitimacy of Evolutive Interpretation under the European Convention on Human Rights
- Supervisors: Professor David Bilchitz and Dr Stuart Lakin
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: k.szopa@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Khaled Talahma
- The Validity and Enforceability of Mediation Clauses: A Comparative Analysis
- Supervisors: Professor Robert Merkin QC and Dr Bolanle Adebola
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: k.talahma@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Kieran Tinkler
- Multi-Domain Warfare and the Law of Targeting
- Supervisors: Professor Michael Schmitt and Professor Rosa Freedman
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: k.r.j.tinkler@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Dickson Tarnongo
- The Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria
- Supervisors: Dr Rachel Horton and Dr Frances Hamilton
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice and Society
- Email: d.v.tarnongo@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Pei Ying Wang
- The voice of ‘other people’s children’: the subjective experience of youth confinement in Taiwan
- Supervisors: Alexandra Cox and Jo Phoenix
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society (LJS)
- Email: peiying.wang@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Yuzi Wang
- Forest-Related Climate Change Litigation in China: The Way Forward.
- Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson and Dr Jorge Guira
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
Mia Wick
- Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the International Aid Sector: Making the case for a human rights-based regulatory framework for INGOs
- Supervisors: Professor Rosa Freedman
Zechuan Zhao
- Under International Human Rights Law, explore the development and protection of the rights of minorities in China, and analyze the status of minority rights protection in YunnanProvince
- Supervisors: Professor Rosa Freedman and Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: zechuan.zhao@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Recently awarded PhDs
- Tahlia-Rose Virdee - Beaten into the Margins: The Governance and knowability of BDSM and Kink Sexualities in England and Wales.
- Ahmed Aldhafeeri - The Public Policy Exception to The New York Convention: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Perspective.
- Amelia Chirtes - The Convention on Nuclear Safety for Nuclear Power Plants: Between Stability and Reform during a Quarter Century.
- Furkan Dogan - Seaworthiness in the Age of Emerging Technologies.
- Matthew Armitage - Neither Relational nor Discrete: the ISDA Master Agreement as a Bimodal Contract.
- Rebecca Nocella - Porn Content Creators as 'Workers': A Pragmatist Feminist Argument.
- Basak Bak Tezgel - Genetic Data Privacy and ‘Legitimate Interest’ in Genetic Research: Is consent still a relevant narrative within the realm of big data research under the European data protection regime?
- Margaret Ounsley - At the Golden Bear with St. Lawrence: A study of cooperation in the administration of poor relief in an eighteenth-century corporation town.
- Virgilio Emanuel Lobato Cervantes - Data Protection by Design and by Default: A Novel Business Compliance Framework for Effective Adherence to EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Busra Balat - United Nations Accountability under International Law.
- Patsy Kirkwood - Has the right to Be Forgotten Brought About a New Form of the Right to Privacy and Further Control of Personal Information Within Data Protection for Individuals?
- Liz-Mari Welman - Securing Gender Equality at a Senior Level? A Critique of UK Employees’ Right to Request Flexible Working.