These are some of our current PhD students and details of the research projects they're working on.
Selam Abebe
- The Role of the Compliance Mechanism of the Paris Agreement in Achieving Equity and Climate Justice
- Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson and Dr Anne Thies
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading
- Email: s.abebe@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Naif Alatawi
- "The Role of Arbitrators in International Commercial Arbitration": Strategic Implications of Neutrality, Independence, and Impartiality
- Supervisors: Professor Robert Merkin QC and Dr Kyriaki Noussia
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
Wala Al-Daraji
- Disclosure, Confidentiality and the Politics of Third Party Funding in Investor-State Arbitration
- Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Professor Robert Merkin QC
- 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
- Supervisors: Dr Bolanle Adebola and Dr Anne Thies
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: a.f.aldhafeeri@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Abdulrahman Aldossry
- Artificial Intelligence and Entry into Contracts: Challenges and Possibilities
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Professor Gerard McMeel QC
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: a.s.s.aldossary@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Aleksandra Alekseenko
- Somatic Rights as a New Category of Human Rights
- Supervisors: Dr Dimitrios Kyritsis and Professor Thérèse Callus
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: a.alekseenko@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Asaiel Alohaly
- Assessing the Corporate Governance of Aramco and its Dynamism in the Market
- Supervisors: Dr Andrea Miglionico and Dr Jorge Guira
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: a.a.alohaly@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Abderahim Alwallani
- Debt Restructuring Reforms and their Impact on Financially Distressed Companies in the UK
- Supervisors: Dr Folashade Adeyemo and Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: a.alwallani@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Matthew Armitage
- The Effects of Private Law Systems, Smart Contracts, and Relational Contracts on the Interpretation of Commercial Agreements
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Stephen Samuel
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: m.armitage@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Liam Bagshaw
- What Role Does International Law Play in Disaster Risk (Reduction)?
- Supervisors: Dr Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Dr Anne Thies
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: l.bagshaw@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Basak Bak Tezgel
- Genetic Data Privacy in AI Driven Healthcare: Bioethical Critique of Big Health Data
- Supervisors: Professor Stavroula Karapapa and Professor Thérèse Callus
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: b.baktezgel@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Busra Balat
- Can the United Nations be held Accountable for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers?
- Supervisors: Professor Rosa Freedman and Dr Sarah von Billerbeck (Politics)
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: b.balat@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Shweta Band
- Deconstructing the Paradox in the Promise of Freedom of Religion: Lessons from India and the UK
- Supervisors: Dr Stuart Lakin and Dr Dimitrios Kyritsis
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: shweta.band@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Faye Bird
- The Islamic State's Use of Forced Marriages and Sexual Slavery as a Weapon of War: A Critical Analysis of International Law in the Changing Landscape of Modern Day Warfare
- Supervisors: Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne and Professor Aleardo Zanghellini
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: faye.bird@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Marzia Briel
- A Risk-Based Analysis of Open Access Research
- Supervisor: Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: m.m.briel@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Ishtiaq Chechi
- The Importance of Modernising Pakistan's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Laws
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Bolanle Adebola
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: i.chechi@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Amelia Chirtes
- The International Legal Framework on Safety of Nuclear Energy Installations
- Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Professor James Green
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: a.chirtes@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Furkan Dogan
- Cyber-Worthiness: Implementing New Technologies and Their Effects on Maritime Industry
- Supervisors: Professor Robert Merkin QC and Professor James Devenney
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: f.dogan@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Charley Dugdale
- The Effect of Short-Term Prison Sentences
- Supervisor: Dr Peter Coe
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: c.m.dugdale@pgr.reading.ac.uk
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
- Pregnancy and Maternity Workplace Discrimination: An Assessment of Law Enforcement and Dispute Resolution in the United Kingdom
- Supervisors: Professor Grace James and Ms Rachel Horton
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: j.k.c.emma-duru@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Christopher Evans
- Assessing the Theoretical and Practical Impact of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Revitalising Nuclear Disarmament Efforts
- Supervisors: Professor James Green and Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: christopher.evans@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Dimag Feridun
- The Duty of Good Faith in English Commercial Contracts
- Supervisors: Professors James Devenney and Gerard McMeel
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: d.feridun@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Chris Flemming
- International Crimes in the Context of Cyber Operations
- Supervisors: Professor Michael Schmitt and Professor James Green
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: c.p.fleming@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
- Email: s.galasintu@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Jon Griffiths
- Taking Precautions in Attack: The Realities of Urban Warfare
- Supervisors: Professor Michael Schmitt and Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: jon.griffiths@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Ceren Gurken
- The Share of Liability Between the Cloud Provider Who Supply Storage Spaces for E- Commerce Host Providers Under Data Breach
- Supervisor: Dr Peter Coe
- Email: c.gurkan@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Balkrishna Gurung
- A Human Rights Based Approach in Disaster Prevention and Management to Provide Protection and Agency to Marginalised Ethnic Groups in Nepal
- Supervisors: Dr Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Dr Alison Bisset
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: balkrishna.gurung@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Hoshman Ismail
- Genocide of the Yezidis within the Context of the Responsibility to Protect
- Supervisors: Dr Alison Bisset and Professor Susan Breau
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: i.hoshman@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Virgilio Lobato Cervantes
- A Practical Framework for Addressing EU Data Protection and Privacy Law
- Supervisors: Professor Stavroula Karapapa and Dr Anne Thies
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: v.lobatocervantes@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Jenny Maddocks
- State Responsibility for International Law Violations Involving Non-State Actors in Armed Conflict
- Supervisors: Professor Michael Schmitt and Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: j.maddocks@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Bronte Makepeace
- Domestic abuse, ‘public’ threats, and the public/private divide: is governmental policy getting its priorities right?
- Supervisors: Professor Aleardo Zanghellini and Dr Nora Honkala
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
Nicholas Mills
- Corporate Corruption - A Regulatory Paradox: An Assessment of Efficacy of UK Approach to Corporate Bribery and Corruption
- Supervisor: Dr Beatrice Krebs
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: n.f.mills@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Rebecca Nocella
- Enforcing the Rights of Porn Workers: Insights for New Regulations
- Supervisor: Professor Aleardo Zanghellini
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: r.nocella@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Chichi Nwosu
- (Title TBC)
- Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Professor Chris Hilson
Ugochi Nwosu
- Promoting Gender Diversity in Arbitration Tribunals: A Case for Party Autonomy
- Supervisors: Dr Bolanle Adebola and Dr Anne Thies
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: u.nwosu@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Ihuoma Okpala
- Regulatory Action in Micro Finance Banking for the Financial Inclusion of Nigeria's Unbanked Population: A Critical Analysis
- Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Dr Andrea Miglionico
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
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Email: i.o.okpala@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Will Page (SeNSS DTP scholarship)
- Privacy in Public Space: Reassessing Automatic Live Facial Recognition Technology
- Supervisor: Dr Katerina Hadjimatheou (University of Essex)
- 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
Anna Elyse Ressler
- The Obligation to Register Death Under International Law
- Supervisors: Professor Susan Breau and Dr Marie Aronsson-Storrier
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: a.ressler@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Mohamed Ruwange
- Structuring Finance for Projects in a World of Limited Choices: The Need for Legal and Institutional Reform in Oil and Gas
- Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Dr Andrea Miglionico
- Research Grouping: Centre for Commercial Law and Financial Regulation
- Email: m.r.ruwange@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Muhammed Sahin
- Evaluation of the Foreign Judicial Sales of Ships and Their Recognition
- Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Folashade Adeyemo
- 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
Chaya Seegolam
- Understanding the Objective of Workplace Dispute Resolution: To What Extent Can Alternative Dispute Practices Help Promote the Rights of Employees?
- Supervisors: Ms Rachel Horton and Professor Grace James
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: chayadevi.seegolamramkhelawon@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Teddy Soobramanien
- WTO Law and Security Interests in the New Geoeconomic Order
- Supervisors: Dr Matthew Windsor and Dr Anne Thies
- 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: Dr Dimitrios Kyritsis and Dr Rachel Murray (Bristol)
- 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
- International Law and the Conduct of Hostilities in Outer Space
- Supervisors: Professor Michael Schmitt and Professor James Green
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: k.r.j.tinkler@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Luciano Vaz Ferreira
- The International Legal Regime on Planetary Defense Against Near-Earth Objects
- Supervisors: Professor James Green and Professor Michael Schmitt
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: l.vazferreira@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Juliana Velez-Echeverri
- Climate-Induced Displacement and Resettlement and Human Rights in Colombia
- Supervisors: Professor Chris Hilson and Dr Alex Arnall
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: j.velez-echeverri@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Tahlia Virdee
- Beaten Into the Margins: The Governance and Knowability of BDSM and Kink Sexuality in the UK
- Supervisors: Professor Aleardo Zanghellini and Dr Nora Honkala
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: tahlia.virdee@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Zechuan Zhao
- Ethnic Minorities in International Human Rights Law
- 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
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?
- Supervisors: Professor Stavroula Karapapa and Professor Rosa Freedman
- Research Grouping: Global Law at Reading (GLAR)
- Email: evelyn.kirkwood@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Liz-Mari Welman
- Securing Gender Equality at a Senior Level? A Critique of UK Employees' Right to Request Flexible Working
- Supervisors: Professor Grace James and Dr Patrizia Kokot-Blamey (Queen Mary)
- Research Grouping: Law, Justice & Society
- Email: l.welman@pgr.reading.ac.uk