ÌÇÐÄTV Law School News
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School News
The latest updates from our department
When does a crisis end? New project receives Wellcome funding to investigate
Professor Sharifah Sekalala, an expert in global health law is part of an international team exploring how we define the end of a crisis in a new project funded by the Wellcome Trust’s new scheme.
GLOBE Policy Brief on ‘Assessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality’
'Assessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality’ by Dr Serena Natile, is the latest in a series of briefs, bringing current legal thinking to bear on public policy issues and contemporary concerns, published by GLOBE, a research centre within ÌÇÐÄTV Law School.
Artwork Credit: Pawel Kuczyński
Professor Munro secures CPS funding for important rape research
Congratulations to ÌÇÐÄTV Law School’s Professor Vanessa Munro who has been awarded funding to work with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in implementing and evaluating changes to improve responses to complaints and complainants of rape.
CJC secures prestigious Leverhulme Research Project Grant
Criminal Justice Centre (CJC) directors, Ana Aliverti and Henrique Carvalho, and member, Anastasia Chamberlen, have been awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Trust’s Research Project Grant for their project ‘The Vulnerable State: Appraising the Ambivalent Economies of State Power'.
Dr Ming-Sung Kuo cited by the Supreme Court of Canada
Dr Ming-Sung Kuo's 2019 paper ‘’ was cited by the Suprme Court of Cananda in ([2021] SCC 48). Congratulations Ming-Sung.
Dr Jane Bryan featured on BBC Sounds
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School’s Dr Jane Bryan was featured on BBC Sounds this week (Monday 30th May) discussing the Say My Name Project and the negative impacts routine mispronunciation and name avoidance can have on an individual’s feeling of belonging and visibility.
THE WAY AHEAD happens faster when different perspectives join forces
In a world of growing complexity and interconnectivity, interdisciplinarity is an approach that brings together multiple disciplines to challenge how we understand some of the most pressing issues around us and to deliver real world impact. Professor Jackie Hodgson explains.
Dr Rajnaara Akhtar featured on ITV News
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School’s Dr Rajnaara Akhtar was featured on ITV Central News yesterday (Wednesday 11th May) discussing current English wedding law and whether it is fit for purpose in our modern multi-cultural society.
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School ranked equal 8th in the UK* in latest REF Result
*According to Times Higher Education
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School is delighted to announce that it has been ranked equal 8th overall in the UK and equal 6th amongst the Russell Group universities that were assessed in the latest Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF).
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School welcomes Dr Maryna Utkina
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School has successfully sponsored a Fernandes Fellowship devoted to funding early career researchers from Europe. We are delighted that Dr Maryna Utkina has now joined us at ÌÇÐÄTV from the Ukraine and will be with us until the end of this calendar year.
WLS academic helps to shape global democracy benchmark report on Albania
Western Balkans expert Dr Andi Hoxhaj is one of the contributors to the 2022 , an annual expert assessment of the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia, published this week.
The Transformation of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe
On 21 and 22 April 2022, ÌÇÐÄTV will host a two-day conference for a group of leading European consumer law scholars to discuss the transformation of consumer law and policy in Europe since the turn of the millennium.