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Doctoral study in Law
Find out about doctoral programmes at Manchester Law School.
About doctoral study in the Law School
Join our thriving community of experts, who have extensive experience in pioneering legal research.
We can supervise a wide range of research, and we encourage applications in innovative and contemporary legal areas.
You can explore our research supervisors’ expertise below. We encourage you to discuss your research ideas with us – even if your topic is not listed.
For more information, please visit our Law subject page.
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Our supervisors
Dr Cem Abanazir
- Sports law
- Esports
- Freedom of expression
- Philosophy of human rights
- Transnational law
Dr Adedayo Akingbade
- Public international law
- Human trafficking
- Irregular migration
Jamie Atkinson
- Gender equality in the workplace
- Women’s careers post-maternity leave, particularly the transition from full to part-time work
- Dads and shared parental leave
Dr James Brown
Sports law
Dr Seamus Byrne
- Children’s rights law
- Education and the law
- Human rights law
- Disability and the law
Dr Sarah Carrick
- Sports law
- Tax law
- Intellectual property law
Professor Beverley Clough
- Medical law
- Tort law
- Disability legal studies
Dr Cate Coleman
- International economic law
- Environmental law
Dr Cecilia Flores Elizondo
- International Economic Law, mainly trade and investment
- International governance of food systems
- Food security
- Public international law
Professor Andrew Francis
- Regulation and organisation of the legal profession
- Social mobility
- Legal education
- Access to justice
Dr Costantino Grasso
- Corporate economic and financial crime
- Organised crime
- International cooperation in criminal matters
- Corporate social responsibility
- Corporate governance
Dr Maz Idriss
- Violence against women
- Honour-based violence
- Forced marriages
Professor Mark James
- Sports law – player issues, spectator disorder, and ticketing
- Olympic law – including the legal frameworks used to host mega events, ambush marketing and athlete activism
- The regulation of popular culture
Dr Jenny Kanellopoulou
- Law and place
- Copyright law
- Law and the creative industries
- Socio-legal studies
Dr Aikaterini Koula
- International human rights law
- Public international and constitutional law
- Refugee law
- Social rights
Dr Kay Lalor
- LGBT rights law and politics
- International human rights law
- Feminist legal theory
- Legal temporalities
Dr Kryss MacLeod
- Legal empowerment and access to justice
- Human rights and international law: business and human rights; extraterritoriality
Dr Damian Mather
- EU law – free movement, citizenship and migration and asylum law
- Human rights
- Counter-terror law
Dr Lawrence Modeme
- Public international law
- International criminal law
- Tort law
- International political rights
Dr Ash Murphy
- International climate law
- The United Nations Security Council
- Climate security and securitisation
Dr Zainab Naqvi
- Feminist legal studies
- Family law
- Minoritised communities in the UK
Dr Jen Neller
- Public order law
- Nationalism
- Law and race
- Hate speech
Dr Jorge Nunez
- Jurisprudence
- Legal theory
- Political theory
- Public international law
Dr Fatimah Opebiyi
Corporate law
Dr John Pearson
- Environmental law
- Natural resources law
- Property law
Michael Poulsom
- Property law
- Landlord and tenant law
- Property practice
Dr Rossella Pulvirenti
- International human rights law
- International criminal law
- Victims and witnesses of crimes
- Human rights and healthcare issues
Dr Senthorun Raj
- Law and emotion
- LGBTI rights and politics
- Human rights law
- Critical legal studies
Dr Annapurna Waughray
- Caste and the law and politics in South Asia and the diaspora including UK and US
- Legal regulation of caste discrimination
- International human rights law
- Equality and discrimination law
- Minority rights
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Our doctoral students
Catherine Jaquiss
- Spatial and affective dimensions of LGBTIQ+ refugee litigation and adjudication
Samantha Morgan
- Spatial and affective dimensions of LGBTIQ+ advocacy and litigation in the Caribbean
Hannah Varnouse
- ‘Honour’-based violence and abuse – a need for specific legislation
Lucy Glynn
- Revisiting law’s dimensions: a place-based approach
Jaria Hussain-Lala
- A critical analysis of the effectiveness of the legal and policy framework governing female genital mutilation in England and Wales
Harry Houlden
- The evolution of intellectual property to protect characters and universes
Stephen Holden
- State secrecy and whistleblowing in the UK
Kelly Danielle
- A regulatory framework for the procurement of foetal tissue
Cintia Baranyi
- Post-Brexit vulnerability: evaluation of policy perspectives for conservation strategies of North Atlantic migratory species and investigating the level of non-governmental organisations’ participation in legislative reform
The University fosters a great research-active culture and offers excellent support.
Ashley, Law PhD
Senior Lecturer, University of Sunderland
The University fosters a great research-active culture and offers excellent support.
Ashley, Law PhD
Senior Lecturer, University of Sunderland