Phd students at the 狼友社区 School of Law

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.
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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.
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Areej Alabassi

The legal protection of Saudi female employees against harassment in the workplace
Supervisors: Professor Grace James and Dr Rachel Horton
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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.
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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
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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: 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
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Noora Alsada

An analytical study of the crime of money laundering.
Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Kieran Lee Marshall.
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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
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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
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Melisa Aydin

The Impact of Work-Family Rights Provisions on Women鈥檚 Employment Decisions and Reproductive Autonomy
Supervisors: Professor Grace James and Dr Rachel Horton
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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
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Priya Chowdhury

Reform at the Crossroads: Addressing Private Benefits and Power Struggles in Indian Takeover Law
Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Samuel Law
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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
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Aybuke Naz Durmus

Subrogation and Co-Insurance in Marine Insurance
Supervisors: Professor Robert Merkin QC and Professor James Devenney
Research Grouping:
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
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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:
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:
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:
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
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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:
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
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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:
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
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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
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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
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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
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Anna Elyse Ressler

The Obligation to Register Death Under International Law
Supervisors: Professor Aleardo Zanghellini and Professor Susan Breau
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Email: a.ressler@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Andy Reynolds

Returning Criminals - Transportation Convicts returning from the 鈥淗ell in Paradise鈥� 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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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
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Email: k.r.j.tinkler@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
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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:

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
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Email: zechuan.zhao@pgr.reading.ac.uk

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 狼友社区
Email: s.abebe@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 Th茅r猫se Callus
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Email: a.alekseenko@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
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Email: l.bagshaw@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)
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Email: b.balat@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
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Email: faye.bird@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Ishtiaq Chechi

The Importance of Modernising Pakistan's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Laws
Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Bolanle Adebola
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Email: i.chechi@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
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Email: christopher.evans@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Chris Flemming

International Crimes in the Context of Cyber Operations
Supervisors: Professor Michael Schmitt and Professor James Green
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Email: c.p.fleming@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Jon Griffiths

Taking Precautions in Attack: The Realities of Urban Warfare
Supervisors: Professor Michael Schmitt and Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler
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Email: jon.griffiths@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
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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
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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
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Email: j.maddocks@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Nicholas Mills

Corporate Corruption - A Regulatory Paradox: An Assessment of Efficacy of UK Approach to Corporate Bribery and Corruption
Supervisor: Dr Beatrice Krebs
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Email: n.f.mills@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
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Email: i.o.okpala@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
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Email: m.r.ruwange@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
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Email: chayadevi.seegolamramkhelawon@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Piotr Sitnik

Piercing the Corporate Veil in Civil Law Jurisdictions: In Search for Systemic Replacements
Supervisors: Professor James Devenney and Dr Bolanle Adebola
Research Grouping:
Email: p.w.sitnik@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
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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:
Email: j.velez-echeverri@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Shuangyu Yang

Regulation of Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies in the UK: A Law and Finance Perspective
Supervisors: Dr Folashade Adeyemo and Dr Andrea Miglionico
Research Grouping:
Email: shuangyu.yang@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.

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