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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: .

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: .

Areej Alabassi

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:

 

Naif Alatawi

Wala Al-Daraji

Ahmed Aldhafeeri

Sami Aldbyani

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:

Asaiel Alohaly

Noora Alsada

 

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:

Hanouf Al-Thani

Abderahim Alwallani

Matthew Armitage

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?
  • Supervisors: Professor Thérèse Callus
  • Research Grouping:
  • Email: b.baktezgel@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:

 

Shweta Band

Yusuf Enes Beggi

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:

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:

Marzia Briel

Tara Brown

Daniel Hassan Bwala

Amelia Chirtes

  • The importance and prospects of the evolution of the Convention on Nuclear Safety related to land-based civil nuclear power plants, in the context of the first decade after the latest major nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi – Japan
  • Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Professor Chris Hilson
  • Research Grouping:

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:

Furkan Dogan

Charley Dugdale

Elif Demir

 

Aybuke Naz Durmus

Joy Emma-Duru

Dimag Feridun

Sareeya Galasintu

Radhika Goel

Charlotte Graham

Alok Gupta

Ceren Gurkan Dogan

Balkrishna Gurung

Katerina Hadjistavri

Catherine Janet Kissee-Sandoval

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

Anna Lui

 

Bronte Makepeace

Lan Ma

 

Alastair Marke

Natalie Matranga

Conor McGahon

Roberto Musone

Rebecca Nocella

Ugochi Nwosu

Margaret Ounsley

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:

Stavros Pantos

Kristin Qui

Anna Elyse Ressler

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

Elvinas Savukynas

Teddy Soobramanien

Karolina Szopa

Khaled Talahma

Kieran Tinkler

Tahlia-Rose Virdee

Pei Ying Wang

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

Margaret Ounsley

Asaiel Alohaly

Abderahim Alwallani

Matthew Armitage

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?
  • Supervisors: Professor Thérèse Callus
  • Research Grouping:
  • Email: b.baktezgel@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Shweta Band

Marzia Briel

Amelia Chirtes

  • The importance and prospects of the evolution of the Convention on Nuclear Safety related to land-based civil nuclear power plants, in the context of the first decade after the latest major nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi – Japan
  • Supervisors: Dr Jorge Guira and Professor Chris Hilson
  • Research Grouping:

Furkan Dogan

Charley Dugdale

Aybuke Naz Durmus

Joy Emma-Duru

Dimag Feridun

Sareeya Galasintu

Ceren Gurkan Dogan

Balkrishna Gurung

Chinuru Chituru Achinewhu

Bronte Makepeace

Rebecca Nocella

Chichi Nwosu

Ugochi Nwosu

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:

Stavros Pantos

Anna Elyse Ressler

Muhammed Sahin

Elvinas Savukynas

Teddy Soobramanien

Karolina Szopa

Khaled Talahma

Dickson Tarnongo

 

Kieran Tinkler

Tahlia-Rose Virdee

Yuzi Wang

 

Zechuan Zhao

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: 
  • 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: 
  • Email: l.welman@pgr.reading.ac.uk

 

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.