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Open to PhD applications in: Health and human rights Science, technology and human rights, in particular questions concerning law's capacity... |
Open to PhD applications in: Health and human rights Science, technology and human rights, in particular questions concerning law's capacity to regulate the life sciences Human rights method Human rights more broadly Health law and ethics Global health law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Constitutional law Administrative law The legal system of Northern Ireland Legal history |
Open to PhD applications in: Constitutional law Administrative law The legal system of Northern Ireland Legal history | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Enforced disappearances Efforts to deal with the past in Northern Ireland Victim mobilisat... |
Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Enforced disappearances Efforts to deal with the past in Northern Ireland Victim mobilisation The relationship between the environment and transitions from conflict The role of forensic science in transitions from conflict | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Socio-legal studies Transitional justice - Dealing with the past particularly in relation to archives, apologie... Socio-legal research; transitional justice; oral history; conflict transformation |
Open to PhD applications in: Socio-legal studies Transitional justice - Dealing with the past particularly in relation to archives, apologies, victims, oral history and ‘from below’ initiatives Cause lawyers | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Contract law Tort Private law and commercial remedies Dispute resolution Civil procedure Commercial law Socio-legal research; transitional justice; oral history; conflict transformation |
Open to PhD applications in: Contract law Tort Private law and commercial remedies Dispute resolution Civil procedure Commercial law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Criminal law Comparative criminal justice policy and practices Sentencing and corrections Punishment and society criminal law; sentencing; comparative penal policies; sociology of punishment |
Open to PhD applications in: Criminal law Comparative criminal justice policy and practices Sentencing and corrections Punishment and society | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: The legal framing of sexual consent Rape reform Responses to sexual and gender based violence in international ... Sexual consent, rape reform, responses to sexual and gender based violence in international and domestic criminal law, feminist legal theory, children born of sexual violence in conflict |
Open to PhD applications in: The legal framing of sexual consent Rape reform Responses to sexual and gender based violence in international and domestic criminal law Feminist legal theory | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Brexit (particularly in relation to Northern Ireland or justice and security issues more broadly) Critical appr... Human rights, Crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court, EU |
Open to PhD applications in: Brexit (particularly in relation to Northern Ireland or justice and security issues more broadly) Critical approaches to international law and institutions Postcolonial theory Critical criminology | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Truth recovery Dealing with the past Victims, Ex-combatants Reparations Emotions Dark tour... Transitional Justice; Truth recovery, Dealing with the past; Victims; Ex-Combatants; Reparations; Emotions; Dark tourism |
Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Truth recovery Dealing with the past Victims, Ex-combatants Reparations Emotions Dark tourism Northern Ireland conflict and peace process | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Amnesty laws Transitional justice practitioners and stakeholders Dealing with the past in Northern Ireland Inte... international human rights law, human rights practice, research methods and theories, constitutional law |
Open to PhD applications in: Amnesty laws Transitional justice practitioners and stakeholders Dealing with the past in Northern Ireland International law and policy on truth, justice and reparations | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Competition law Antitrust law Competition Law, Antitrust Law, International Economic Law, Law And Economics, Public International Law, Global Governance, Law and Development, Globalization and Governance, European Law, EU Law, WTO law, International Trade Law, Regulation of Transnational Commerce, and Contract Law |
Open to PhD applications in: Competition law Antitrust law | School of Law | |
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Oopen to PhD applications in: Sexual abuse or exploitation Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) SGBV in the digital age Peer forms of abu... child sexual abuse or child sexual exploitation; 'cyber' or on-line forms of offending; restorative justice; peer abuse; institutional abuse; transitional justice approaches to historic institutional abuses; community or social attitudes to sexual offending; sex offender desistance and reintegration |
Oopen to PhD applications in: Sexual abuse or exploitation Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) SGBV in the digital age Peer forms of abuse Historical forms of abuse Restorative justice Risk management of sexual offending Transnational regulation of sexual crime Criminal justice responses to sexual offending Community responses to sexual offending Cultural myths around sexual violence Public health and prevention | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Reparations Transitional justice Victims’ rights Land, housing and displacement Reparations Victims' rights, International Criminal Court, Transitional Justice |
Open to PhD applications in: Reparations Transitional justice Victims’ rights Land, housing and displacement | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Constitutional law and theory Democracy and participation New technology Smart cities Algorithmic government Th... Constitutional law and theory, e-government and e-democracy, new technology, (including smart cities, big data, surveillance etc.), judges and the legal professions |
Open to PhD applications in: Constitutional law and theory Democracy and participation New technology Smart cities Algorithmic government The legal profession and judges | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in the following areas: Corporate social responsibility Business and human rights Accountability within corporate g... Socio-legal study of corporate governance, Moral commitments and action within corporate governance and the corporate form - Discourses of responsibility and accountability within corporate governance and public administration - Textual analysis of law and governance, socio-legal perspective |
Open to PhD applications in the following areas: Corporate social responsibility Business and human rights Accountability within corporate governance Computational approaches to the study of company law, corporate responsibility and corporate governance | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Critical approaches to public international law International human rights law and comparative law Right to tru... International law, human rights, Middle East |
Open to PhD applications in: Critical approaches to public international law International human rights law and comparative law Right to truth and accountability for human rights abuses International law and Israel/Palestine | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Financial law and regulation European Banking Union and Capital Markets Union (Post-)Brexit financial markets i... Financial Regulation, Financial Crises, Business Regulation, Risk Regulation and Governance |
Open to PhD applications in: Financial law and regulation European Banking Union and Capital Markets Union (Post-)Brexit financial markets integration in Europe Sustainable finance and financial inclusion Commercial law Trade law (especially WTO law; trade in financial services; regional trade integration; trade, the environment and precaution) Business regulation (e.g. energy sector; chemical industry; financial services) Competition law and policy (especially tensions between competition law and public policies; relationship between competition law – sector-specific regulation; EU competition law and policy; competition in the financial sector) | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: International and regional human rights law, particularly applications which focus on gender-based violence Domestic violence; human rights; violence against women |
Open to PhD applications in: International and regional human rights law, particularly applications which focus on gender-based violence | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Medical law and ethics The connection between religious and/or cultural beliefs and medical law Capacity in the conte... Medical Law and Ethics, Human Rights Law, Law and Religion |
Open to PhD applications in: Medical law and ethics The connection between religious and/or cultural beliefs and medical law Capacity in the context of children Capacity in the context of adults, especially dementia Assisted suicide Conscientious objection to abortion | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: WTO law EU external trade relations law UK trade law International investment law Foreign relations law EU External Relations, International Economic Law |
Open to PhD applications in: WTO law EU external trade relations law UK trade law International investment law Foreign relations law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Business and human rights OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises (particularly NCPs) Remedy (as related to corp... Business and Human Rights OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises (particularly NCPs), Remedy (as related to corporations and international law, access and enforcement) Corporate Governance Corporate Social Responsibility |
Open to PhD applications in: Business and human rights OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises (particularly NCPs) Remedy (as related to corporations and international law, access and enforcement) Corporate governance Corporate social responsibility | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: The theory of human rights The concept of human dignity The implications of Brexit for the island of Ireland |
Open to PhD applications in: The theory of human rights The concept of human dignity The implications of Brexit for the island of Ireland | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Public international law International human rights law International legal theory History of international human rig... |
Open to PhD applications in: Public international law International human rights law International legal theory History of international human rights law United Nations structures | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: International criminal law and transitional justice Critical and post-colonial approaches to international law Intern... |
Open to PhD applications in: International criminal law and transitional justice Critical and post-colonial approaches to international law International human rights Sociology and criminology of mass atrocity crime International peace and security United Nations law Post-conflict peace and cultural heritage protection International law and colonialism | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Human rights Criminology Sociology of the legal profession |
Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Human rights Criminology Sociology of the legal profession | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: All aspects of law relating to the treatment of the recently dead, bodily disposal, funeral, exhumation and memoriali... |
Open to PhD applications in: All aspects of law relating to the treatment of the recently dead, bodily disposal, funeral, exhumation and memorialisation Succession law Law and emotion Property and land law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in the following fields: Criminal law Criminal procedure Sentencing Evidence Victimology Hate crime Criminal law and tech... |
Open to PhD applications in the following fields: Criminal law Criminal procedure Sentencing Evidence Victimology Hate crime Criminal law and technology | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Health law Medical law European law and global law and standards Public health New health technologies Biomedical res... |
Open to PhD applications in: Health law Medical law European law and global law and standards Public health New health technologies Biomedical research Clinical trials Equitable access to research findings and new medicines and vaccines Comparative health law Comparative medical law Risk regulation Bioethics Biopolitics Epistemic injustice | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: The Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 The climate emergency The rights of nature The commons and commonin... |
Open to PhD applications in: The Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 The climate emergency The rights of nature The commons and commoning The wellbeing economy The attention economy Ecological civilization Law and the pluriverse The lawscape and critical approaches to law and environment | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Counter-terrorism and human rights Feminist legal theory Gender justice Law of armed conflict &... |
Open to PhD applications in: Transitional justice Counter-terrorism and human rights Feminist legal theory Gender justice Law of armed conflict | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Human rights Constitutional law Refugee law Migration and citizenship |
Open to PhD applications in: Human rights Constitutional law Refugee law Migration and citizenship | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: UK public law (constitutional and administrative law) Human rights law (notably the ECHR) Global administrative law T... |
Open to PhD applications in: UK public law (constitutional and administrative law) Human rights law (notably the ECHR) Global administrative law Tort law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Policing, crime prevention and community safety Security sector reform Overseas development assistance and internatio... |
Open to PhD applications in: Policing, crime prevention and community safety Security sector reform Overseas development assistance and international policing Commercial sex and its policing and regulation | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: EU Constitutional Law EU Internal Market Law Transnational Law The Social Question |
Open to PhD applications in: EU Constitutional Law EU Internal Market Law Transnational Law The Social Question | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Adoption law and policy Child protection Adoptee rights Surrogacy Gamete donation; the changing nature of 'the triad'... |
Open to PhD applications in: Adoption law and policy Child protection Adoptee rights Surrogacy Gamete donation; the changing nature of 'the triad' The rights of the child Models for kinship care/alternatives to adoption The right to origin/identity Law and literature | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Climate law (with a particular focus on governance/regulatory initiatives) Environmental law Planning law Coroners la... |
Open to PhD applications in: Climate law (with a particular focus on governance/regulatory initiatives) Environmental law Planning law Coroners law Medical ethics | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: International and comparative intellectual property law Copyright Trademarks Patents Biotechnology law and policy Law... |
Open to PhD applications in: International and comparative intellectual property law Copyright Trademarks Patents Biotechnology law and policy Law and technology | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: International intellectual property law and policy Intellectual property and economic development International inves... |
Open to PhD applications in: International intellectual property law and policy Intellectual property and economic development International investment law Issues related to global south/asian legal studies | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: copyright law broadly copyright law in the digital environment copyright, cultural heritage, and digital libraries co... |
Open to PhD applications in: copyright law broadly copyright law in the digital environment copyright, cultural heritage, and digital libraries copyright, public interest, and global justice, including cultural appropriation and access to knowledge intellectual property and fundamental rights online and offline internet governance and platform regulation intermediary liability of online service providers intellectual property enforcement online algorithmic enforcement online artificial intelligence and the law artificial intelligence and intellectual property history and economics of creativity/innovation intellectual property theories and justifications | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Agriculture law and international pesticide regulations New technologies and their impact on human health and the env... |
Open to PhD applications in: Agriculture law and international pesticide regulations New technologies and their impact on human health and the environment International trade law, in particular questions concerning international trade in biotechnology and normative antinomies between trade law, international human rights law, and international environmental law International environment law, in particular questions concerning the achievement of sustainable development and biosafety, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems Health law and food safety Science, technology, and law, in particular questions concerning law’s capacity to regulate new technologies and keep pace with the scientific development | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: International economic law (international trade law, international investment law, regional economic integration (in ... |
Open to PhD applications in: International economic law (international trade law, international investment law, regional economic integration (in Africa) African union law Law and development | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: International law Feminism and law International legal theory International legal history Law and humanities Utopia T... |
Open to PhD applications in: International law Feminism and law International legal theory International legal history Law and humanities Utopia Tyranny Use of force International economic law Feminist constitutionalism Brexit and Northern Ireland | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in Property law Property theory, especially progressive property Property law and sustainability Theft and other property... |
Open to PhD applications in Property law Property theory, especially progressive property Property law and sustainability Theft and other property offences Tort law and property Unjust enrichment and property | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Criminal law Criminal justice Socio-legal approaches to criminal law Lay participation in justice procedures |
Open to PhD applications in: Criminal law Criminal justice Socio-legal approaches to criminal law Lay participation in justice procedures | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Harmful behaviours (including harmful sexual behaviours) among young people Issues of consent Law reform in the area ... |
Open to PhD applications in: Harmful behaviours (including harmful sexual behaviours) among young people Issues of consent Law reform in the area of sexual offences Responses to youth based harmful behaviours Youth Justice | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: international law international legal theory law of the sea law of international organisations global governance and ... |
Open to PhD applications in: international law international legal theory law of the sea law of international organisations global governance and constitutionalism marine environmental and conservation law fisheries law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Business and Human Rights Corporate accountability Human rights and the environment/climate change UN Guiding Princip... |
Open to PhD applications in: Business and Human Rights Corporate accountability Human rights and the environment/climate change UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Human rights Constitutional Law Administrative Law Judicial studies |
Open to PhD applications in: Human rights Constitutional Law Administrative Law Judicial studies | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: company law corporate governance the ethics and regulation of the legal profession |
Open to PhD applications in: company law corporate governance the ethics and regulation of the legal profession | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Critical approaches to international law/ international criminal law Gender and sexuality Transitional justice Human ... |
Open to PhD applications in: Critical approaches to international law/ international criminal law Gender and sexuality Transitional justice Human rights | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Human Rights Transitional Justice International Humanitarian Law International Criminal Law Comparative Constitutiona... |
Open to PhD applications in: Human Rights Transitional Justice International Humanitarian Law International Criminal Law Comparative Constitutional Law New technologies and human rights and criminal justice, including questions around open source investigations (OSINT) and cyber crime / cyber warfare as war crimes Peacebuilding Guarantees of non-recurrence Reparations | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Regulation of disinformation and hate speech Freedom of expression Social media regulation Artificial intelligence |
Open to PhD applications in: Regulation of disinformation and hate speech Freedom of expression Social media regulation Artificial intelligence | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Contract law Commercial law Company law Business law Comparative common law studies Business, economic and legal hist... |
Open to PhD applications in: Contract law Commercial law Company law Business law Comparative common law studies Business, economic and legal history Law, business and society Banking and financial regulation Gender and women in the legal profession | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Charity law Charity governance Education law and policy Equity and trusts Socio-legal approaches to elite education |
Open to PhD applications in: Charity law Charity governance Education law and policy Equity and trusts Socio-legal approaches to elite education | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Land law Environmental law and policy Agricultural law and policy Property law, including property theory Rights of N... |
Open to PhD applications in: Land law Environmental law and policy Agricultural law and policy Property law, including property theory Rights of Nature Food waste and the law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Plant variety rights (PVR) or plant breeder's rights (PBR) Geographical indications Access and benefit sharing ... |
Open to PhD applications in: Plant variety rights (PVR) or plant breeder's rights (PBR) Geographical indications Access and benefit sharing (ABS) laws Intellectual property and biodiversity Intellectual property and Indigenous rights History of intellectual property Comparative and/or international intellectual property law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Children’s rights Gender, sexuality and human rights Adolescent health and reproduction Stereotyping in the law |
Open to PhD applications in: Children’s rights Gender, sexuality and human rights Adolescent health and reproduction Stereotyping in the law | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Restorative justice Penal reform Sentencing and punishment Criminal justice process Criminal law Legal education |
Open to PhD applications in: Restorative justice Penal reform Sentencing and punishment Criminal justice process Criminal law Legal education | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Human rights education Women and the law Legal education |
Open to PhD applications in: Human rights education Women and the law Legal education | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Comparative law Comparative tort law Comparative criminal law Cross-border law practice and cross-cultural legal comm... |
Open to PhD applications in: Comparative law Comparative tort law Comparative criminal law Cross-border law practice and cross-cultural legal communication Global law practice and legal education Comparative law and legal translation Law and language | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Law, economics and innovation Banking law and financial regulation FinTech regulation Corporate governance and corpor... |
Open to PhD applications in: Law, economics and innovation Banking law and financial regulation FinTech regulation Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility | School of Law | |
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Open to PhD applications in: Public international law (including international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and human rights law)... |
Open to PhD applications in: Public international law (including international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and human rights law) Law and new and emerging technologies Open source investigations Artificial intelligence | School of Law |