Research Interests
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
Public outreach & key achievements
- LawPod, Episode 35: ‘Legalise it? Debating the Criminalisation of Drugs’
- LawPod, Episode 47: ‘Brexit: Justice and Security’
- NVTV interview on the findings of research report ‘Evolving Justice Arrangements Post-Brexit’ http://www.nvtv.co.uk/shows/the-round-up-friday-30-august-2019/
- IHREC/NIHRC report, (2019) ‘Evolving Justice Arrangements Post-Brexit’ https://www.ihrec.ie/app/uploads/2022/08/Evolving-Justice-Arrangements-Post-Brexit_FA.pdf
- BrexitLawNI Project https://brexitlawni.org/
Research students
| PhD area |
Rethinking the Right to Work; an Exploration From the Perspective of Refugees |
| Name | Amanda Gray |
| PhD area | Statelessness and Children in the Context of Climate Change |
| Name | Karena McErlean |
| PhD area | An examination of potential disparity against Muslims in the UK’s issuing of temporary exclusion orders and associated offences, looking closely at the creation of statelessness in dual nationals |
| Name | Sinead McKenna |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD area | Caught too late and lost too soon: Diagnostic technology, patents and human rights law | |
| Name | Dr Roise Connolly | |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2022 | |
| PhD area |
The treatment of Kurds and the Kurdish language by the Turkish state | |
| Name | Dr Deniz Nejbir | |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2019 |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Law
- Human Rights Centre
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- QUB Gender Network
Get ahead: tips on how to prepare your application to study for a PhD at QUB Law
Read our guidance on the steps in our PhD applications process and how to present your research proposal.