Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Human rights
- Constitutional law
- Refugee law
- Migration and citizenship
Public outreach & key achievements
https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/colin-harvey
Research students
| PhD area | Applicability of International Human Rights Law on Irregular Migrants in Transit Countries: A Case Study of Panama |
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| Name | Amy Rutherford |
| 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 |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD area | Beyond compliance theories: A case study of the right to education of Syrian refugees in Jordan |
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| Name | Dr Asma Amro |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2023 |
| PhD area | Seeking asylum in the EU: In search of solidarity and current protection challenges |
| Name |
Dr Sarah Craig |
| Years of study |
PhD awarded in 2022 |
| PhD area | Caught too late and lost too soon: Diagnostic technology, patents and human rights law |
| Name | Roise Connolly |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2022 |
| PhD area | Effective protection? A comparative analysis of the role of international law in preventing and tackling human trafficking among refugees and asylum seekers in Africa and Europe |
| Name | Dr Gillian Kane |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2022 |
| Quote | "Professor Harvey was an excellent supervisor, helping me to work systematically towards key milestones, arranging regular meetings and providing support and advice along the way." |
| PhD area | Identify without citizenship: Towards global uniform registration of the stateless |
| Name | Dr Omar Alansari |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2019 |
| PhD area | Ireland, the ECHR and the justiciability of social and economic rights |
| Name | Dr Claire-Michelle M Smyth |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2015 |
Discover More
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Law
- Institute of Irish Studies
- Human Rights Centre
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.
Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at QUB Law?
If you have already completed a PhD or are about to do so, and you are looking for a mentor for a postdoctoral fellowship in one of my areas of expertise, please get in touch via email. The School of Law has a strong track record in supporting able candidates who are working towards fellowship applications to funders such as the British Academy, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme, ESRC NINE and the Leverhulme Trust.