Current research students
We currently have around 100 PhD students studying with us with topics covering an extensive range of legal and criminological subjects.
You can view our current research students' PhD topics by visiting their University of Edinburgh profile pages.
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Desmond Agyekumhene 'Is online music streaming akin to radio, digital download or a derived hybrid? An evaluation of musicians' rights in a changing digital music consumption landscape'
Juan Pablo Andrade Rojas, 'Contextuality and Flexible Tools of Interpretation in Human Rights Adjudication'
Aina Arif 'Substantive Equality in Malaysia and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis of The Legal Framework of Sex Discrimination in Employment'
Emily Asgari 'An Examination of Deepfakes’ Impact on Truth Through a Legal Comparative and Historical Study of Visual Media Manipulation'
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Grayson Bartels Exploring harms - transition, autonomy, and recovery in life after prison
Colin Bathgate 'Exclusionary Rights in Scots Law'
Albert Baudelaire, 'Tying Across Paradigms: The Regulation of Digital Tying under the EU DMA and the UK DMCCA'
Lilli Wolland Blomberg 'Norwegian Nurses in the Service of the Third Reich: A Criminological Study of Atrocity Perpetration and Claims to Victimhood'
Thomas Broderick 'Examining the need for legal regulation of data-driven and digital journalism'
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Shiqing Chen, 'Incorporating Digital Assets as Property of the Insolvent Estate'
Te-Ying Chen 'Towards a New Theory of Freedom of Expression? Exploring the Role of Digital Platforms in the EU and UK Legislation on Online Disinformation'
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George Dick, 'Uncovering the Ontology of Law: From Disagreement to Values'
Chioma Dibia 'Racism and the Reform of Mental Health Laws in England and Wales'
Mihail Dishev 'The patentability of CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene editing in human embryos: Time to “edit” the European patent law landscape?'
Rania Amalia Djojosugito 'Crash of the Satellite: An analysis of the regulation of atmospheric re-entry of spacecrafts/space debris in Outer Space Law'
Stewart Duncan, 'How policy becomes law in devolved Scotland: the preparation of bills at Holyrood'
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Zoe Ejiofor 'How can technology transfer increase access to vaccines in African countries so that they are better equipped to address epidemics and pandemics?'
Tahir Erdogan, 'Penalty Clauses in Civil Law and Common Law: A Comparative Analysis with Special reference to harmonisation'
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Giulia Fanesi, 'The Rule of Law in Ancient Greece and Rome: a Comparative Perspective on its Ancient Conceptualization'
Marta Perez Fernandez, 'Queering borders: a border semiology (re)construction of barriers to recognition for migrant families'
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Mirjana Gavrilović Nilsson 'From State Ideology to Individual Criminal Action: Testimony and Evidence from the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda'
Lamprini Georgiou 'The impact of blockchain technology and machine contracting on investor protection and bank integrity laws.'
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Holly Hayes 'Dignity in Human Rights Law: The Ultimate Essentially Contested concept'
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Kholyn Ruran Jonathan 'Federal and state relationship under Malaysia Agreement 1963 : A case study of Putrajaya & Sarawak'
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Fawz Kazzazi, 'Data at the Point of Need: Identifying and Establishing the Conditions for the Exchange of Data between Patients, NHS England, and Third Parties'
Yong Jin Kim 'Rebuilding the Legal Framework for Co-operative Businesses'
Gokce Kolukisa 'Genome Editing in International Law'
Amrita Krishnakumar, 'Mind the Legal Gap: Mental Capacity, Women’s Decision-Making, and Access to Abortion in England and Scotland'
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Alexandrine Lamarre, 'International Humanitarian Law as Governance: The Redefinition of State Power and Sovereignty'
Dongjoon Lee 'Challenges to the Non-Discrimination Principle in Digital Trade'
Bethany Lee-Shield, 'Examining Potential Inequalities in the Outcomes of Care Experienced Children'
Fangyi Li 'Post-Conflict Justice, International Law, and Regional Particularism in Southeast Asia: An Analysis Focused on Victims’ Right to Justice'
Wang Lin 'A virtue ethic approach to the rule of law'
Ruiting Liu ‘Protecting and Promoting Media Pluralism in the Online Environment: An assessment of European Union policies and regulatory responses to enhance pluralism of professionally-generated content on online platforms’
Xinyu Lyu 'Competition Law and the Platform Economy：Could Business Users be "Consumers" Under the Consumer Welfare Standard?'
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Bethan Morgan 'Examining the Use and Impact of Progress Reviews which Operate Externally to Specific Problem-Solving Courts in Scotland'
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Alex Nevins 'Asexuality and Law: Rights, Recognition and Justice'
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Adaobi Chinonso Obi 'What institutional conditions are required for justice-centered governance to be practiced in genomics and biobanks in the Global South so that ethical values are translated into practice?'
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Jiani Pan 'Protecting Freedom of Information in Automated Public Administration'
Claire Patterson, 'More, better, together and European’ : A legal analysis of the boundaries of European defence through the lens of solidarity'
Linn Pfitzner 'Towards a Holistic Understanding of Climate Harm: An Empirical Inquiry of Intangible Loss in International Law'
Matilde Masetti Placci 'Newly tinted glasses? Revisiting international law's unity (and fragmentation) through the theories of Georg Jellinek, Maurice Hauriou and Santi'
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Mochammad Noer Alim Qalby 'The Role of Indonesian Competition Law in Digital Markets'
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Ruby Reed-Berendt 'On power and empowerment: an intersectional analysis of mental capacity law in England and Wales'
Rebecca Richards 'Global Health Emergencies, the shortage of healthcare professionals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, and global justice: analysing the duties of high-income countries'
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Bhavinee Singh 'Fiscal Federalism in India'
Jakub Suchnicki 'The Digital Monetary Game: Interoperable CBDCs and the Law of Monetary Sovereignty'
Sukru Kagan Surucu 'The Seventh Floor: Externalisation of Asylum and Reconstructing UNHCR's Mandate'
Sarah A. Sutherland 'Computing Legal Pluralism: Document Systems, Law, and Artificial Intelligence in Canada's Hybrid Legal System'
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Kim Taehyeon 'A Propitious Time for Establishing the Asian Court of Human Rights: Feasibility Analysis of Institutionalising Regional Human Rights Mechanism Within ASEAN Plus Three'
Hilda Tizeba 'Autonomy, Paternalism and the Regulation of Mental Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings: Examining the Case of Tanzania'
Maéva Thibeault 'Living Histories of Transformative Justice: A Collaborative Exploration of Community Responses to Sexual Violence'
Lucy Tomkins 'Rights based approaches in International Ocean Governance'
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Jin Wang 'Third-Party Funding in International Commercial Arbitration - From the Perspective of Access to Justice'
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Chloe Young 'Understanding the Environment of the Night Time Economy: Women’s Experiences of Night Time Spaces'
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Gaia Zanotti 'What legal standards concerning access to employment and fair labour standards are available to applicants and beneficiaries of international protection in Europe and what is the current level of compliance across European states?'
Yunchong Zhou 'Comparison of Merger Control between China and European Union - Using Internet Firms as Examples'
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