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areas of supervision
| Name | Research Interests | |
| Dr Bolanle Adebola |
Corporate Law, including corporate insolvency law, governance and finance, and comparative corporate law Alternative Dispute Resolution
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b.adebola @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Folashade Adeyemo |
Company Law, particularly directors duties Banking and Financial Regulation Bank Insolvency Whistleblower Protection |
f.adeyemo @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Paul Almond |
Criminal Law Regulation and Enforcement Criminology and Criminal Justice Health and Safety Law |
p.j.almond @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Adrian Aronsson-Storrier |
Intellectual Property Law Information Law and Technology Law |
a.m.storrier @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Marie Aronsson-Storrier |
International Disaster Law, focusing on disaster risk reduction and development Human Rights Law International law-making |
e.m.l.aronssonstorrier @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor David Bilchitz |
Comparative Constitutional Law Business and Human Rights Socio-Economic Rights Animal Rights LGBTQ+ Rights |
d.bilchitz @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Alison Bisset |
Transitional Justice International Human Rights Law International Children's Rights |
a.j.bisset @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Thérèse Callus |
Biomedical Law and Ethics Regulation of assisted conception, parenthood Family Law and Policy |
m.c.callus @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Ana Cannilla |
Legal theory Feminist studies Constitutional law |
a.cannilla @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Peter Coe |
Media Law generally Free speech/freedom of expression, media freedom and media regulation/media accountability Privacy and reputation Defamation and, in particular, corporate reputation |
peter.coe @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor James Devenney |
Commercial Law, particularly International/Transnational Commercial Law and Sale of Goods Law Contract Law, including Comparative Contract Law Equity and Trusts Restitution Consumer Law, particularly Consumer Credit Law Europeanisation of Private Law |
j.devenney @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Rosa Freedman |
United Nations, particularly human rights bodies and accountability for human rights abuses committed by UN actors International Human Rights Law International Law and International Relations |
r.a.freedman @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor James Green |
Public International Law, particularly the law on the use of force, issues related to the formation and nature of customary international law, nuclear non-proliferation law and cyber warfare |
j.a.green @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Jorge Guira |
Law and Finance Oil and Gas Law Energy Law Securities Law and Regulation International Mergers and Acquisitions International Banking Law International Arbitration |
j.m.guira @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne |
Public International Law, particularly international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international human rights law, state responsibility and the law of treaties |
l.hill-cawthorne @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Chris Hilson |
Environmental Law and Policy Law and Climate Change Energy Law Law and Social Movements EU Law |
c.j.hilson @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Nora Honkala |
Gender and Law Feminist theory International Refugee Law, International Human Rights Law and Public International Law |
n.a.honkala @reading.ac.uk |
| Ms Rachel Horton |
Equality Law Employment Law Medical Law, particularly discrimination in access to health care Disability Rights |
r.e.horton @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Grace James |
Employment and Labour Law EU Gender Equality Law Discrimination Law |
c.g.james @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Beatrice Krebs |
Criminal Law, particularly complicity, homicide and offences against the person Comparative Criminal Law International Criminal Law |
b.krebs @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Stuart Lakin |
UK Constitutional and Administrative Law Human Rights Law Constitutional Theory Legal Theory |
s.j.lakin @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Gerard McMeel QC |
Commercial Law Contract Law Banking Law and Financial Law and Regulation Unjust Enrichment and Restitution |
g.mcmeel @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Robert Merkin QC |
Insurance, Reinsurance, Arbitration |
r.merkin @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Andrea Miglionico |
Banking regulation (NPLs, loan finance) Financial Law Financial Markets Regulatory technology (AI, Open banking and Financial Inclusion) |
a.miglionico @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Annika Newnham |
Family Law and Child Law Law and Feminism |
a.newnham @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Stephen Samuel |
Public International Law Comparative Law Jurisprudence Legal History Legal Education English Private Law |
s.samuel @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Michael Schmitt |
International humanitarian law Use of force International cyber law Professor Schmitt also specialises in potential postgraduate research projects led by members of the UK and US Armed Forces |
m.schmitt @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Charlotte Smith |
Legal History, particularly 19th century legal history and the ecclesiastical law of the Church of England Constitutional Law Law and Religion |
c.l.smith @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Anne Thies |
EU Law, particularly EU external relations law Comparative Foreign Relations Law Foreign relations law and gender equality International Trade Law Public International Law, particularly international dispute settlement |
a.thies @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Alina Tryfonidou |
EU Law LGBTQ+ rights |
a.tryfonidou @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr David Wilde |
UK Tax Law Equity and Trusts |
d.c.wilde @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Mark Wilde |
Tort Law Environmental Law Transport Legal history; especially historical aspects of all of the above |
m.l.wilde @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Matthew Windsor |
Public International Law International Trade and Investment Law Sociological Approaches to International Law Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law and Literature |
m.r.windsor @reading.ac.uk |
| Professor Aleardo Zanghellini |
Law, Gender and Sexuality, particularly LGBTQ+ rights Jurisprudence Law & Philosophy, particularly moral and political philosophy Law & Literature Queer Legal Theory |
a.zanghellini @reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler |
International Refugee Law Electoral Rights and Citizenship Human Rights Law Comparative Constitutional Law International Humanitarian Law |
r.ziegler @reading.ac.uk |