Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Criminal law
- Comparative criminal justice policy and practices
- Sentencing and corrections
- Punishment and society
Public outreach & key achievements
- Fellow of the Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at the University of Minnesota Law School, United States
- Co-founder and co-coordinator of the Working Group on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records within the European Society of Criminology
- Academic adviser, Collateral Consequences Resource Center, United States
- Member of the Anglo-German-Dialogue Project on the foundational principles and concepts of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
- Member of the Collaborative Research Network CRN 27 - Punishment and Society within the Law and Society Association, United States
- Visiting Professor in the School of Law at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Research students
| PhD area | The Neuroscience of Intent: Reimagining Mens Rea in Modern Jurisprudence |
| Name | Silvia Martins |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD area |
Constructing Knowledge on Investigative Genetic Genealogy: Policy-making, Human Rights and the Private Individual |
| Name | Dr Gillian Keilty |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 024 |
| PhD area |
Making sense of Saudi Arabian personal bankruptcy law |
| Name | Dr Hassan Almatrafi |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2019 |
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