Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Critical approaches to public international law
- International human rights law and comparative law
- Right to truth and accountability for human rights abuses
- International law and Israel/Palestine
Public outreach & key achievements
I am principal investigator on a two-year project on international accountability for Palestinian Bedouin at risk of forced displacement, funded by the AHRC-DFID Collaborative Humanitarian Protection Research Programme.
Research students
| PhD area | Applicability of International Human Rights Law on Irregular Migrants in Transit Countries: A Case Study of Panama |
| Name | Amy Rutherford |
| PhD area | Delivering justice for Palestinians through international law? Between perceptions and fulfilment |
| Name | Tamara Tamimi |
| 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 | Sino-foreign jurisdictional disputes: Robert Hart, the maritime customs and international law in China, 1863-1908 |
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| Name | Dr Georgios Moraitis |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2023 |
| PhD area | Agricultural land ownership and nature conservation: Reconceptualising property to further environmental protection in Northern Ireland |
| Name | Dr Brona McNeill |
| Years of study | PhD awarded 2022 |
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Get ahead: tips on how to prepare your application to study for a PhD at QUB Law
Read our 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.