The Faculty of Law and Management is committed to developing professional
leaders of the future within an international environment of innovative
scholarship that creates value, generates enterprise, fosters responsibility and
contributes to social justice.
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Research and enterprise
The Faculty of Law and Management's academic objective in relation to
research is to be a leader both in national and international research through
the key action of pursuing new research opportunities and teaching
collaborations regionally, nationally and internationally.
Research examples
Some examples of our research include:
Institute for Democracy
and Conflict Resolution
engaged in research projects
on
public security in Mexico
The Nuffield Foundation
funds researchers at Essex,
headed by School of Law
Professor Maurice Sunkin, to
work with the Public Law
Project to
scrutinise the value of
judicial reviews
Cutting Torture in the People's Republic of
China: From Impunity to Accountability.
Human Rights Centre receives EC funding to work
on project in conjunction with Great Britain -
China Centre
The Children and Armed Conflict Unit is a
joint project of the Children's Legal Centre and
the Human Rights Centre, established in response
to a UN report on the plight of children in
armed conflict
Web portal
'Arab Spring' developed by Institute for
Democracy and Conflict Resolution and Cyberalpha,
as a 'one stop' news source on protests
and transformations across the Arab world
Weigao Medical Group China funds research
group at the University of Essex, Wegomed
Europe, to facilitate and build links for
innovative medical technologies between East and
West
'Evolution of Financial Systems architecture in
the Developing and Emerging Market Economies of
South and South East Asia'
Essex Business School lecturers involved in
Cities 2020 Research Programme run by
The
Work Foundation, researching what the
economy will look like in 2020
Essex Business and Human Rights Project is currently working on:
Research excellence
For further information on our research excellence, both university and faculty-wide, see our
profile booklet 'Introducing Essex Research' (.pdf).
Examples of funded research proposals
If you are in the process of, or thinking of applying for research funding,
these examples of successful applications
(restricted - staff only) may help you to understand the different information and approaches funders require.