Research Cluster
Human Rights and the Environment
The Human Rights and the environment Cluster is a joint Cluster co-organised with the Centre for Environment and Society (CES).
Our members
Dr Katya Al Khateeb
Senior Research Officer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Human Rights Law; International Humanitarian Law (IHL); Law & Culture (including art & literature)
Professor Thankom Arun
Faculty Dean Research (Social Sciences) - Professor (R), EBS - Accounting
Research interests:
Global Development and Development Finance.; Emerging economies; Financial Inclusion, Technology based financial delivery/services, Microfinance and Microinsurance; Issues in Corporate Governance, Disclosure and Social responsibility; Hybrid Organisations and Social Enterprises; Issues in Sustainable Development
Dr Nicholas Beuret
Lecturer, EBS - Management and Marketing
Dr Andrew Fagan
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Professor Geoff Gilbert
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
International Refugee Law; Extradition Law; International Criminal Law; International Humanitarian Law; International Human Rights Law; International Minority Rights Law; Acute Crises and Displacement
Professor Chris Greer
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Designate - Professor (R), Department of Sociology and Criminology
Research interests:
Trial by Media; Scandal; Serious Youth Violence; Victimology; Celebrity
Dr Jessica Lawrence
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Public International Trade Law; Governmentality; International Investment Law; EU Internal Market Law; Critical Theory; International Economic Law; Business and Human Rights; Trade and Environment; Investment and Environment; Investment and Human Rights; Trade and Human Rights; Critical Approaches to International Law; EU Trade and Investment Policy
Dr Marina Lostal
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Professor Karen Hulme
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Laws of armed conflict; Environmental law; Human rights and the environment
Professor Colin Samson
Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology
Research interests:
Indigenous Peoples; Human Rights; Ethnic Studies; Colonialism; American Studies; Environmental Issues; Arts and Literature
Professor Gina Yannitell Reinhardt
Professor, Department of Government
Research interests:
DrReinhardts work examines how decision-making under uncertainty affects the distribution of wealth in society.; She focuses her work on the political economy of foreign aid, economic and social development, and the political and policy implications of disasters. This pursuit has drawn her inquiry in fascinating directions.; She has studied race, trust, and migration; the construction of trust by the media across levels of government; and how the allocation of foreign aid conditions its performance effectiveness.; DrReinhardt also researches political methodology, and applies established models to new problems and topics.; Her work on survey measures, experimental design, and signalling games has been seen inPolitical Analysis,theJournal of Risk Research, and the Journal of Theoretical Politics.
Dr Katy Wheeler
Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Criminology
Research interests:
Recycling and waste management; Moral economy and political economy; Sustainability and climate change; Qualitative interviewing; Sociology of consumption and consumer culture; Qualitative analysis; Education for Sustainable Development
Dr Stephen Turner
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Global Environmental Governance; Human Rights and the Environment; International Environmental Law; Corporate Responsibility; International Trade / Investment and the Environment; Climate Change Law; Banking / Finance / Insurance and the Environment; Constitutional Environmental Rights
Dr Anil Yilmaz Vastardis
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Business and human rights; International Investment Law; Settlement of international disputes; Corporate law; International investment and human rights; International investment law, environmental protection and climate change