Essex Law School
Our academic staff
Academic members of staff
Dr Godswill Agbaitoro
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Energy and Climate Justice: Global South Perspectives; International Environmental Law and Sustainability; Just Energy Transition; Oil and Gas Law; Natural Resource Governance; Energy Justice: Global South Perspective; Energy Transitions and Law in Africa; Environmental Justice and Law in Africa and the Global South
Dr Mohammed Khair Alshaleel
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
International Financial Law; Financial Regulation; Commercial Law; Islamic Financial Law
Dr Alexandros Antoniou
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Communications Law; Intellectual Property Law and Asset Management; Cyber-obscenity; Media Ethics and Media Regulation
Penelope Brearey-Horne
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Medical Law; Healthcare Law and Human Rights; The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and the NHS; Maternity services
Dr Karen Brennan
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice; Gender and Criminal Justice; Criminal Justice History
Judith Bueno De Mesquita
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Health and human rights; Economic, social and cultural rights; Climate change; International development and human rights; Poverty and human rights
Dr Belma Bulut Sahin
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Carriage of Goods by Sea, Shipping Technology Law, Autonomous Ships, Maritime Cyber Security, IMO Regulations, EU Maritime Law, Maritime Decarbonisation, Marine Pollution, Marine Insurance
Dr Darren Calley
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Animal Welfare Law; Environmental Law; Public International Law
Dr Koldo Casla
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Critique of Human Rights; Spanish Politics; UK Politics; International Relations and Human Rights; Activism, social movements and human rights
Dr Antonio Coco
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Public International Law; International Criminal Law; International Law applicable to Information and Communication Technologies, and in Cyberspace; International Humanitarian Law
Professor Joel Colón-Ríos
Professor, Essex Law School
Dr Julia Constantino Chagas Lessa
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Richard Cornes
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Constitutional & Administrative Law; Comparative Public Law; Psychoanalysis and Law; Human Rights, esp Freedom of Expression, Hate Speech and Religion; LGTB+ rights, in particular legal recognition of same-sex relationships and marriage equality; Comparative Judicial Branch Studies; Media, Communications and Top Courts; Law and Politics; European Law, esp judicial branch issues
Dr Tom Cornford
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
Dr Durand Cupido
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Samantha Davey
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Aoife Duffy
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Interdisciplinary Human Rights Scholarship
Dr Etienne Durand
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Energy Law; EU Internal Market Law; Climate change; State Aid Law; Energy transition; French Public Law
Dr Sophie Duroy
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Intelligence and Security; Public International Law; Human Rights; Social Science Approaches to International Law
Dr Eugénie Duval
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Animal Law; Constitutional Law; Environmental Law
Dr Andrew Fagan
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Andrea Fejos
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Consumer law and policy; Financial consumer law/protection of users of retail financial services
Professor Carla Ferstman
Director of the Human Rights Centre - Professor (R), Essex Law School - Human Rights Centre
Research interests:
Public International Law; Human Rights Law; International Criminal Law
Elizabeth Fisher-Frank
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Tom Flynn
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
UK, European and international constitutional law, theory and history; Constitutional pluralism; European and international human rights law; Administrative law
Professor Lorna Fox O'Mahony
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Financial transactions and older people; Socio-legal analyses of property law; Legal concept of home; Squatters and adverse possession; Trusts of the family home; Law and the emotions; Creditor possession actions; Property theory
Dr Claiton Fyock
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Sabina Garahan
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
International Human Rights Law; European Human Rights Law; Prisoner Rights; International Humanitarian Law; Criminal Justice
Dr Giulia Gentile
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
Dr Matthew Gillett
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Environmental Law; International Criminal Law; Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism; Space Law; International Human Rights Law; Public International Law
Professor Audrey Guinchard
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Criminal Law; Data protection; French Law/Comparative Law; Cybercrime and cybersecurity
Julie Hannah
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Lee Hansen
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Human Rights in Consumer Law and Practice; LGBT+ Rights; Social Welfare Law; Pedagogy of Clinical Legal Education; Unfair Contract Terms
Dr Anna Hardiman-McCartney
Dean of Undergraduate Education - Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Administrative Law; Constitutional Law; Judicial Review; UK Human Rights Law
Joanna Harwood
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Private family law; Legal responses to domestic abuse
Professor Karen Hulme
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Laws of armed conflict; Environmental law; Human rights and the environment
Bev Jackson
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Marija Jovanovic
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Konstantinos Kalliris
Faculty Director of Partnerships - Senior Lecturer (R), Essex Law School
Professor Stavroula Karapapa
Dean of Partnerships (Research) - Professor (R), Essex Law School
Research interests:
Copyright Law and Policy; Law and the Arts, Cultural Heritage; Legal Challenges of AI, Big Data and Blockchain Technology; Personality Rights, Data Protection, and Information Privacy; Internet Law, and Digital Regulation; Trade Mark and Unfair Competition Law; Trustworthy AI: Law and Ethics
Dr Anastasia Karatzia
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Citizens' Participation in law-making; European Citizens' Initiative; The role of the CJEU in EU participatory democracy; EU Banking Union; EU Single Supervisory Mechanism; Accountability of institutional actors involved in financial assistance mechanisms; The role of the European Central Bank in the SSM
Professor Theodore Konstadinides
Professor, Essex Law School
Dr Marios Koutsias
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Company Law; Corporate Governance; Comparative Company Law; European Union Law with a special emphasis on the Internal Market; Privacy and Data Protection
Dr Esin Küçük
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
EU Constitutional Law; EU Asylum and Immigration Law; Refugee protection regime in Türkiye; Constitutional aspects of economic governance of the EU; Temporary Protection Practices; Use of AI in migration management; Solidarity and responsibility sharing in the EU; Constitutional principles and values; EU Constitutional Review; Comparative Constitutional Law
Dr Dimitrios Kyritsis
Reader, Essex Law School
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
Professor Andrew Le Sueur
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
The constitutional role of the judiciary; Administrative law and justice; Tiny legal systems (serving populations of fewer than 100,000); Human Rights in the British Crown Dependencies; Nineteenth Century English constitutional and justice system; Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative
Dr Ebba Lekvall
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Transitional Justice; Reparation; International Criminal Law; International Human Rights Law; Indigenous rights
Dr Emmanuelle Lemaire
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Comparative Law, Tort Law, French Law, English Law
Dr Olayinka Lewis
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Immigration and nationality law; Energy law; Legal pluralism
Dr Zainab Lokhandwala
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Marina Lostal
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Professor Noam Lubell
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
International Humanitarian Law / Law of Armed Conflict; Conduct of Hostilities; Military Occupation; New Military and Law Enforcement Technologies, including Cyber Operations, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Human Enhancement; The Use of Force by States; Self-Defence; the UN Collective Security Framework; Counter-Terrorism.
Professor Yseult Marique
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Regulation and administrative law, especially public-private relationships; Public contracts (procurement, enforcement, corruption); European administrative law; Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative; Comparative Law in Europe; Law and public finances
Professor Lorna McGregor
Professor, Essex Law School - Human Rights Centre
Professor Sabine Michalowski
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Medical Law; Business and human rights; Transitional Justice, with a particular focus on the Colombian peace process, socio-economic dimensions of TJ and the inclusion of economic actors in TJ processes; Health Care Law and Human Rights
Colin Moore
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility
Professor Donald Nicolson
Professor (R) and Law Clinic Director, Essex Law School
Dr Charilaos Nikolaidis
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Human Rights law; Equality law; Judicial Reasoning; Law and Politics; European Union law; Law and Literature
Dr Uchechukwu Nwoke
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Niall O'Connor
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Employment Law; Fundamental Rights; European Union Law; Brexit Law
Professor David O'Mahony
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Restorative justice.; Criminal justice.; Transitional justice.; Youth crime and justice.; Youth Crime and Justice; Criminology
Professor Onyeka Osuji
Dean of Essex Law School - Professor (R), Essex Law School
Research interests:
Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Consumer Protection; Development; Corporate Regulation
Dr Patricia Palacios Zuloaga
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
International Human Rights Law; Inter-American Human Rights Law; Women's Rights; Transitional Justice; International Adjudication in Human Rights; Discrimination; International Criminal Law; Sexual and Reproductive Rights; LGBTIQ+ Rights
Dr Carlo Petrucci
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Research interests
Justin Poonjatt
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Francis Rees
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Child Influencer Labour
Dr Oriola Sallavaci
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Laure Sauve
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Comparative Law
Professor Ahmed Shaheed
Professor, Essex Law School
Dr Elena Sherstoboeva
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Freedom of expression; Media Law; Counteracting misinformation; Copyright law; Protection of privacy
Professor Matthew Stone
Professor, Essex Law School
Dr Fikayo Taiwo
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Resolution of commercial disputes; Access to Justice; Alternative Dispute Resolution; International Commercial Arbitration
Dr Nathanael Tilahun
Senior Lecturer in International Law, Essex Law School
Dr Comfort Tioluwani
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Dr Tuba Turan
Lecturer, Essex Law School
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 Nikos Vogiatzis
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
Professor Christopher Willett
Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
UK, EU and global consumer and contract law; commercial law; services of general interest; unfair terms and practices law; quality and safety of goods and services; financial services; digital content law
Dr Meagan Wong
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
International Criminal Law; The Law on the Use of Force; International Law of the Sea; International Environmental Law; Law of Treaties; State responsibility; International dispute settlement; International Institutional Law; Public International Law; International watercourses law
Professor Ting Xu
Faculty Dean Postgraduate (Arts and Humanities) - Professor (R), Essex Law School
Research interests:
Property Law; Law and Development; Law and Social Theory; Political Economy
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
Dr Jie Zeng
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Research interests
Zhenbin Zuo
Lecturer, Essex Law School
Research members of staff
Nihad Aboud
Senior Research Officer, Essex Law School
Dr Katya Al Khateeb
Senior Research Officer, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Human Rights Law; International Humanitarian Law (IHL); Law & Culture (including art & literature)
Boudicca Hawke
Senior Research Officer, Essex Law School
Kulsoom Rizvi
Senior Research Officer, Essex Law School
Dr Daniela Suarez Vargas
Research Officer, Essex Law School
Vanessa Topp
Research Officer, Essex Law School
Dr Alice Trotter
Senior Research Officer, Essex Law School
Fixed Term Teachers
Eno Ekpo
Fixed Term Teacher, Essex Law School
Research interests:
International Human Rights Law, Human Rights and Social Justice, Women’s Rights, Minorities and Indigenous Peoples' Rights.
Lee Marsons
Fixed Term Teacher, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative
Kazi Subhan
Fixed Term Teacher, Essex Law School
Emeritus Professors
Professor Steven Anderman
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Commercial Law; European Competition Law; European Community Law; Labour Law
Professor Brigid Hadfield
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
Professor Carolyn Hamilton
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
Prof Paul Hunt
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
International human rights law; Economic, social and cultural rights; The right to the highest attainable standard of health; Poverty, development and human rights
Prof Sheldon Leader
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Corporations; Labour/Employment Law; Links between Human Rights, International Trade, and Investment; Philosophy of Human Rights; Jurisprudence
Professor Elizabeth Palmer
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Socio-economic Rights; Judicial Review; Adminstrative Law; Constitutional Law; Access to Justice
Prof Maurice Sunkin
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
ERSC Peer Review College; Director of the UK Administrative Justice Institute; Constitutional and Administrative Justice Initiative
Prof Lorna Woods
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
Research interests:
Media regulation; Internet Law; Surveillance
Prof Jane Wright
Emeritus Professor, Essex Law School
