Elena Kucheiko
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2017
Research supervisors: Dr Sheelagh McGuinness, Dr Catherine Kelly
Email: ek17785@my.bristol.ac.uk
Yentyl Katoucha Williams
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2018
Research topic: The EU and Innovation in International Trade: A case study of the Intellectual Property (IP) provisions on Geographical Indications (GI) in the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
Research supervisors: Dr Clair Gammage, Prof. Aurora Plomer
Email: rb18678@bristol.ac.uk
Mollie Gascoigne
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
College of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of ExeterStart date: October 2018
Graduation date: November 2022
Research topic: The Gender Recognition & Reform Project
My research project is an empirical, mixed methods study into the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and possible options for reform. My research is undertaken in the context of increasing gender diversity and is particularly interested in examining how non-binary people perceive and experience the world with regard to the current legal provisions. As a result of the recent public consultation on the GRA 2004, my research has a reform agenda and intends to produce policy-orientated answers to the current questions surrounding reform of legal gender recognition.Research supervisors: Dr Stephen Skinner, Dr Charlotte Bishop
Email: mg440@exeter.ac.uk
Christopher Gray
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2017
Research topic: The Privilege against Self-Incrimination in Criminal Justice in the United Kingdom and The Gambia – Human Rights Law and Convergence
I will be researching the protection offered by the right to fair trial to the privilege against self-incrimination in juvenile criminal justice. By focusing on the United Kingdom and The Gambia as case studies, domestic rules on admission of evidence will be considered in the context of human rights standards both internationally and in their respective regions. As well incorporating empirical research on how these standards are realised, this research will focus on the implications of the findings in light of the ‘convergence thesis’, and focus specifically on the role of human rights law in this.Research supervisors: Professor Rachel Murray, Dr Jennifer Collins
Professional memberships/Positions held:
SWDTP Student Rep;Human Rights Implementation Centre at the University of Bristol
Email: cg15586@bristol.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cfgray/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cf_gray
Donna Crowe-Urbaniak
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC +3)
Law School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2017
Graduation date: January 2023
Research topic: Vulnerability, autonomy, power, and resilience: a socio-legal examination of the issues faced by military wives post-LASPO.
My research aims to explore the experiences of women previously married to serving members of the Armed Forces by exploring issues of vulnerability, resilience, power, and autonomy, and examine ways in which current family law practices adequately meets the needs of this group.Research supervisors: Professor Liz Trinder, Professor Anne Barlow
Email: dlc218@exeter.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonnaCroweUrb
Dr Polly Lord
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2014
Graduation date: April 2019
Research topic: Employment law in farms
My research examines how core employment law rights apply on farms. Through conducting interviews with farmers, their understanding of wages, working time, holidays, sickness and parental leave to health and safety rules, is discussed. In doing so, the way that farmers manage these rights – both practically and conceptually – reveals important insights into the laws themselves.Research supervisors: Professor Liz Trinder, Professor Matt Lobley
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Co-Ordinator World of Work NetworkEmail: pl325@exeter.ac.uk
Dr Anna Heenan
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: March 2020
Research topic: The financial implications of shared parenting after divorce
Research supervisors: Professor Anne Barlow
Email: acsh201@exeter.ac.uk
Dr Janet Keliher
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC +3)
Law School, University of ExeterStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: June 2019
Research topic: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Relationship between Legal Responsibility & Culture in Criminal Law
Research supervisors: Dr Stephen Skinner
Email: jk338@exeter.ac.uk
Thomas Tooth
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2011
Graduation date: October 2019
Research topic: Who cares about defence witnesses? Witness care and adversarial justice
Research supervisors: Professor Richard Young , Professor Morag McDermont
Email: tt8480@bristol.ac.uk
Maria Wright
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2016
Research topic: International child protection cases in practice
Courts and Local Authorities in England and Wales are increasingly dealing with child protection cases with an international element. Issues will come in to play about the assessment of potential carers abroad, international co-operation between Local Authorities and the appropriate legal outcome for children. Tensions have arisen particularly in circumstances where children with international familial connections have been adopted in this country. My research seeks to examine how Courts and Local Authorities are working with children in international child protection cases, what challenges they face and how their practices could be modified to work more effectively in an international context.Research supervisors: Professor Judith Masson, Dr Emma Hitchings
Email: mw3140@my.bristol.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-wright-08184422/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mw_sofia
Louise Austin
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni, Student Rep
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2015
Graduation date: March 2021
Research topic: Judging Informed Consent
My PhD is titled ‘Judging Informed Consent’ and focuses on the interaction between ethics, law and regulation of informed consent to medical treatment. In particular, it looks at ethical conceptions of autonomy and the extent to which they feature in legal and regulatory decisions on consent.Research supervisors: Dr Oliver Quick, Professor Richard Huxtable
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Associate Teacher, Medical LawMember of Institute of Medical Ethics Postgraduate Committee
SWDTP student representative
Email: louise.austin@bristol.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/louise-austin-75bb8329
Twitter: https://twitter.com/louise_austin12
Dr Ben Hudson
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: October 2019
Research topic: An IDP Right to Return? Challenges in Law and Practice
My research concerns the human rights protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Inspired by my time in Georgia working with non-governmental organisations and United Nations’ agencies, my research engages with the realisation of durable solutions to internal displacement, specifically a legal right to return in international law.Research supervisors: Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, Dr Diego Acosta Arcarazo
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Teacher (LLB Law & State, Introduction to Medical Law & IFP Law), Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, University of Bristol Faculty Senate RepresentativeEmail: ben.hudson@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ben_hudson7
Louise Hatherall
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2015
Graduation date: December 2021
Research topic: Genetic Patents in Intellectual Property Law
My research interests centre on IP Law and the way it is applied to biotechnological and genetic patents. There is an argument that Patent Law is currently being used as a ‘sword rather than a shield’ enabling companies and inventors to stifle and prevent access to inventions. This has resulted in stagnating innovation impacting both patients access to such innovations, along with increasing litigation time and cost. This research aims to address this balance and consider the impact of granting these patents on innovative research, access to inventions, the aggressive litigation tactics currently employed and considers the future for IP Law.Research supervisors: Andrew Charlesworth
Professional memberships/Positions held:
SLSAStudent Conference 2017 Committee Chair
Email: lh15390.2015@my.bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwitTooLou
Edward Burtonshaw-Gunn
Socio-Legal Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Socio-Legal Studies (ESRC 1+3)
Law School, University of BristolStart date: September 2014
Graduation date: December 2021
Research topic: A multi-case study of housing models in Bristol, UK: Commercial Housing, Housing Associations, and Community Land Trusts.
Ed is a PhD researcher and Land Law tutor in the Law School. His research is on the housing crisis with specific interest in house building in Bristol, UK. He is particularly interested in planning law, policy, and practice to explain how housing production is shaped in Bristol. For his doctoral research, he spent three months at Bristol City Council – the local planning authority responsible for establishing local planning policies in line with national policies, and for determining planning applications within Bristol. He tweets at @BurtonshawGunn.Research supervisors: Professor Antonia Layard, Dr Janine Sargoni
Professional memberships/Positions held:
SWDTP Student representativeLaw School PGR Student Representative
Socio-Legal Studies Associations (SLSA) Postgraduate Member
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Socio-Legal Studies Associations (SLSA) Postgraduate Member
Email: e.burtonshaw-gunn@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurtonshawGunn
