I am happy to discuss potential topics that relate to my research interests with prospective graduates. I have supervised students in the past in socio-legal and jurisprudential research in constitutional law, feminist theory, the regulation of bioethics, the regulation of access to the internet, the regulation of international contracts to exploit natural resources, international human rights, the right to water, and global governance.

Past and present research students and topics:

Sascha Rand (M.St 1999), Substantive Rights Adjudication and the Consideration of Consonance

Akash Kapur (D.Phil 2003), Briding the Digital Divide: Regulating Universal Access in India

Kathryn Liddell (D.Phil 2003), Biolaw and Deliberative Democracy

Deyana Marcheva (M.St 2003), The Value of Feminism

Maya Steinitz (SJD 2005), Law as Communication: A Concept of International Law

Rayhan Rashid (D.Phil ongoing), Transparency in the Gas Sector Development of Bangladesh through PSCs: Provisions, Perceptions and Practices

Anna Russell (D.Phil 2008), A Socio-Legal Investigation of Human Rights Standard Setting at the International Level: A Case Study of The Right to Water

Maki Tanaka (D.Phil 2008), A Translation Model of Treaty Drafting: Nongovernmental Agents in the Drafting Process for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People

Sarika Seshadri (Ph.D ongoing), Ethical Consumerism as a Brokering Mechanism for Transnational Partnerships for Clean Water