Our staff

Our research staff have a wide range of expertise in labour law. Please get in touch with the individual academic to find out more about opportunities for postgraduate research in their area of expertise.

Professor Nicole Busby

Summary of research interests

Nicole Busby's research focuses on social and economic inequalities and she is particularly interested in sex discrimination and women's rights more generally. Her work explores how individuals and groups interact with, use and live law in different contexts.

Dr Catriona Cannon

Summary of research interests

Equality Law; religion, gender and human rights; labour law; legal profession

Professor Emilios Christodoulidis

Summary of research interests

Research interests lie mainly in the area of the philosophy and sociology of law, in constitutional theory, democratic theory, and theories of transitional justice.

Professor Ruth Dukes

Summary of research interests

Ruth Dukes' research interests lie in the fields of employment law, labour law, social rights, sociology of law and labour history.

Dr Eleanor Kirk

Summary of research interests

Sociology of work, employment relations, work-related conflict, access to justice, legal consciousness

Dr Vera Pavlou

Summary of research interests

Labour law; precarious work; migrant workers; care and domestic labour; EU social law; comparative labour law; green capitalism