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Personal Statement
My main research interests and specialisation lie in European, national and comparative labour law. I am currently working on the relationship between historical studies and labour law in order to understand the development of labour/employment laws and the extent to which they are distinct. I was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship in 2021 for a project entitled ‘Revealing the Importance of Ideas: The Intellectual History of Labour Law’. The project compared the different debates taking place on worker representation on company boards in German and British intellectual circles at a critical historical juncture in the 1940s. It used these debates as a case study to trace the movement of legal ideas across national boundaries, and to explore alternative narratives which have escaped legal attention.
I have broad experience of teaching across a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate subjects, including EU law, labour/employment law, commercial law, delict (tort) and Scots contract law.
I am the book review editor for the Industrial Law Journal, and am on the Research Committee of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Together with Prof Elaine Fahey and Dr Fabien Terpan, I coordinate the EUFutures research network funded by UACES and the John Madison Charitable Trust (2022-2025).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The History of Law and Labour in Scotland
Zahn, R. (Principal Investigator)
Clark Foundation for Legal Education
1/09/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Knowledge Exchange
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Future-Mapping EU Integration: Inter-disciplinary approaches to connecting EU Law, policy & politics
Zahn, R. (Principal Investigator)
UACES University Association for Contemporary European Studies
1/02/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Conference / Seminar Hosting)
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Introduction: Special Issue: EU law in the era of digitisation: on strategic litigation causes, actors and processes
Fahey, E., Terpan, F. & Zahn, R., 29 Jan 2025, In: Nordic Journal of European Law. 7, 3, p. 1-7Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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The status of European Works Councils in UK law post-Brexit: a commentary on EasyJet PLC v EasyJet European Works Council and Olsten (UK) Holdings Limited v Adecco Group European Works Council
Zahn, R., 31 Dec 2024, In: Industrial Law Journal. 53, 4, p. 746-761 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Prizes
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Convenor of the Labour Law Section of the Society of Legal Scholars
Zahn, R. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Founders and Shapers of Labour Law
Zahn, R. (Organiser) & Wolf, J. (Organiser)
2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference
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Human Rights Consortium Scotland (External organisation)
ZAHN, R. (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of board