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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):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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