Current student research at Lincoln Law School includes:

Debbie Naughton is conducting doctoral research into confiscation legislation and whether the implementation of the legislation constitutes a fair and proportionate response to the need to protect the public.  The research will look at the current position on confiscation law, mechanisms to enforce and implement the law and its impacts.

Badaru Idrisu is conducting doctoral research in the field of international human rights and specifically looks at the implementation of the 'right to education' in Ghana and the United Kingdom from a comparative perspective.

Eloise Le Santo (an undergraduate research student) recently completed a short research project into the criminal injuries compensation scheme and its links to the compensation culture as part of a research bursary held by the Centre for Dispute Resolution Compensation and Risk under the University of Lincoln's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Scheme.

PhD Study

The Law School welcomes applications for PhD research and would be particularly interested in receiving proposals in the following areas:

Ombudsmen as an alternative to judicial review

Costs in civil litigation

Compensation and consumer issues

Resolving environmental disputes

Exploitation of Migrant Workers and the free movement of workers for economic purposes within the EU

The changing nature of the relationship between the national governments of the EU and the supranational institution the European Commission.

The impact of international human rights' law on measures to control terrorism and suspected terrorists

For more details please contact Sharon Ritchie