People
We are a friendly department of academics, researchers, teachers, tutors and administrators, with additional staff within the Faculty and the University to support us.
Academic staff
Professor Ryan Abbott
Professor of Law and Health Sciences
Thekli Anastasiou
Teaching Fellow
Dr Joshua Andresen
Reader in National Security and Foreign Relations Law
Dr Hrafn Asgeirsson
Reader in Philosophy and Law
Mikolaj Barczentewicz
Senior Lecturer in Public Law and Legal Theory
Dr Steve Bero
Lecturer in Private Law
Nick Clapham
Senior Teaching Fellow
Professor Bebhinn Donnelly-Lazarov
Professor of Neuroscience, Law and Legal Philosophy
Dr Kenneth Ehrenberg
Reader in Public Law and Legal Theory
Dr Emily Finch
Senior Lecturer in Law
Professor Francesco Giglio
Professor of Civil and Private Law
Dr Nicola Giglio
Director of Student Experience and Well-being
Dr Melissa Hamilton
Reader in Law and Criminal Justice
Timothy James
Teaching Fellow in Law
Dr Ambrose Lee
Lecturer in Legal Theory, Deputy Head of Postgraduate Research, ECR Representative
Claire Lillywhite
Teaching Fellow Professional Development and Employability
Dr Ira Lindsay
Senior Lecturer in Finance Law and Ethics
Professor Rosalind Malcolm
Professor of Law, Director of Environmental Regulatory Research Group (ERRG)
Dr Marie Newhouse
Senior Lecturer in Law, Philosophy, and Public Policy
Dr Noreen O'Meara
Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and European Law
Professor Dennis Patterson
Professor of Legal Philosophy
Katy Peters
Teaching Fellow in Law (Tort; Medical Law & Ethics); Co-Director in Placement and Careers; Senior Professional Training Tutor; Post-Graduate Researcher (Medical Law)
Dr Marton Ribary
Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow
Professor Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco
Professor in Moral and Political Philosophy (Jurisprudence)
Professor Alexander Sarch
Head of School, Professor of Legal Philosophy
Dr Arman Sarvarian
Reader in Public International Law
Antony Starza-Allen
Teaching Fellow in Law
Dr Christopher Taggart
Lecturer in Law
Dr Vickie Thanapal
Teaching Fellow in Law
Krystof Turek
Teaching Fellow in Private Law, Director of Validations
Dr Bo Wang
Lecturer in Chinese Comparative Law
Elizabeth Williams
Principal Teaching Fellow in Law, Director of Clinical Legal Education Programmes
Visiting staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Giovanni Sartor | Visiting Professor of Law and Artificial Intelligence | |
| Akber Datoo | Visiting Professor in Practice (CEO, D2 Legal Technology) | |
| Prof Maggie Mao | Visiting Professor |
Former visitors
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Juan Ruiz Manero | Visiting Professor | j.ruizmanero@surrey.ac.uk |
| Prof Ángeles Rodenas | Visiting Professor | a.rodenas@surrey.ac.uk |
Emeritus staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Alison Clarke | Emeritus Professor | a.c.clarke@surrey.ac.uk |
| Prof Alison Firth | Emeritus Professor | a.firth@surrey.ac.uk |
| Prof Margot Horspool | Emeritus Professor | margot.horspool@surrey.ac.uk |
| Prof Robert Upex | Emeritus Professor | r.upex@surrey.ac.uk |
Associate staff
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Charles Chatterjee | Associate | c.chatterjee@surrey.ac.uk |
| Mr Richard Holt | Associate | r.holt@surrey.ac.uk |
PhD research students
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Jane Adogo | j.adogo@surrey.ac.uk |
| Ndidi Ahiauzu | n.ahiauzu@surrey.ac.uk |
| Chunping Bush | c.bush@surrey.ac.uk |
| Giuseppe Di Donato | giuseppe.didonato@surrey.ac.uk |
| Evelyn Ehigie | e.n.ehigie@surrey.ac.uk |
| Caterina Fabiani | c.fabiani@surrey.ac.uk |
| Andrew Field | a.field@surrey.ac.uk |
| Chantal Frindall | c.frindall@surrey.ac.uk |
| Amel Ketani | a.ketani@surrey.ac.uk |
| Maria Louca | m.louca@surrey.ac.uk |
| Benita Mathew | b.mathew@surrey.ac.uk |
| Melanie McGlone | m.mcglone@surrey.ac.uk |
| Gbemi Odusote | o.odusote@surrey.ac.uk |
| Daniel Peixoto Murata | daniel.peixotomurata@surrey.ac.uk |
| Katy Peters | k.peters@surrey.ac.uk |
| Paul Ratcliffe | p.ratcliffe@surrey.ac.uk |
| Mala Sharma | mala.sharma@surrey.ac.uk |
| Soultana Tsagka | s.tsagka@surrey.ac.uk |
| Andrea Priorelli | a.priorelli@surrey.ac.uk |
| Elizabeth Wamae | e.wamae@surrey.ac.uk |
Recently awarded PhD's
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Jessica Walsh | Passed viva on 26 November 2019 |
| Ryan Abbott | Passed viva in February 2020 |
| Margaret Cooper | PhD awarded 31 July 2018 |
| Amy Elkington | PhD awarded 26 January 2018 |
| Dr Joshua Kerr | PhD awarded 26 January 2018 |
| Ros (Rosalind) Setterfield | PhD awarded 30 June 2019 |
| Miriam Sheikh | PhD awarded 30 May 2019 |
| Katrien Steenmans | PhD awarded 28 February 2018 |
| James Tutu | PhD awarded 28 September 2018 |