The University of Manchester Law School

We are delighted to share news of colleagues across the School whose achievements have been recognised in this year’s promotion round. 🎉

Congratulations to our newly promoted Professors: Alexandra Mullock & Fae Garland (The University of Manchester Law School), Carl Death (Politics), Eduardo Fé (Social Statistics), Elisa Bellotti (University of Manchester Sociology Department)

We also celebrate George Bratsiotis (Economics), promoted to Reader.

Alongside a wide group of colleagues promoted to Senior Lecturer: Amber Darr, Pınar Oruç, Rachael Ntongho & Yusra Suedi (The University of Manchester Law School); Ellie Gore, Jasmin Ramovic, Luke Bhatia, Michael Macgamit & Nicole Martin (Politics); Emily Caddick-Bourne, Raamy Majeed & Stephen Ingram (Philosophy); Tatjana Kecojevic (Social Statistics); and Thiago Oliveira (Criminology).

Finally, congratulations to Catherine Bowden (The University of Manchester Law School) on promotion to Research Fellow.

Warmest congratulations to all colleagues on these well-deserved achievements.

University of Manchester in top 40 in QS World University Rankings 2027 The University of Manchester has been ranked in the top 40 universities globally in the QS World University Rankings 2027.  The rankings assess more than 1,500 institutions worldwide across a range of measures, including research and discovery, employability and outcomes, international engagement...

The trade deals promising prosperity to billions — why they're failing, and what it really takes to make them work. Check out the recent book of Professor Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/regional-trade-agreements-prosperity-and-the-global-south/E17F4EA378272B3ED0FBB9992C829BF9 The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

Regional Trade Agreements, Prosperity and the Global South Cambridge Core - International Trade Law - Regional Trade Agreements, Prosperity and the Global South

Laura O’Donovan, Sarah Devaney, Alexandra Mullock and Victoria L Moore discussed how evidence from recent maternity care scandals is explored to reveal how epistemic injustice is contributing to harmful outcomes, and how understanding the misogyny and racism that underpins epistemic injustice in this context can lead to improved patient safety in their Medical Law Review paper. Free access: https://academic.oup.com/medlaw/article/34/2/fwag009/8658728?login=false The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

Medical misogyny: understanding epistemic injustice to achieve safer healthcare for women in the UK Abstract. Since 2019, numerous reports (both official and charity-led) have been published detailing patient care and safety failings in areas of women’s h

The University of Manchester Law Department, in collaboration with the UK Constitutional Law Association, was delighted to host a conference on the Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom on 20-21 May 2026. The conference was organised by Javier Garcia Oliva, Luke Graham and Guy Baldwin, and generously supported by the Hallsworth Conference Fund. The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

New work by Alan Cunningham on speculative universal relational frameworks in property theory and the question of how we 'house' ourselves and others - or not - within society.

Alien Phenomenology, Self-Exclusion, and Property Rights, Law, Culture and the Humanities, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17438721261439283 The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

Alien Phenomenology, Self-Exclusion and Property Rights - Alan Cunningham, 2026 Rights, undoubtedly emancipatory and crucial in terms of autonomy and the manifestation of the self, also contain the potential for a troubling universalism and...

Danielle Griffiths, Alex Mullock, Barry Lyons and Ian Freckleton discuss how people are being seriously harmed by invasive cosmetic procedures, and why better regulation is needed to address this problem The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

Regulating invasive cosmetic procedures to reduce harm Danielle Griffiths and colleagues argue that the rise in invasive cosmetic procedures demands tighter regulation, better consumer protection, and greater awareness In 2024, Alice Webb died after a non-surgical Brazilian butt lift, a cosmetic procedure that was done in the UK by a provider who was no...

What human rights obligations exist to protect the population as a whole? Dr Guy Baldwin explores this question in a thought provoking paper in Judicial Review: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10854681.2025.2556618 The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

Positive Obligations to Protect the Population under Human Rights Law Published in Judicial Review (Vol. 30, No. 3, 2025)

🎉 What a powerful evening at our Annual Christabel Pankhurst Lecture!

Yesterday, distinguished legal leader and equality advocate Dr I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC delivered our Annual Christabel Pankhurst Lecture Her lecture, “PUSHing for Justice: Women, Power and the Unfinished Fight for Equality”, invited us to reflect not only on progress, but on responsibility, legacy, and action.

Key takeaways: ⚖️ Representation alone does not equal transformation

🚪 Progress too often rewards conformity over courage
🔥 Perseverance is an active, collective act — not passive resilience
📣 Rights are not self‑sustaining; they require vigilance, leadership, and accountability
🤝 Real change depends on solidarity and shared responsibility across generations

Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and online for such a thoughtful and wide‑ranging discussion on law, leadership, equality and justice.

📍 Full recording and article coming soon.

Who has, and who should enjoy access to the right to strike in the new world of work?

Our lecturer, Ricardo Buendia, and Prof. Nicola Contouris (UCL) have published the chapter 'Access to the Right to Strike Through the Employment Relationship and its Problems' in the open-access book 'The Right to Strike Reimagined'. Check it out here:

Bloomsbury Collections