My research interests lie primarily within minority rights law. Previous work has focused on the internalisation of minority rights standards in post-conflict and deeply divided societies. More recent work has included archival work in the League of Nations archives on the minority treaties and the minority petitions procedures and working on a project focusing on the history of minority rights. I am a founding member and was the first steering group chair of the Minority Rights Solidarity Network.

PhD/Postgraduate Supervision

Samuel Rodgers, Neurodivegence and International Human Rights Law (current student)

Dr Abdulaziz MM Alharbi: Introducing Pre-Trial Disclosure in Saudi Arabia (a comparative study considering English, Saudi and Islamic Law) (joint supervision, graduated 2025)

Dr Moheb Mudessir, Minority Rights in Afghanistan (joint supervision, graduated 2025)

Dr Isilay Taban, The Rights of Minority Refugees under International Law, graduated 2021 (50%, joint supervisor)

Dr Gizem Guney, The Istanbul Convention: A Radical Feminist Instrument, graduated 2020 (40% supervision)

Dr Michele Wilkinson, The law empowering local authorities in England to remove Travellers from unauthorised encampments: a critique, graduated 2019 (50% joint supervisor)

Dr Haydar Karaman, The Right of Conscientious Ojjection to Military Service in Turkey: Challenging State Hegemony, graduated 2018 (50% joint supervisor) 

Dr Thomas Southerden, ESRC 1+3 funded student, Migrants’ Human Rights in the UK, graduated 2017 (50% - joint supervisor)

Dr Suliman Alkharashi, Criminal Justice Rights in Saudi Arabia, graduated 2015 (20% - second supervisor)

Dr Khalid Alhaiyaf, The Role of the Gulf Cooperation Council, graduated 2014 (20% - second supervisor)

Dr Katya Salmi, Race Discrimination and French Political Culture, graduated 2012 (50% - joint supervisor)