Warwick Law School News
Warwick Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Professor Twigg-Flesner hosted meeting of “From Smart Technologies to Smart Consumer Law” project team
On 23 and 24 January 2023, the project team of the AHRC/DfG-funded research project “From Smart Technologies to Smart Consumer Laws” held a working meeting at the University of Warwick. The project focuses on a range of consumer challenges created by the Internet of Things (IoT), which is characterised by a complex integration of physical and digital products and services, e.g., in the context of smart homes, connected vehicles or consumer wearables.
School Tasking in the community and on the BBC!
Making outreach work fun and engaging for primary school children (and showing them University can be an exciting prospect!) WLS’ School Tasking programme is growing in popularity and reach with a recent piece on BBC News Midlands highlighting the positive impact it’s having.
Dr Jane Bryan wins two National Mediation Awards & Principal Fellowship
Dr Jane Bryan has won two National Mediation Awards. She was nominated for The Newcomer of the Year Award and the Innovation Award due to her work founding and leading Warwick Mediation, a peer mediation service for staff and students at Warwick.
Professor Munro secures University Policy Support Funding for two upcoming research projects
Professor Vanessa Munro has been awarded funding from the University’s Policy Support fund to support her two new research projects which will look at domestic abuse suicides and harassment during student legal placements.
Policing, Culture and Community
Professor Jackie Hodgson and Dr Rachel Lewis have been awarded £30,000 to work with West Midlands Police (WMP) to translate the findings from their research on police community engagement through arts and culture, into changes in police training, policy and strategy.
Dalvinder Singh cited in final Financial Stability Board Report
Dalvinder Singh’s co-authored paper ‘ECB Significant-Bank Risk Profile and COVID-19 Crisis Containment: What Approach in the Transitioning Phase? IADI Sponsored Paper Series, No. 2, July 2022’ formally contributes to the international conversation on how best to ‘exit’ COVID 19 support measures. The Financial Stability Board published its final report on what kind of exit strategies would ensure equitable outcomes once countries start to remove Covid-19 support measures.
Dr Laura Lammasniemi wins prestigious Indian Law Review Best Article Prize 2021
Warwick Law School’s Dr Laura Lammasniemi has won the prestigious Indian Law Review Best Article Prize 2021 for a co-authored article called ‘Dadaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai (1886) ILR 10 Bom 301: Rewriting Consent and Conjugal Relations in Colonial India'. The article was written for the Indian Feminist Judgments Project (IFJP).
When does a crisis end? New project receives Wellcome funding to investigate
Professor Sharifah Sekalala, an expert in global health law is part of an international team exploring how we define the end of a crisis in a new project funded by the Wellcome Trust’s new Discovery Award scheme.
Dr Schwöbel-Patel secures prestigious fellowship
Warwick Law School’s Dr Christine Schwöbel-Patel has taken up a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt fellowship for experienced researchers. For the next year, Christine will be based at the Humboldt University of Berlin, where she is working on the topic ‘Making States “Safe” for Investment: International Criminal Law and Imperial Rentier Capitalism’.
Rajnaara Akhtar featured in UK Conversation
Warwick Law School's Dr Rajnaara Akhtar has written a piece for The Conversation UK (published on the 2 August 2022) on marriage laws in England and Wales and the need to update outdated legislation. 'Your dream wedding might not be legal - time to update England's old-fashioned marriage laws.'
Professor Alex Sharpe to present three audio-visual Public Lectures on David Bowie
Warwick Institute of Public Engagement (WIE) to present three public lectures on philosophical ideas of Difference, Authenticity and Love. All will be presented by WLS's Alex Sharpe. All events will be free and all are welcome. The first lecture, On Difference, will take place 7 November 2002. Find out more and register.
GLOBE Policy Brief on ‘Assessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality’
'Assessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality’ by Dr Serena Natile, is the latest in a series of briefs, bringing current legal thinking to bear on public policy issues and contemporary concerns, published by GLOBE, a research centre within Warwick Law School.
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