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Social Sciences Connect hosts Capitalist Institutions and Power workshop
On May 14 2026, the School of Law and the Departments of Sociology and Politics and International Studies put on a Big Questions themed interdisciplinary workshop on Capitalist Institutions and Power, with a focus on ‘How should the economy be organised to serve society?’
Professor Vanessa Munro awarded £719,909 funding for new mock jury research project
Professor Vanessa Munro (principal investigator), Dr Siobhan Weare (co-investigator, Lancaster University), and Dr Madeleine Millar (research and innovation associate), have been awarded £719,909 in funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The funding is for their project, ‘Delivering Justice in a Digital Age: Exploring the Impact on Mock jurors of Pre-Recorded Evidence in Sexual Offences Trials’, which will begin in September 2026.
LLB student shares law placement experience
Current LLB student Samire Jama has shared her experiences of her placement year with Thomas Flavell and Sons Solicitors in Leamington Spa. In their latest blog post, Samire explains the '5 realities of working at a firm after university'. Read the full blog now!
Professor Christine Schwöbel-Patel was hosted by the Arctic Institute at the University of Akureyri, Iceland
In mid-May, Professor Christine Schwöbel-Patel was a visiting researcher at the Stefansson Arctic Institute at the University of Akureyri, Iceland. She was there on the invitation of the Nansen Professor of Polar Studies, Dr Romain Chouffart. The visit was to enable a collaboration between Professor Schwöbel-Patel and Dr Chouffart on Arctic governance and new modes of sovereignty through infrastructure.
Dr Ming-Sung Kuo is interviewed by public law forum Verfassungsblog on situation in Taiwan
In Verfassungsblog’s latest weekly editorial dedicated to Taiwan, Dr Ming-Sung Kuo addressed issues concerning the Trump presidency’s implications to Taiwan and Taiwan’s constitutional court crisis in the wake of the Trump-Xi meetings in Beijing as part of the blog’s ‘Five Questions to …’ interview series.
Angela Daly appointed visiting Professor at Warwick Law School
Warwick Law School’s Centre for Global Health Law is delighted to announce the appointment of Angela Daly as a visiting Professor. She is collaborating with our Centre for Global Health Law as a COI on the Advancing health data justice: A comparative study of health-related data governance in Canada, Germany and the UK project (ADIJUST). Her appointment at Warwick Law School will enrich our research community and deepen our engagement with some of the defining legal challenges of our time.