Our research

This research project was established in 2014 and was originally funded by the Nuffield Foundation for three years. The aim of the project was to kick start the expansion of empirical research on administrative justice in the UK. From January 2018, the project is funded by the University of Essex Law School.

This research project considers the impact of digital child labour on child performers on social media sites such as Tik Tok, YouTube and Instagram. This project is lead by Dr Francis Rees, Lecturer at Essex Law School, University of Essex

This research project discusses the development of a global legal and economic framework that can achieve Net Zero Degradation to the Environment.

This research project is running from 4 November 2019 to 3 February 2021 and aims to uncover Laski’s impact on intellectual thinking and institution building, using biographical methods to study the evolution of rights in Republican China (1911-49).

The aim of this project is to provide an accurate picture of the effects of cuts to legal aid by looking at their impact on family law cases. The main purpose is to present an interdisciplinary data-driven methodological approach that will offer new insight in the study of legal aid.

Located in Essex Law School, this project is funded by the ESRC to enable in depth analysis of the use of mediation to resolve medical treatment disputes.