Current Postgraduate Research Students
The Law School currently has approximately 50 Postgraduate Research Students (PGR) on its Ph.D. and M.Litt programmes. Below is a list of selected current PGR students and their thesis titles.
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Thesis : "Rule of Law and Preventive Justice: Property Rights Protection in Counter-Terrorism Legislation"
Supervisor : Prof. Rachael Walsh
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Thesis : "Realist Sustainability: Norwegian Energy and Natural Resource Policy in Context"
Supervisor : Dr. Suryapratim Roy
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Thesis : "Done with Dunne?: The Test for Medical Negligence in Ireland"
Supervisor : Dr. Andrea Mulligan
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Thesis : "Charting the Course for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence"
Supervisors : Dr. Maria Grazia Porcedda & Prof. David Lewis
Read more about Claudia Silva Battagin's works
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Thesis : "The labour and social rights of migrant workers in the just transition."
Supervisors : Dr. Suryapratim Roy & Prof. Mark Bell
Read more about Emily Cunniffe's works
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Thesis : "Regulating Corporate Lobbying in the EU: Bridging the Transparency Gap Between Sustainability Pledges and Political Influence."
Supervisor : Prof. Blanaid Clarke
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Thesis : "A Legal Analysis of Double Materiality in the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) with a Comparative Study of the U.S. Legal Framework"
Supervisor : Dr. Félix Mezzanotte
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Thesis : "Law and Political Economy of Private Housing Provision in Ireland"
Supervisor : Prof. Rachael Walsh
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Thesis : " Climate Change and the Future of Small Island States: The Quest for the Preservation of Statehood"
Supervisors : Dr. Christiane Ahlborn & Dr. Suryapratim Roy
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Thesis : "The Impact of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 on Autonomy and Decision-Making in Palliative Care"
Supervisors : Dr. Andrea Mulligan & Dr. Geraldine Foley
Read more about James Watson's works
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Thesis : "A Critical Evaluation of Enforcement Mechanisms Controlling Companies’ Discretion – through Motivation and Ability in Complying with Double Materiality under the CSRD"
Supervisor : Dr. Felix Mezzanotte
Read more about Chen Jizhou's works
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Thesis : "Criminalising Cultural Genocide: suggestions and solutions for international law reform"
Supervisor : Dr. Róisín A Costello
Read more about John F Manderscheid's works
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Thesis : "If It May Please the Algorithm - Artificial Intelligence, Judicial Discretion and Satisfactory Sentencing"
Supervisors : Prof. Neville Cox & Dr. Brian Barry
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Thesis : "Integrity as Law: Regulating Carbon Markets through Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence"
Supervisors : Dr. Suryapratim Roy & Dr. Alexandros Seretakis
Read more about Kamil Killan Daniel Akdag's works
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Thesis : "Investigating the Effectiveness of Directors’ Duties Under the Irish Companies Act 2014 in the Face of Climate Change Risks – Much Unrealised Potential ?"
Supervisor : Prof. Deirdre Ahern
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Thesis : "Islamic Jurisprudential Approaches to Muslim Integration in Irish Secular Legal Frameworks"
Supervisor : Prof. Neville Cox
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Thesis : "Access to Justice in the Digital Era: Ensuring Fairness and Inclusion in the Age of Technology"
Supervisor : Dr. Brian Barry
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Thesis : "A normative legal framework for Artificial Intelligence governance: Investigating AI liability under a Lockean theory of blameworthiness"
Supervisor : Prof. Deirdre Ahern
Read more about Martin Holohan Jr's works
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Thesis : "Towards a TWAIL Reconstruction of International Climate Law"
Supervisor : Dr. Suryapratim Roy
Read more about Maryam Faruk Yabo's works
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Thesis : "Understanding how constitutional property rights shape the development of policy interventions in the private rental sector"
Supervisors : Dr. Rachael Walsh & Dr. Anna Davies
Read more about Méabh Temple's works
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Thesis : "Non-appearance of States before International Courts and Tribunals "
Supervisors : Prof. Caoimhin MacMaolain & Dr. Christiane Ahlborn
Read more about Naphtali Ukamwa's works
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Thesis : "The Role of Collective Labour Rights in the Achievement of Broader Sustainability Objectives: An analysis in light of the labour dimension of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive"
Supervisor : Prof. Mark Bell
Read more about Seray Poyraz's works
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Thesis : "A Legal Framework for Accessible Autonomous Vehicles"
Supervisor : Dr. Brian Barry
Read more about Tara Kerins Aylmer's works
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Thesis : "Regionalising Court-Based Investment Dispute Settlement: Lessons from the European Union’s Multilateral Investment Court"
Supervisors : Dr. Róisin Costello & Dr. Alexandros Seretakis
