Law

Law Research Degrees

University of Chichester

Law

Location
Chichester, United Kingdom
Funding
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Application deadline
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About the project

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  • Centre for Cultural History
  • Centre for Education, Innovation and Equity
  • Centre for Future Technologies
  • Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education Diversity and Equality in Sport Enhancing Sport Performance Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step Integrated Caring Science Research Group Nutritional Supplementation Occupational Performance Research Group
  • Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education
  • Diversity and Equality in Sport
  • Enhancing Sport Performance
  • Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step
  • SHIFT
  • Step By Step
  • Integrated Caring Science Research Group
  • Nutritional Supplementation
  • Occupational Performance Research Group
  • Centre for Sustainable Business
  • Centre for Workforce Development
  • Centre of Excellence for Childhood, Society and Inclusion Homelessness Studies Lab
  • Homelessness Studies Lab
  • Chichester Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
  • Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction
  • Creative Industries Research Centre
  • MOVER Centre Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA)
  • Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA)
  • People and Well-Being in the Everyday Research Centre (POWER) Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab Creative Research Methods Lab Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory Human Attention Laboratory Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab Quantitative Criminology Lab Research in Practice Hub Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab Vocal Communication Lab
  • Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab
  • Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab
  • Creative Research Methods Lab
  • Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory
  • Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab
  • Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory
  • Human Attention Laboratory
  • Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab
  • Quantitative Criminology Lab
  • Research in Practice Hub
  • Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab
  • Vocal Communication Lab
  • Qualitative Research Hub
  • Social Work Collaborative Research Hub
  • The Iris Murdoch Research Centre
  • Research Excellence Framework REF 2014 REF 2021 Data Collection Statements
  • REF 2014
  • REF 2021 Data Collection Statements
  • Data Collection Statements
  • Research Governance
  • Research Office

Place yourself at the forefront of legal policy

Do you want to undertake advanced legal research with a view to shaping policy and the law?

In a constantly evolving field, legal research is a critically important way of making a real impact in the world around us. A PhD in Law at the University of Chichester will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in a sustained, in-depth study into a specific aspect of the law.

Law at Chichester is deeply invested in innovative and interdisciplinary research, rethinking legal questions with reference to Politics, International Relations, Business, and Ethics.

For informal inquiries, please contact Dr Amy Elkington at a.elkington@chi.ac.uk .

Dr Amy Elkington

Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in Law

Vaughan Lowe

Visiting Professor in Law

Our Supervisors

The standard requirement for an MPhil/PhD is a first or upper-second class honours degree and/or a relevant master’s degree. Candidates with other qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we particularly value non-standard applicants currently working within law.

Research areas

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