Our @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social was part of the working group who oversaw the development of this report. Do have a read!

Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB)@nuffieldbioethics.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our new report explores key questions arising in neural organoid research - using stem cells to make tiny models that mimic aspects of brain function and development. We are calling for best practice guidance to address governance gaps and support researchers: bit.ly/neural_organ...

Our next seminar is on Wed 22 April 13:00-14:00 with @ncl-congov.bsky.social's Dr Francesco De Cecco on "Unpacking deference in EU fundamental rights law". Sign up here: www.ncl.ac.uk/law/events/

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Looking forward to this week's @ncl-congov.bsky.social workshop on Digital Constitutionalism! Our keynote 'What is Digital Constitutionalism?' is by @kinfe.bsky.social with panels on digital constitutionalism and China, and digital tech in international law. More info: www.ncl.ac.uk/law/events/i...

Digital Constitutionalism Workshop | Newcastle Law School | Newcastle University

17 April, 12:00-16:00Henry Daysh Building, Newcastle University

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New out from my @research-nulawuk.bsky.social colleague Prof Sue Farran and me in The Conversation on the challenges facing the UK Government's Chagos Agreement with Mauritius, amid legal cases and Trump's ... input: theconversation.com/why-the-chag...

Why the Chagos Islands deal is delayed – and Mauritius is threatening to sue the UK

The UK government’s efforts to decolonise the Chagos Islands remain mired in legal controversy.

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Prof Ian Ward's latest book "Law, History, Text: Writing Ironic Legal Histories" is now published! It presents a fresh approach to the writing of legal history as an essentially textual enterprise. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

Law, History, Text | Writing Ironic Legal Histories | Ian Ward | Taylo

This book presents a fresh approach to the writing of legal history as an essentially textual enterprise. It argues that to write any history is to tell a

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New Fellow Prof Gina Heathcote is Professor of Public International Law at @research-nulawuk.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social! Her current research analyses the international law of the sea and maritime security from a feminist perspective. acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

Join us on Wed 11 Mar 13h for our latest seminar "Mapping Discrimination: Building a New Taxonomy for Intersectional Justice" presented by Bernardo Carvalho de Mello.

New podcast episode on "Utopia as a method" frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/utopia-as-a-...

Utopia as a Method - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Aislinn Fanning, Cristy Clark, Zoe Tongue and Ruth Houghton about utopia as a method.

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Whoops! This should be 25 Feb aka this Wednesday!

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Wed 25 Mar, @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social will be discussing Common Good Constitutionalism, a controversial but increasingly prominent strand of legal thought. Many criticise it externally, but Josh argues it misunderstands the Thomist position it claims to be grounded in & fails on its own terms.

New episode of #CalledToTheBar ft @ncl-congov.bsky.social @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & her co-editors @aoifemod.bsky.social & Cher Weixia Chen on their new Research Handbook on Global Governance. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

65. Global Governance: Promise, Power, and the Limits of the ‘Global’

In this episode of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Aoife O’Donoghue (Queen’s University Belfast), Ruth Houghton (Newcastle University), and Cher Weixia Chen (George Mason Univers

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Wed 25 Mar, @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social will be discussing Common Good Constitutionalism, a controversial but increasingly prominent strand of legal thought. Many criticise it externally, but Josh argues it misunderstands the Thomist position it claims to be grounded in & fails on its own terms.

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Last week Prof Sue Farran met with members of the Vanuatu Law Reform Commission to review and discuss family law in Vanuatu. They focused on the topics of children, adoption, matrimonial property and using comparative methodology in the context of law reform.

On 18 Feb, Prof Ian Ward will be exploring how Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall can help us understand the ways in which law functions as a mechanism of production and reproduction of moral frames. Part of @ces-uc.bsky.social 's Law 'and' Books series. Register: ces.uc.pt/en/agenda-no...

Victorianism and sex

International Seminar | Law 'and' sex | February 18, 2026, 17h30 (GMT), Online

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Join us on 11 Feb, 13:00 to hear from Conall Mallory, QUB, on "Lawfare, Accountability and the Conservative Governments of 2010-2024". You can register and find out about all upcoming research events at NLS here: www.ncl.ac.uk/law/events/

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On 4 Feb 1pm, join Editors Helena Carrapico & @gemmadaviesuk.bsky.social discussing their edited collection 'UK-EU Police and Judicial Cooperation Post-Brexit: Implementing the Trade and Cooperation Agreement'. Hosted by @ncl-congov.bsky.social www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

UK-EU Police and Judicial Cooperation Post-Brexit

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We are delighted to announce that Professor Richard Collier has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Research Fellowship, starting this month. The project is Men, Masculinities and the Legal Professions: Gender Equity and the 'Man Question'.

New article written by @ruthhoughton.bsky.social and Thais Andrade Brugnerotto, 'Constituent Power and the feminist approach: an analysis of the Constituent Assembly in Brazil in 1987'

Anurag Deb, Colin Murray and Gabriel Tan: Legacy Issues: In re Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [2025] UKSC 47 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/18/a...

Anurag Deb, Colin Murray and Gabriel Tan: Legacy Issues: In re Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [2025] UKSC 47

Introduction It is a rare case where the UK Government initiates a judicial review against an independent public body. The Thompson case is just such a case. The Secretary of State for Northern Ire…

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@sylviademars.me & @colinmurray.bsky.social have played leading roles in preparing a major new research report for Northern Ireland's statutory human rights body, the NIHRC @nihrc.bsky.social nihrc.org/publication/...

New Article Spotlight: Connecting the Dots: Placing Children Within the Wider Landscape of Peace Studies Children remain consistently absent from formal peace negotiations. Sean Molloy of @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social reflects on how to fix this. Read here: peacenews.com/connecting-t...

When does empowering parties in mediation cross the line into undermining their rights? Viktoriia Hamaiunova, @newcastleuni.bsky.social, @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social discusses: faculti.net/recalibratin... #law

If you happen to be a LinkedIn person, you can now find us there too: www.linkedin.com/company/newc...

Wed 10 Dec, 13:00 Join us for Authoring the Nation: Madame de Staël and the Literary Origins of the State. Adam Rowe & Ruth Houghton will explore how Mme de Staël crafted a theory of the State and constituent power where the nation & its literature were co-constitutive. www.ncl.ac.uk/law/events/i...

Congratulations to @colinmurray.bsky.social & Tom Frost on being awarded the Melbourne International Law Journal's 2025 prize for their article on the application of self determination norms in the ICJ's Advisory Opinon on the Chagos Islands.

Last week @ncl-congov.bsky.social held an Early Career Researcher workshop @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social on Environmental and Digital constitutionalism. @nifemiadesina.bsky.social, Marie and Li presented their fascinating research projects!

Ruth Houghton@ruthhoughton.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Coming up later this month @ncl-congov.bsky.social @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social an exciting workshop led by ECRs on digital and environmental constitutionalism

On 26 Nov 13:00, Dr Jon Quayle will be discussing Shelley's Poetical Pisgah as a model for understanding how Shelley conceptualises the future and how poetry can open up the mind to visions of the future and utopian prospects. www.ncl.ac.uk/law/events/i...

On 26 Nov 13:00, Dr Jon Quayle will be discussing Shelley's Poetical Pisgah as a model for understanding how Shelley conceptualises the future and how poetry can open up the mind to visions of the future and utopian prospects. www.ncl.ac.uk/law/events/i...

Watch the first episode of the Business & Law Research Group's podcast Conversations on Competition Law and Policy where Isaac Juma discusses the DMCCA with Prof Oles Andriychuk.

Unpacking the DMCCA: In conversation will Prof. Oles Andriychuk, Exeter Law School

Isaac is joined by Professor Oles Andriychuk (Exeter Law School), a specialist in competition law and digital markets to explore the latest shifts in UK competition law and digital markets, focusing…

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Looking to do a Law PhD as part of a supportive and vibrant research community? Apply to NINE Doctoral Training Studentships. We host students in 4 pathways: Law & Society, Children Youth & Families, Conflict Security & Justice, and Environment Climate & Sustainability www.ncl.ac.uk/law/study/la...

PhD studentships in law

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On 13th November 2025, at LSE Law, London, our Dr Emily Jones will present a talk titled ‘No Future for Future Generations: Who is International Environmental Law For?’

PIL Hub: ‘No Future for Future Generations: Who is International Environmental Law For?’ - LSE Law School Events

The PIL hub lunch-time seminar series aims to provide an opportunity to discuss and debate leading research on contemporary, theoretical and historical issues of international law.   Speaker: Dr…

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