Whether you are planning a career as an academic within the education sector, or as a professional researcher within the public or private sectors, the Kingston University's Law PhD will develop your research skills, help you make an original contribution to your chosen field of enquiry and enhance your professional credibility.
The Department of Law's expert academic team includes National Teaching Award winners and Fellows from the Higher Education Academy, as well as lecturing staff who combine teaching with legal practice.
You will research a topic of your choice in great depth. We particularly invite applications in the areas of:
- Gas and energy law
- Misuse of private information and breach of confidence
- AI embedded in transportation, communication and toys
- Indigenous and tribal peoples' rights
- IP law, particularly on trademarks or patents of biotechnological inventions
- Stress at work in tort
- Collective labour law
- Restorative justice
- Space law and cyber law
- The gig economy
- Natural law theory
- EU law
Please view the Department of Law's staff profiles to see if our staff specialisms are a good match with the topic you would like to study.