The ERC LawAtWork PhD Scholarship at the University of Glasgow offers an exciting opportunity to investigate the impact of novel workplace technologies, such as AI and algorithmic management, on employment law enforcement and compliance. This project is designed to test the hypothesis that breaches of employment law may become more difficult to detect, remedy, and prevent when advanced technologies are used to recruit, manage, and monitor workers. The research aims to identify both the challenge...

The University of Glasgow's College of Social Sciences is offering the ERC LawAtWork PhD Scholarship for research on 'The Rule of Law at Work: Breach of Workers' Rights and Public Faith in the Rule of Law.' This project investigates the hypothesis that breaches of employment law may be more difficult to detect, remedy, and prevent when artificial intelligence and other novel technologies are used in recruitment, management, and monitoring of workers. The research will explore the intersection of...

The School of Law at Queen's University Belfast is offering a fully funded PhD studentship on the topic of 'A Critical Examination of the Role of Forensic Medical Examination in the Investigation and Prosecution of Rape in Northern Ireland.' This collaborative project, co-designed with The Rowan (Northern Ireland's Sexual Assault Referral Centre), aims to generate new empirical data on the significance of forensic medical exams (FME) in the criminal justice process, with the goal of developing b...

Professor Veronika Fikfak, Professor of Human Rights and International Law and Co-Director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights, is recruiting two postdoctoral researchers and two research assistants to join her team at University College London. The positions are part of the Break the Bias Project, which focuses on Access to Human Rights Justice. The postdoctoral roles will concentrate on the Inter-American and African human rights systems, and are ideal for lawyers interested in conducting qu...

Swansea University is offering fully funded research scholarships for the 2025/2026 academic year, open to both international and UK students. These prestigious scholarships support PhD, MPhil, MRes, and Master's by Research programmes across a wide range of disciplines, including STEM fields (such as Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, and Biomedical Engineering), Social Sciences (including Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Economics, Education, Law, Management, Linguis...