Socio-legal news
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- Events
- Publications
- Research and funding
- Vacancies
- Consultations, inquiries and surveys
- Other announcements
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SLSA events
Law, Drugs, and the Moving Body, Manchester: Call for papers and presentations
Law’s Role in Shaping and Responding to Disability and Motherhood, Reading
Workshop: Legal perspectives on climate reparations, University of Bristol: call for expressions of interest
Other events
Future of Family Law Conference, Manchester
Feminist Legal Pedagogies in Northern/Ireland, University of Galway
British Institute of International and Comparative Law: new schedule of short courses for 2025, online
'Repugnant Transactions and Taboo Trades': Baron de Lancey Lecture 2025, Cambridge
International Experiences with Children in Conflict with the Law, Edinburgh
Journal of Environmental Law Workshop 2025: On 'Greenwashing', Bristol
SLS Seminar Series: Litigation against extractives, Cambridge
Doctoral Research Masterclasses in Law, IALS, London
No Future for Future Generations, Goldsmiths, University of London
HRLC Annual Human Rights Conference: Human rights under pressure, Nottingham
Sound, Law and Place, University of Westminster
Journal of Corporate Law Studies: Online information session for women authors
Publications
Latest from Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies: Discourse Analysis
Opening up Cyprob Imaginations with an Interspecies Council: podcast about an SLSA-funded workshop
Latest on the JLS Blog: Meet the JLS Author – Tarik Kochi, University of Sussex
NILQ Reflections on Writing: Professor Shaun D Pattinson, Durham University
Vacancies
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships: open for applications
Applications are invited from early career researchers or innovators for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UKRI’s remit. See website for details. Closing date: 18 June 2025.
PhD Studentship - Data protection surrounding mass graves, Bournemouth University
Applications are invited for this studentship which forms part of the Mass Grave Protection, Investigation and Engagement (MaGPIE) research project led by Professor Melanie Klinkner. See website for details. Closing date: 3 March 2025.
REF 2029 Main and Sub-panel Recruitment: call for applications
The REF main and sub-panels are at the heart of the REF assessment process, and they bring together specialist expertise in each Unit of Assessment (UoA). Within the REF there are four main panels and 34 sub-panels. Applications are invited from individuals wishing to apply for these roles. Applicants must have the support of their employing organisation for their appointment, and applications welcomed from diverse groups. See website for details. Closing date: 28 April 2025
Barbara Huber Scholarship Program: Max Planck Institute – call for applications
The program is open to outstanding academics from foreign research institutions for particularly innovative research projects that contribute significantly to scientific progress through new perspective, questions, or findings in the subject areas of Criminology, Public Law, or Criminal Law. Each department may award one Barbara Huber Scholarship per calendar year. See website for details. Closing date: 30 September 2025.
Baldy Center, University of Buffalo, New York: Mid-career and senior fellowships in legal studies 2025-26 open for applications
The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University at Buffalo School of Law plans to award Senior or Mid-career fellowships to scholars pursuing important topics in law, legal institutions, and social policy. See webpage for details. Closing date: 24 February 2024.
AHRC International Fellowships for PhD and Early Career Researchers 2025: open for applications
Applications are invited for these fellowships based in the USA, Japan and China. See website for details. Closing date: 13 March 2025. See website for details.
Call for a Volunteer to Join the IALS Library Committee
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London (IALS) is seeking a volunteer to become one of the members representing UK law schools outside of the University of London on the IALS Library Committee. If you are an academic and interested in the national law collections and services provided by IALS Library and in representing the viewpoints of UK law researchers outside of the University of London, the IALS team would very much like to hear from you! See announcement for details. Call closes: 28 February 2025.
ESRC postdoctoral fellowships: open for applications
Applications are invited for these ESRC fellowships for scholars who have completed a PhD at a UK research organisation. See website for details. Closing date: 25 March 2025.
Consultations and surveys
Sentencing Council: Hare coursing sentencing guidelines – consultation
The Sentencing Council has published a consultation paper on draft hare coursing sentencing guidelines. See website for details. Closing date: 25 April 2025.
Other announcements
Springer Nature: Book publishing essentials – free mini course
Sign up for Springer Nature’s free mini-course on book publishing, to get a comprehensive overview and all the essential details, directly to your inbox. See website for details. There is also a step-by-step guide to book publishing.
NCRM Research Method's Rendezvous: invitation to contribute
NCRM is inviting researchers to contribute to its unique new event, the Research Methods Rendezvous. The online meet-up will provide attendees with the opportunity to present ideas for new research projects and develop them with other researchers. It is designed to be a source of inspiration, a research incubator and a networking opportunity for researchers at all career stages. See website for details. Deadline for applications: 4 March 2025.
Invitation to Participate in Research about AI and Legal Work
Professor Orna Rabinovich and Dr Vera Shikhelman are researchers engaged in a large-scale research project funded by the European Research Council on Dispute Resolution Automation (DRA). They are inviting legal professionals to take part in a short online survey. See invitation and project website for further details.
EDICa: call for participants and interviews
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Caucus (EDICa) have a number of calls for participants for various surveys they are involved with.
- Call for interviews discussing the impact Covid-19 had on careers. Find out more.
- Call for survey participants who are either an Early Career Academic (ECA), an ECA researcher manager, or a business school leader based in the UK, who can provide key information on the lived experiences and support provided to ECAs during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Find out more.
- Call for principal investigators/managers in UK academia who manage neurodivergent colleagues. Contact
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Research Methods Rendezvous: an NCRM capacity-building action – call for contributions
The Research Methods Rendezvous (RMR) is a unique opportunity to explore puzzles and concerns and begin to transform them into research that is important, feasible and impactful. The rendezvous is designed to be a source of inspiration, a research incubator and a networking opportunity for all career stages in equal measure. The event will run as two half-day sessions in the autumn of 2025, with each session focusing on a different phase of the research development process. The Nattional Centre for Research Methors is inviting applications for lightning talks for the first session, with the opportunity to further develop these ideas for the second session. Please see website for further details. The deadline for applications is 4 March 2025.
Gustav Figdor Award for Law, Social Sciences and Economics: open for applications
The Gustav Figdor Award for Law, Social Sciences and Economics is awarded for outstanding scholarly works in the fields of jurisprudence and legal theory, the social sciences and economics that are regarded as achievements equivalent to a habilitation and have been published or accepted for publication by a publishing house (peer review) no more than two years before the date of submission. In 2025, applications are accepted from scholars in the fields of jurisprudence and legal theory. See website for details. Closing date: 20 March 2025.
Academic Mentoring: Professor Didi Herman
Professor Didi Herman has retired from Kent Law School and is now offering confidential help to individuals and universities looking to improve scholarship for publication, mentoring, and the REF. See her website for details.
Professor Herman is now also offering expert consultancy to law schools for advance preparation for REF 2028.