Research Fellows
Research Fellows
Joshua Andresen
Associate Professor of National Security and Foreign Relations Law
International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, Sanctions
Hrafn Asgeirsson
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law; Co-Director of the Surrey Centre for Law & Philosophy
General Jurisprudence, Law and language, Law and metaethics
Mikolaj Barczentewicz
Associate Professor of Law
Law and Technology, Public Law, General jurisprudence and constitutional theory
Bebhinn Donnelly-Lazarov
Professor of Neuroscience, Law, and Legal Philosophy; Head of School of Social Sciences
Philosophy of action, Criminal law theory, Consciousness
Kenneth Ehrenberg
Professor of Jurisprudence and Philosophy; Co-Director of the Surrey Centre for Law & Philosophy
Social ontology of law, Legal validity, Authority
Claire Hogg
Lecturer in Law
Criminal law theory, Criminal law and mental disorder, Mental health and capacity law
Taylor Koles
Lecturer in Private Law
Private Law Theory, Moral and Political Philosophy, and Language and the Law.
Ambrose Y. K. Lee
Associate Professor
Criminal justice, Moral and legal responsibility, Law and authority, Legal and moral luck
Sebastian Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Public Law and Legal Theory and Co-Director of the Surrey Centre for Law & Philosophy
General Jurisprudence, Foundations of Law, Public Law Theory
Ira Lindsay
Associate Professor in Finance Law and Ethics, Head of Surrey Law School
Tax, Property, Legal Theory
Lucas Miotto
Associate Professor in Law and Philosophy
Jurisprudence, Coercion, Global health justice, Digital ethics
Marie Newhouse
Associate Professor in Law, Philosophy, and Public Policy
Kantian legal philosophy, Criminal Law
Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco
Professor in Moral and Political Philosophy (Jurisprudence)
Private Law Theory, Practical Reason and Law, Authority
Christopher P. Taggart
Senior Lecturer; SCLP UG Fellowship Program coordinator
Action theory, Moral responsibility, Philosophy of criminal law
Affiliate Fellows
Ryan Abbott
Professor of Law & Health Sciences
Law and AI/Technology, Intellectual property law, Health care law
Feja Lesniewska
Senior Lecturer in Law
Earth-space jurisprudence, rights of nature/ multispecies rights, ecological law.
Alex Leveringhaus
Affiliate Fellow; Lecturer in Political Theory; Co-Director, Centre for International Intervention
Political philosophy, Just war theory, Ethics and technology
Bernadette Zelger
Senior Lecturer in Law
EU Law, International Economic Law, Economic Constitutional Law
External Affiliate Fellows
Stephen Bero
Senior Lecturer in Private Law (on leave 2024-2025); Visiting Professor, University of Texas, School of Law
Private law theory, Law and emotions, Moral psychology
Mikolaj Firlej
Lecturer in AI Law and Regulation
Regulation and AI/technology, Legal philosophy, Privacy law
Luke Mason
Affiliate Fellow; Professor of Jurisprudence/Head of Westminster Law School
Legal reasoning and thought, Labour law and social policy, Legal education
Giovanni Sartor
Affiliate Fellow & SCLP Visiting Professor of Law and Artificial Intelligence; Professor of Legal Informatics and Legal Theory, European University Institute/U. of Bologna
Law and AI/technology, Law and logic, Argumentation
Krystof Turek
Affiliate Fellow; Senior Lecturer, Westminster Law School
General jurisprudence, Private law theory, Moral theories of restitution
PhD Research Fellows
Marco De Bellis
General Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory
Supervisors: Sebastian Lewis and Ken EhrenbergBenjamin Ruiz Garcia
General Jurisprudence
Supervisors: Hrafn Asgeirsson and Ken EhrenbergJuan Diego Dimaté Gómez
International Law and Jurisprudence
Supervisors: Joshua Andresen and Arman SarvarianSamuel Lovering
Criminal Law and Criminal Law Theory
Supervisors: Christopher Taggart and Ambrose LeeRomain Marchant
Private Law Theory and Moral Philosophy
Supervisors: Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco and Taylor KolesBárbara Ronsoni de Oliveira
General Jurisprudence
Supervisors: Lucas Miotto and Taylor KolesYunxuan Zhao
General Jurisprudence and Meta-Ethics
Supervisors: Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco and Ira Lindsay
SCLP Research Associates
Caterina Fabiani
Trainee Lawyer, Studio Legale, Milan; SCLP Research Associate; SCLP PhD 2023
Andrew Field
SCLP Research Associate; SCLP PhD 2023
Chantal Frindall
Lecturer in Law, U. of Brighton; SCLP Research Associate; SCLP PhD 2024
Alex Houghton
Lecturer in Public Law and Jurisprudence, U. of Stirling Law School; SCLP Research Associate; SCLP PhD 2024
Daniel Peixoto Murata
Professor of Law, Mackenzie Presbyterian University Law School, São Paulo; SCLP Research Associate; SCLP PhD 2022
Simon Palmer
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law; SCLP PhD 2025; SCLP Research Associate
Armando Romero
SCLP PhD 2005; SCLP Research Associate; Teaching Associate, Surrey Law School
Xi Zhang
Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; NYU Law JSD 2025; SCLP Research Associate; Teaching Associate, Surrey Law School.
Former Visiting Fellows
Paul Boswell
Visiting Fellow; Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP
Sandra Gomora
Fellow at the Legal Research Institute, UNAM (Mexico)
Visiting Fellow (October 2025 – March 2026).
Areas of Expertise: Jurisprudence, Precedent, Legal Reasoning, New Forms of Law-Making.Stephen E. Mathis
Visiting Fellow; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bergen, Faculty of Law
Visiting PhD Students
Fabian Mendoza
PhD Candidate at the University of Genoa, Italy.
Thesis: Judicial law-making: An analysis of the Colombian case based on Genovese analytical realism and the pragmatics of language
Supervisor: Professor Pierluigi Chiassoni
Visit Period: February-June 2026
Former Visiting PhD Students
Priscila Andrade
PhD Candidate in Legal Philosophy at PUC-Rio, Brazil.
Thesis Title: 'Precedent and Legal Change'.
Supervisors: Professor Noel Struchiner.
SCLP Visiting Period: March-April 2025.Mila Djordjevic
Assistant at the Faculty of Law University of Belgrade.
Thesis: Access to Justice of Precarious Workers in the Republic of Serbia.
Supervisor: Professor Danilo Vuković
Visit Period: January-February 2025Mario Sandoval Islas
PhD Candidate at the Tarello Institute for Legal Philosophy, University of Genoa, Italy.
Thesis: Interpreting Precedent
Supervisor: Professor Pierluigi Chiassoni
Visit Period: February-August 2025Fabian Mendoza
PhD Candidate at the University of Genoa, Italy.
Thesis: Judicial law-making: An analysis of the Colombian case based on Genovese analytical realism and the pragmatics of language
Supervisor: Professor Pierluigi Chiassoni
Visit Period: February-June 2026Tianqui Shi
PhD Candidate in Law at UCL.
Thesis Title: 'Disrupted identities: Reconstructing and reinterpreting sex crimes in cyberspace'.
Supervisor: Professor Mark Dsouza.
SCLP Visiting Period: January-December 2025.Sava Vojnovic
PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade.
Thesis Title: 'Legal Liability and Free Will'.
Supervisors: Professors Bojan Spaic and Miodrag Jovanović.
SCLP Visiting Period: February-April 2025.Ana Zdravkovic
PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade.
Thesis Title: 'Absolute Human Rights'.
Supervisors: Professor Bojana Čučković.
SCLP Visiting Period: February-April 2025.Xi Zhang
Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; NYU Law JSD 2025; SCLP Research Associate; Teaching Associate, Surrey Law School.
