Visiting fellows (2024 - 2025)
Read the profiles of some of our current and recent visiting fellows, and find out more about their research backgrounds and interests.
Dr Aliye Beyza Bayyar
14 April 2025 - 17 September 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Dr Chao Fang, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology.
- View Aliye's staff profile
- Res. Asst. Aliye Beyza Bayyar was awarded TÜBİTAK 2214-A International Doctoral Research Scholarship
Dr Marine Friant-Perrot
18 March 2025 - 31 March 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Professor Amandine Garde, Liverpool Law School.
Marine Friant-Perrot has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Nantes since 1999. She is the author of contributions in consumer law, food law and health law that have been published in national and international journals.
Dr Olga Stogova
5 March 2025 - 30 April 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Dr Greg Davies, Liverpool Law School.
Dr Olga Stogova is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Academic and Research Institute of Law at Sumy State University. She has a PhD in Political Sciences, awarded by Kharkiv National University in 2005, and her research interests include: theory of policy; ethnic politics; and local self-governance. She is the author of 70 scientific and educational works, and has participated in 43 conferences. Olga will work on a scientific article entitled “Decentralization as a constitutional principle” during her visit.
Dr Viktoriia Pankratova
5 March 2025 - 30 April 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Professor Rob Stokes, Liverpool Law School.
Dr Viktoriia Pankratova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fundamental Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law at Sumy State University. Viktoriia has a PhD in Legal Sciences, awarded in 2015 by the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. Her research interests include: theory of state and law; comparative jurisprudence; modern theories (doctrines) of law; and principles of law. She has authored more than 50 research and methodological publications, including a monograph and a textbook. Viktoriia will work on a scientific article entitled “Electronic Democracy: Experience of Foreign States” during her visit.
Dr Li Kang
1 March 2025 - 31 August 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, School of Law and Social Justice.
Dr Li Kang is an Associate Professor of Law in the Law Department, School of Public Administration, at Southwest Jiaotong University in P.R. China. His research interests include criminal procedure, comparative law, human rights and legal history.
During his visit, Dr Li Kang will work on a research project entitled ‘The Negotiated Criminal Justice: A Comparative View’. This research aims to provide a comparative analysis of negotiated criminal justice systems in different countries, with a focus on understanding the underlying legal cultures, principles, processes, and outcomes of negotiation in the context of criminal justice.
Dr Jamieson Kirkwood
5 February 2025 - 5 June 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Dr Firat Cengiz, Liverpool Law School.
Dr Jamieson Kirkwood is an Assistant Professor at the University of Dubai, where he undertakes research in relation to law and technology and teaches various modules in the LLB degree, including Criminal Law, Public Law and Introduction to Law and Legal Systems. Dr Kirkwood is a qualified Barrister in the UK, and was awarded his PhD by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. You can find his published work listed here. During his visit, Dr Kirkwood will research the overlap between AI-powered tools and the coding of smart contracts, which will culminate in a sole-authored article for a leading journal.
Dr Jennifer Young
3 February 2025 - 1 September 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Dr Sabine Jacques, Liverpool Law School.
Dr Jennifer Young is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Groningen. She is currently researching the court’s interpretations of offensive humour, working on a multi-disciplinary project funded by the Dutch Research Council. During her visit, Dr Young will undertake research as part of an ongoing collaboration with her sponsor, Dr Sabine Jacques. This research will form a significant section of the aforementioned larger project, ‘Humour in Court’, which incorporates the work of legal scholars, linguists and academics in the field of humour studies.
Nadiia Shcherbak
16 October 2024 - 6 November 2024, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Dr Áine Clancy, Liverpool Law School.
Nadiia Shcherbak is a PhD candidate in the Department of Criminal Law and Judiciary at Sumy State University, who holds a Master’s degree in Law, awarded by Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Nadiia’s research interests include criminal law, gender equality, and the prevention of manifestations of gender violence.
Katerryna Zaika
16 October 2024 - 11 November 2024, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Dr John Tribe, Liverpool Law School.
Katerryna Zaika is a PhD candidate at Sumy State University, who holds a Master’s degree in Jurisprudence, awarded by the Ukrainian Academy of Banking. Katerryna is researching the current state of bankruptcy regulation in Ukraine. The purpose of her research is to identify and investigate the main problems, and to propose ways of improving the legislation and practice in this area.
Alina Rassokhina
14 October 2024 - 28 February 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Professor Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Liverpool Law School.
Alina is a PhD candidate in the International, European and Comparative Law Department at Sumy State University, and has a special interest in media regulation. Alina has three years of law practice, winning all-Ukrainian student research competitions for several years in a row, and her PhD thesis explores the legal regulation of online media, including social media.
Dr Vladyslava Zavhorodnia
8 October 2024 - 1 November 2024, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Professor Michael Dougan, Liverpool Law School.
Dr Vladyslava Zavhorodnia is Associate Professor and Head of the International, European and Comparative Law Department. Her research interests include European law and the legal regulation of public administration.
Dr Anna Slavko
8 October 2024 - 4 November 2024, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Professor Michael Dougan, Liverpool Law School.
Dr Anna Slavko is Associate Professor and Chair of International, European and Comparative Law. She has varied research interests within the field of public administration, and has published articles on the principles of administrative law, international law and comparative law.
"My internship at the University of Liverpool lasted one month but was incredibly eventful and enriching. It was made possible through the Twinning Program between the University of Liverpool and Sumy State University (Ukraine). My research focused on the principle of justice as a core value of the European Union and the impact of the practices of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the legal systems of member states.
I am deeply grateful to my internship sponsor, Professor Michael Dougan, for his enthusiasm, willingness to host me, valuable advice on conducting my research, and continuous support throughout the internship. I must also highlight the excellent internship organisation by the School of Law and Social Justice staff, who provided extensive assistance with all organisational and academic matters.
A special thanks to Dean Valsamis Mitsilegas for fostering collaboration, Anu Arora for creating a warm atmosphere, Antal Berkes for involving me in the work of the International Law Unit, Jayne Edwards for organising our stay, and everyone else I haven't mentioned here for their openness and willingness to help. This incredible experience significantly advanced my research and helped me prepare several academic papers for publication.
I hope this internship marks the beginning of a fruitful collaboration between our institutions!"
Dr Nathália Lipovetsky e Silva
16 September 2024 - 1 March 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Dr Emily Ireland, Liverpool Law School.
Dr Nathália Lipovetsky e Silva is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Law School at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. She has recently devoted her work to investigating social issues such as the gender pay gap, paid and unpaid care and domestic work, women’s poverty and all associated consequential vulnerabilities. During her visit, Dr Lipovetsky e Silva will undertake a comparative research project regarding the legislation regulating women’s rights at two different moments in time, based on questions raised by Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. The project will analyse what rights were in force for women in England and Brazil in the 1920s and currently, through the lens of intersectionality and the feminisation of poverty.
Olena Tymoshenko
11 September 2024 - 28 February 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Dr Sabine Jacques, Liverpool Law School.
Olena is a PhD candidate in the field of law, and the title of her thesis is ‘Organizational and Legal Regulation of Objects of Intellectual Property Rights Created by Artificial Intelligence’. This thesis explores the intersection of intellectual property (IP) law and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the evolving legal frameworks governing such objects. The dissertation's exploration of AI and IP law highlights the urgent need for comprehensive legal reforms to accommodate the rapid advancements in AI technology and its creative capabilities.
Jung Ho Hyun
13 August 2024 - 4 February 2025, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Professor Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Liverpool Law School.
Jung Ho Hyun visits the School of Law and Social Justice from Cheongju District Prosecutors' Office, Korea, to embark on a research project. Titled 'Law and Practice of the Serious Disaster Punishment Act', the purpose of this research is to conduct a legal and practical study of corporate murder law in the UK, a legislative model similar to Korea's serious accident punishment law. Through this, it is possible to improve understanding of issues in the interpretation of laws and issues in the practice of investigation.
The study plans to thoroughly investigate public safety cases in Korea and contribute to the conduction of a safe Korea through research on investigative techniques in the UK.
Gerben Geessink
2 September - 1 December 2024, Self-funded track.
Hosted by Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, School of Law and Social Justice.
Gerben Geessink is a PhD candidate at the Department of Legal Theory and Legal History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Gerben’s PhD research is focussed on the compensation order (schadevergoedingsmaatregel) in Dutch criminal law. He aims to research this topic through a legal theoretical analysis of the understanding and functioning of the compensation order in the Netherlands, and through a legal comparison with England and France, where the compensation order is understood differently.
"I have been a Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool for three months, between September and November 2024. I am currently a PhD candidate at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where I am researching compensation for victims of crime within Dutch criminal procedure. During my research stay, I conducted comparative legal research on compensation orders in English criminal proceedings as part of my PhD research.
I would like to thank Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas for his willingness to be my sponsor, Mrs Jayne Edwards for all her help with arranging the research stay, and Professor Thomas Horsley for discussing the intricacies of conducting comparative legal research with me. Finally, I want to thank all the postgraduate- and guest researchers who have been so open and welcoming to me, making me truly feel part of the academic community at the University of Liverpool.
The warmth and openness of the researchers at the University of Liverpool have made this research stay not only academically fruitful, but also personally incredible. In the three months of my stay in Liverpool, I have been able to write a chapter for my thesis and present my research, but I also went on trips to Wales, Chester, and Oxford, and had lots of good times in the pub with my colleagues. In short, it has been a great experience, and therefore, I really hope I will be able to come back to the University of Liverpool at some point!"