Research clusters
The School of Law and Social Justice's sixteen research clusters, networks, and units provide focal points for collaboration in different areas of social, legal, and political research. Through them our academic researchers can share ideas, develop projects, gain peer support, access broader networks, and organise seminars and conferences.
Staff members and PhD students can belong to multiple clusters, as can collaborators from across the University and beyond.
Clusters provide the framework for delivering postgraduate research supervision and support, with students fully integrated into projects.
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CALC researches ageing, focusing on factors that create inequalities and how health and well-being are experienced in later life.
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CLPU researches legal issues affecting charities and non-profit groups, using data-driven studies to suggest legal reforms that have influenced policy changes.
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CLAS brings together academics, researchers, policy-shapers and corporate experts to rethink the key legal principles and assumptions governing the relationship between corporations and society.
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CJU brings together leading scholars across law, sociology, social policy, and criminology to advance research on criminal justice processes, law, and policy, as well as fostering cross-department collaboration.
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CAICL studies legal frameworks and challenges in international criminal justice to improve responses to serious international crimes.
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Committed to driving forward a critical understanding of the European Union, EU Law at Liverpool offers a broad range of expertise across diverse areas of EU law and policy.
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ECRU brings together experts on children’s rights issues of global, European, and local importance.
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Liverpool Law School co-ordinates ECLAN with Université Libre de Bruxelles and the University of Luxembourg, connecting academics from 32 countries worldwide.
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Building on the history of the Feminist Legal Research Unit, FRAN takes an intersectional approach to feminist research, teaching, and scholarship.
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HLRU researches health law and policy, uniting experts to tackle key healthcare legal issues.
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ICRU focuses on research in criminology and criminal justice that is grounded in theory, backed by evidence, and relevant to both local and global issues.
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ILHRU provides a hub for researchers in the broad areas of international law and human rights.
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The Law & NCD Unit studies how laws can help prevent non-communicable diseases through strong, evidence-based policies.
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LPLU draws together wide-ranging expertise in public law, in and between global, European, and UK contexts.
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LSRC explores topics like AI, online life, state structures, racial capitalism, climate change, social class, education, culture, and architecture.
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TLSU conducts interdisciplinary research into the impact of technology on society, economy, and human interactions.