Research Areas for PhD and LLM supervision
At Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law, research supervision at both PhD and Master’s levels is second to none.
Applicants are welcome to contact prospective supervisors—our Faculty members’ areas of interest are listed below. Click on a person’s name to view their detailed profile and contact details.
| Subject Area | Faculty Member |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal Land tenure | Ruiping Ye |
| Administrative Law | Eddie Clark; Dean Knight |
| Bill of Rights (NZ) | Petra Butler |
| Children's Rights | Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown |
| Chinese Law | Ruiping Ye |
| Citizenship | Marnie Lloydd |
| Climate Change | Bjørn-Oliver Magsig |
| Climate Change Law and energy transition | Lee Godden |
| Company law | Victoria Stace; Matteo Solinas |
| Comparative Law | Tony Angelo; Marcin Betkier; Richard Boast; Alberto Costi; Joel Colón-Ríos ; Matteo Solinas; Ruiping Ye |
| Comparative native title and Indigenous peoples' land and water rights | Lee Godden |
| Competition Law | Marcin Betkier; Paul Scott |
| Conflict of Laws | Petra Butler; Campbell McLachlan |
| Constitutional Law | Tony Angelo; Petra Butler; Joel Colón-Ríos; Mark Hickford; Dean Knight |
| Constitutional Theory | Joel Colón-Ríos |
| Consumer Law | Kate Tokeley |
| Contract Law | David McLauchlan; Paul Scott |
| Counter-Terrorism and foreign fighting | Marnie Lloydd |
| Criminal Law and Justice | Danica McGovern; Zoë Prebble; Tony Smith; Yvette Tinsley |
| Data Privacy/Data Protection | Marcin Betkier |
| Decolonisation (after Te Tiriti o Waitangi) | Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown |
| Disaster law and climate adaptation | Lee Godden |
| Employment and Labour Law | Gordon Anderson |
| Employment Law (relating to personal grievances) | Grant Morris |
| Environmental law | Alberto Costi; Lee Godden; Catherine Iorns; Bjørn-Oliver Magsig; Joanna Mossop |
| European Law | Marcin Betkier; Matteo Solinas; Michelle Zang |
| Family Law | Bill Atkin; Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown |
| Feminist Legal Theory | Zoë Prebble |
| German Law | Petra Butler |
| Human Rights | Petra Butler; Marnie Lloydd |
| Immigration and Refugee Law | Marnie Lloydd |
| Indigenous rights | Richard Boast; Catherine Iorns |
| Insolvency Law | Victoria Stace |
| Intellectual Property Law | Graeme Austin; Susy Frankel; Hai-Yuean Tualima |
| International Arbitration | Petra Butler; Campbell McLachlan |
| International Commercial Law | Petra Butler |
| International Criminal Law | Marnie Lloydd |
| International Dispute Resolution | Petra Butler |
| International Economic Law | Meredith Kolsky Lewis; Michelle Zang |
| International Humanitarian Law | Marnie Lloydd |
| International Intellectual Property | Hai-Yuean Tualima |
| International Law | Alberto Costi; Bjørn-Oliver Magsig; Campbell McLachlan |
| International Trade Law | Gordon Anderson; Susy Frankel; Meredith Kolsky Lewis; Michelle Zang |
| IT Law/Internet Law | Marcin Betkier |
| Italian Law | Matteo Solinas |
| Judicial review | Dean Knight |
| Land Law | Richard Boast |
| Latin American Constitutionalism | Joel Colón-Ríos |
| Law and Economics | Paul Scott |
| Law and Forensic Science | Yvette Tinsley |
| Law and Language | Māmari Stephens |
| Law and Literature | Grant Morris |
| Law and Psychology | Yvette Tinsley |
| Law and Religion | Māmari Stephens |
| Law and Sexuality | Eddie Clark |
| Law of Armed Conflict | Alberto Costi |
| Law of Contempt | Tony Smith |
| Law of Freshwater Resources | Bjørn-Oliver Magsig |
| Law of Privacy | Marcin Betkier; Nicole Moreham |
| Law of the Sea | Bjørn-Oliver Magsig; Joanna Mossop |
| Law of Small States | Petra Butler |
| Legal History | Richard Boast; Mark Hickford; Grant Morris; Matteo Solinas; Ruiping Ye |
| Legal Theory/Jurisprudence | Mark Bennett; Lee Godden; Joel Colón-Ríos |
| Local Government | Dean Knight |
| Māori Land Law | Richard Boast |
| Media Law | Marcin Betkier; Nicole Moreham; Steven Price; Tony Smith |
| Medico-legal | Bill Atkin; Kate Tokeley |
| Negotiation and Mediation | Grant Morris |
| Pacific Law | Tony Angelo; Mele Tupou Vaitohi |
| Pacific Legal Systems | Hai-Yuean Tualima; Mele Tupou Vaitohi |
| Peace and Security Law | Marnie Lloydd |
| Political and Social Theory | Mark Bennett |
| Private International Law | Petra Butler |
| Property Law | Mark Bennett; Lee Godden; Victoria Stace; Ruiping Ye |
| Public Law | Petra Butler; Eddie Clark; Joel Colón-Ríos; Alberto Costi; Mark Hickford; Dean Knight; Tony Smith |
| Securities Regulation | Matteo Solinas; Victoria Stace |
| Sentencing and penal policy | Yvette Tinsley |
| Socio-legal Studies | Yvette Tinsley |
| Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown |
| Tax | John Prebble |
| Torts | Bill Atkin; Geoff McLay; Nicole Moreham |
| Traditional Knowledge | Hai-Yuean Tualima |
| Trusts Law | Mark Bennett; Geoff McLay |
| Unjust Enrichment | Petra Butler |
| Welfare Law | Bill Atkin; Māmari Stephens |