Research projects

Our research explores the relationship between law and social justice, in the context of social, economic, and legal conditions.

Exposing the organ trade

Uncovering the systemic factors that enable the organ trade and its wider socio-economic impact.

Addressing the impacts of legal aid and austerity reforms in the Liverpool city region.

Investigating how the UK Government and others can increase the chances of successfully implementing NCD prevention strategies.

Exploring the complex legal, social, and emotional challenges facing unaccompanied children and young people seeking asylum.

Challenges for common criminal procedure principles and the principles of the rule of law.

A legal toolkit for Northern Ireland.

Transforming conflict, building peace.

Investigating the implications of separating older people from companion animals when they move to a residential care home or other care setting.

Donor conception in the age of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

A child-centred rights-based approach to recovery and renewal for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Improving law and lives through community-led research. Led by the University of Liverpool.