People at the Institute
The Institute comprises a Chairman, a Director and Deputy Director, a Board and Academic Staff Members.
Chaired By
- Eleanor Sharpston, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice
Director
The Board
The Board is composed of the following eminent European law specialists from the UK and abroad.
- Professor Sir David Edward
- Professor Sir Francis Jacobs
- Nicholas Green QC, Visiting Professor, Durham University
- Michael Reynolds, Allen & Overy; Visiting Professor, Durham University
- Professor David Vaughan CBE QC, Visiting Professor, University of Durham; Past President of the Union International des Advocats; Editor of the EC volumes of Halsbury's Laws of England
- The Chairman of the Board of Studies in Law at Durham University (ex officio)
Academic Staff Members
The Institute brings together academic staff members of the Law School who carry out their research in the field of European Law. Their individual interests are as follows:
- Dr Mike Adcock European Intellectual Property Law and the Regulation of Biotechnology
- Dr Orkun Akseli European Contract Law
- Mr Aaron Baker European and Comparative Employment Law
- Professor Deryck Beyleveld Medical Law, Biotechnology, Philosophy of Law
- Dr Anca Chirita European Union Competition Law and EU Contract Law
- Prof Rita de la Feria EU Tax Law, Internal Market and EU Constitutional Law
- Dr Andres Delgado-Casteleiro EU External Relations, Constitutional Law, and Internal Market.
- Dr Ronán Feehily Corporate Law (Specifically Alternative Commercial Dispute Resolution and Corporate Governance)
- Professor Helen Fenwick Sex Equality in EU Law (Indirect Discrimination, Equal Pay and Special Protection for Women)
- Dr Amandine Garde Advertising Law, Comparative Law, Consumer Law, EU Law, Food Law
- Dr. Deirdre McCann Labour Law
- Professor Clare McGlynn Rights of Women, Sex Discrimination Law
- Dr Jonathan Mukwiri European Corporate Law, EU Internal Market - particularly Free Movement of Capital
- Prof Wolfgang Schomburg EU Criminal Law, Co-operation in Criminal Matters
- Dr Robert Schütze Comparative Constitutional Law, EU Constitutional Law
- Prof Mathias Siems EU Company and Financial law
- Dr Eleanor Spaventa EU Constitutional law, Free Movement, Fundamental Rights, EU Cooperation in Criminal Matters, EU Counter-terrorism
- Dr James Sweeney European and International Human Rights, Asylum and Refugee Law
Research Student Members
DELI involves its postgraduate research students in all its activities.
- Ali M Alhamed
- Oliver Bartlett
- Eszter Belteki
- Jack Chen
- Annegret Engel
- Fateme Modabber
- H. Kubra Savas
- Omkar Sidhu
- Sadaf Shariat
- Melih Sonmez
- Wesley Yi-Hung Weng
