Research

2010 work:

- a paper on ICANN (particularly internationalised domain names), appearing soon in the International Journal of Law and Information Technology – Download the PDF here
- ongoing work on the Google Books settlement, presented at a staff seminar in 2009 and at the SLSA annual conference in 2010, with full paper to follow
- research on computer/video games and the law, presented at BILETA in April 2010: lengthy paper available by email on request

I also write about public law, with particular interests in devolution, language and cultural rights, and higher education. Here’s some work in that area:

- a conference paper on the Gaelic Language Act in Scotland, presented at the Scotland: Ten Years On conference in June 2009, gradually working its way through peer review
- an analysis of time limits and human rights in Scotland, published in Juridical Review in 2010 (not online, but available in most law libraries)
- the law of pseudo-public spaces: draft presented at the SLSA annual conference in 2010

Right now, I’m working on a number of projects, including the three conferences in June and a short piece about political marketing and data protection.

All publications:

My incomplete SSRN page contains some other papers: see my author page here. Here is my publications page on the Norwich Law School website, which is a fairly comprehensive list, excluding some short pieces such as book reviews.

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In 2009, I submitted a PhD on the regulation of Internet media. The viva took place in June 2010 and I passed, subject to minor corrections.  My examiners were Prof. Steve Hedley (Cork) and Prof. Thomas Gibbons (Manchester). You can read some of the material contained in the thesis in the published and conference papers that I have made available. My doctoral supervisor was Dr. Eoin O’Dell of Trinity College Dublin. I carried out some research for the thesis with support from the Northern Telecom Canadian Studies Scholarship and participated in the OII Summer Doctoral Programme; both proved particularly valuable to my work.

I also participated in the Swan Group in Dublin along with colleagues from the esteemed disciplines of economics and education, despite not studying anything beginning with E. The Swan Group receives funding from the FBD Trust and is engaged in an interdisciplinary study of education policy in Ireland. Its final report was published in 2009.

At UEA, I will be developing other research streams and will post further information as that proceeds. I participate in the media@uea initiative and am a member of the Centre for Competition Policy (CCP).