Professor Lindsay Moir
| Biography | Professor Lindsay Moir is Professor of International Law. He is the longest-serving member of Law School staff, having joined the Law School as a Lecturer in 1997 after obtaining degrees from the University of Edinburgh (LLB) and the University of Cambridge (LLM, PhD). Professor Moir was a Senior Lecturer from 2003-2005, and has been Professor of International Law since 2005. He served as Head of the Law School in 2003, and again from 2009-2012. Since then, he has held a series of leadership roles including Research Director, Postgraduate Research Director, Director of Student Experience and Admissions Director. Professor Moir was a founding member and Deputy Director of the McCoubrey Centre for International Law, and has been responsible for the Law School's long-running and prestigious Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture series since 2004. He has been awarded research funding from the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Nuffield Foundation, has provided legal advice to foreign governments, and held a Visiting Fellowship at the International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is currently Admissions Director for the Law School. |
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| Research Interests | Professor Moir is a leading expert in the international legal regulation of the use of force and armed conflict. |
| Teaching and Learning | Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy Undergraduate - The Law of Armed Conflict (module leader) - International Law Postgraduate - The Use of Force and Armed Conflict (module leader) |
| Scopus Author ID | 6602606059 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Professor Moir would be interested in supervising research students on topics in the field of public international law - particularly in relation to the use of force and the laws of armed conflict. Current PhD students - Samuel Adeleke, Modern Warfare: IHL, Cyber Conflicts and Ethical Considerations - Adebayo Akinbisehin, Media Law and Freedom of Expression in Nigeria Completed PhDs - Fortune Ezeah, Protecting Non-heterosexual Rights in Africa - Nneka Okechukwu, The International Legal Framework of Peace Agreements: Power-sharing and its Role in Ending Conflicts in Africa - Carmino Massarella, Maritime Piracy and International Law - Maryam Tehrani, Gender Discrimination in Islamic Law - Cailin Mackenzie, International Human Rights Law and the Corporal Punishment of Children - Niranjini Vivekananthan, The International Legal Protection of Civilians Displaced by Non-International Armed Conflict - Gary Wilson, A Study of the Options Available to the United Nations Security Council for the Taking of Military Enforcement Action - Arturo Laurent, The Defendant, the State and the International Criminal Court: Proposals for a Viable Interdependence - James Sweeney, Human Rights, Cultural Dialogue and the European Margin of Appreciation - Hussain Al-Zahrani, Peaceful and Effective Modes of Defining Disputed or Uncertain International Boundaries, with Particular Reference to the Settlement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Land Boundaries |