Team
The Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies Blog is published by the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, led by a team of student editors and senior editors.
Team Members
Professor Linda Mulcahy
Senior Editor
Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Linda is the Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on how people experience the justice system. She is currently working on an oral history of radical lawyering and on the impact of video-technology on legal ritual and space.
Dr Florian Grisel
Senior Editor
Associate Professor, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Florian Grisel is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), University of Oxford. Prior to joining CSLS he was a Research Fellow at the National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris, where he was the Deputy-Director of the Centre for Theory and Analysis of Law at Paris Nanterre, and a Reader in Transnational Law at King’s College London. His work focuses on international arbitration and private governance.
Dr Caitlyn McGeer
Communications Lead
Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Caitlyn McGeer is a postdoctoral researcher working on the ERC-funded ConflictNet project within the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. She focuses on the use of artificial intelligence and social media in conflict settings in Africa. Caitlyn specializes in anticipatory action for conflict prevention and hate speech and disinformation in conflicts. Her research interests deal with gender and technology, human rights, and security.
Dr Benedetta Zocchi
Communications Lead
Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Benedetta Zocchi is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, working on the ConflictNet project. She is interested on migrants’ experiences of mobility and deportability across borders and on how such experiences interact with local spaces, histories, and agencies. Her current research focuses on migrant livelihood, digital technologies, and transnational justice in conflict-affected regions in Africa.
Urania Chiu
Lead Editor
DPhil student, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Urania is a DPhil student at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford. She is the the Lead Editor of Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies and Production Editor of the Talking about Methods podcast. Her current research focuses on law, psychiatry, and the state in Hong Kong, but she is also interested in gender and law, equality and non-discrimination, and international human rights more generally.
James Campbell
Student Editor
DPhil student, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
James is a third year DPhil student at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and a Student Editor of Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies. He has a background in performance studies, legal anthropology, and the sociology of law. His current research explores the significance of physical movement within legal spaces.
Anna Loebbert
Student Editor
DPhil student, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Anna Löbbert is a DPhil candidate at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and a Student Editor of Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies. She has a background in Social and Cultural Anthropology as well as Legal Anthropology and Philosophy. Her current research investigates law as a tool for state contestation and vehicle for radical and extremist politics.
Ayesha Pattnaik
Student Editor
DPhil student, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Ayesha Pattnaik is a DPhil candidate at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and a Student Editor of Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies. She has a background in Sociology and Anthropology, and previously worked as a researcher in India's development sector. Her current research explores experiences of internal migration and access to citizenship among informal workers in India.