Research
Research Funding (incl. Laws Grant Review Process and Grant Funding Policy, and Staff Research Funds)
- Research Grant Sustainability Guidance - Covid-19 Contingency Planning (24 April 2020)
- Laws Grant Review Process and Grant Funding Policy
- Members of the Laws Grant Review Team: Please see the Academic Officers & Enabling Roles section on the Laws Intranet – Human Resources for the up-to-date GRT membership
- Personal Research Allowance (PRA) - see Laws intranet - Human Resources section
- Funding Opportunities - LASH and IOE Funding Opportunities
UCL Researcher Development
Research Data Management and Data Management Plan
Research Data Management and Data Management Plan (incl. DMPonline, a free tool providing a framework for creating a Data Management Plan)
Research Reading Group
Research Ethics and Academic Integrity
Please see the Faculty's Research Ethics and Academic Integrity web page for information. The following documents might be helpful:
Faculty Research Seminars
The timetable for Term 1 2025/26 can be found below in due course.
Seminars will be held in the Hong Kong Room on Wednesdays between 1 and 2 pm, unless stated otherwise, as well as online (hybrid). Please contact laws.research@ucl.ac.uk, if you have any questions. A sandwich lunch will be provided, please advise of any allergies.
Term 1 2025/26
| Date | Room | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 8 Oct 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 15 Oct 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 22 Oct 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 29 Oct 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 5 Nov 2025 | Hong Kong & online | READING WEEK - no seminar | |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 19 Nov 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 26 Nov 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 3 Dec 2025 | Hong Kong & online | ||
| 10 Dec 2025 | Hong Kong & online |
**15 December 2021: Interdisciplinary legal research panel discussion - Eloise Scotford, Uta Staiger and Michael Veale. For a recording of the panel discussion, please click here (this will take you to Zoom where you will need to login with your UCL credentials and then the recording). The passcode to access the recording is: M85QfZ%+
***9 February 2022: Open Access Policy Briefing: Recording available here (this will take you to Zoom where you will need to login with your UCL credentials and then the recording). The passcode to access the recording is: umL0^=tD
Public Engagement
- UCL Public Engagement Unit
- If you would like to talk about public engagement, communication or events at UCL Laws, please contact Laws Communications, laws.communications@ucl.ac.uk) and/or Lisa Penfold (Events, lisa.penfold@ucl.ac.uk)
Research Excellence Framework (REF)
REF 2014: Information and Guidance
Research Student Supervision and Laws' MPhil / PhD Programme
Information provided to current research students
Information provided to all current research students can be found on the Laws Research Students moodle page
Research supervision at UCL
- The Doctoral School is committed to ensuring that the quality of research training at UCL is at the highest international level. Their website provides information and links to all elements of the doctoral research training environment at UCL, e.g.
- Please note, the online course Introduction to research supervision is mandatory for all members of academic staff wishing to be appointed as research supervisors at UCL, including new members of academic staff with experience of research supervision at other institutions.
- PhD supervision: brief notes on best practice (to be added shortly)
UCL Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN
The Faculty launched its own SSRN Research Paper Series (RPS) in October 2018. The RPS consists of a customized SSRN homepage and a branded eJournal with recent research output which is sent to subscribers. Additionally, there is a dedicated page featuring our Legal Studies RPS on the Laws website. We expect that these measures will lead to increased visibility and more downloads and citations. Additionally, we can enhance our Open Access contribution to the REF environment statement to show how we go beyond HEFCE’s OA requirements. To submit papers to the SSRN Research Papers Series, please follow these guidelines.
Faculty of Laws Policy on Research Centres, Institutes, and Groups
The Faculty of Laws Policy on Research Centres, Institutes, and Groups, 24 May 2023, updated on 20 June 2024
Support for impact activities & Policy Briefs
Laws Impact Strategy
Policy Brief Project
Each year, the Faculty will support the production of two policy briefs and associated policy translation activities connected to an ongoing, or recently concluded, research project.
Selected applicants will benefit from drafting and stakeholder mapping support, as well as engagement of end users in the development and dissemination of final outputs.
For more information on this initiative please contact isra.black@ucl.ac.uk or l.shackleton@ucl.ac.uk.
College-level support for impact activities
There is a range of support available through OVPRIGE (Office of the UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement)) including training, funding and specialist advice: