Kent Law School Professor Amanda Perry-Kessaris has been awarded a grant for an innovative research project that will explore\u00a0the use of graphic design in the negotiations over the possible reunification of Cyprus.<\/p>\n
The grant for \u00a32730 has been awarded by the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) for a project entitled \u2018Graphic design, civil society and the current negotiations for the econo-legal reunification\u00a0of Cyprus\u2019.<\/p>\n
Professor Perry-Kessaris said: \u2018This project will, for the first time, explore\u00a0the actual and potential use and limitations of graphic design in relation to econo-legal aspects of post\u00a0conflict reconciliation.<\/p>\n
\u2018It will do so through the lens of the Cyprus reunification negotiations, parties to\u00a0which are currently on a fast and credible track to submit to referendum a plan for bizonal, bicommunal federation. It will focus specifically on the use of graphic media by civil society actors to communicate about three econo-legal fields: inter-communal trade, displaced property ownership and local commercial regulation.\u2019<\/p>\n
Professor Perry-Kessaris<\/a>\u00a0has studied economics, ethnography and graphic design in addition to law; and has conducted empirical work in India, Sri Lanka and Cyprus. Her current research focuses primarily on the application of design thinking to econo-legal research and practice. Her blog on this and related topics can be found at:\u00a0http:\/\/econosociolegal.blogspot.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Major recent publications include ‘The Case for a Visualized Economic Sociology of Legal Development’ (SLSA Article Prize 2015),\u00a0Socio-legal Approaches to International Economic Law: Text, context, subtext<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Routledge 2012)\u00a0and,\u00a0Towards an Economic Sociology of Law<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>(Wiley-Blackwell 2013), co-edited with with Diamond Ashiagbor and Prabha Kotiswaran.<\/p>\n More examples of Professor Perry-Kessaris\u2019s work can be found on\u00a0Vimeo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n