Kent Law School\u2019s Co-Director of Research Dr Emilie Cloatre has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA).<\/p>\n
Dr Cloatre was appointed earlier this month, joining Law School colleague Professor Helen Carr and a group of fourteen other academics, drawn from universities across the UK and Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Members of the Executive Committee are volunteers who attend regular meetings, help run SLSA activities, and act as officers for the organisation.<\/p>\n
The SLSA<\/a> aims to advance education and learning and in particular to advance research, teaching and the dissemination of knowledge in the field of socio-legal studies. It achieves these aims in a variety of ways including by: arranging meetings, conferences and seminars; awarding research grants and prizes; producing publications; and liaising with policy makers and research funders.<\/p>\n Dr Cloatre is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Kent Law School with research interests in law, science and technology; environmental law; governance and regulation; law, political economy and development; legal methods and epistemology; and legal theories and philosophy.<\/p>\n She is principal investigator for the AHRC Network Technoscience, Law and Society<\/a><\/p>\n Her most recent book, Knowledge, Technology and Law: At the Intersection of Socio-Legal and Science & Technology Studies<\/em> was co-edited with Martin Pickersgill and published by Routledge in 2014.<\/p>\n More information about Dr Cloatre\u2019s research interests and publications is available on her staff profile page<\/a>.<\/p>\n