Professor Engobo Emeseh
Head of Law School / Professor
| Faculty/Dept/School |
School of Law (Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences) |
|---|---|
| e.emeseh@bradford.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +441274 234461 |
Biography
Professor Emeseh has extensive experience in higher education both within and outside the UK. Professor Emeseh has led the development of innovative market relevant degree schemes, portfolio reviews, and diversification of delivery formats to cater to a wide audience, maximise resources, and improve the student learning experience, including external engagement and skills development.Engobo obtained her PhD from the Centre for Energy Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee. She graduated with a first class from the Nigeria Law School and Distinction from the University of Wales Cardiff. She is a former British Council Chevening Scholar, and a Ford Foundation (IFP) doctoral fellow. Prior to her academic career, she practiced as a barrister and solicitor in Nigeria, having been called to the Nigerian Bar.
Research
Professor Emeseh’s research is broadly in the area of environmental law and policy, with particular interests in regulation and enforcement, environmental justice, corporate social responsibility, and the interface between environmental regulation and international economic law. She has published widely and presented papers at academic conferences and other international fora, usually within the context of the natural resources industry in Africa. She has been invited as an expert or appointed as a consultant on these issues by distinguished organisations such as the UNDP, the Africa Capacity Building Foundation, the African Legal Support Facility and the UN Economic Commission for Africa Institute for Economic Development and Planning. Professor Emeseh has demonstrated sustained interest in knowledge transfer and wider engagement, and has led the establishment of several initiatives to create spaces for discourse, networking, and capacity building both within and outside academiaTeaching
Teaching interests
Engobo teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with particular interests in Environmental law and Policy, Criminal Justice, and Human Rights. She has supervised and examined PhD research theses, especially in the fields of Environmental Law Policy, Climate Change, and Natural Resources Management; and welcomes research proposals in these and related areas.
| Year | Module code | Title | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW7021-B | International Environmental Law | ||
| LAW7051-B | International Humanitarian Law (Distance Learning) | ||
| LAW7052-B | International Environmental Law (Distance Learning) | ||
| LAW7064-B | Business Human Rights and Environment (Distance Learning) | ||
| LAW7067-B | International Trade and Investment Law (Distance Learning) | ||
| LAW7075-B | Regulation of Capital Markets and Securities (Distance Learning) | ||
| LAW4006-B | Business Law and Ethics for Accountants | ||
| LAW4007-B | Contract Law | ||
| LAW4008-B | Human Rights | ||
| LAW4009-B | Introduction to Legal Skills | ||
| LAW4010-B | Legal System: Sources and Institutions | ||
| LAW4011-B | Public Law | ||
| LAW5003-B | Criminal Law | ||
| LAW5015-B | Equity & Trust | ||
| LAW4012-B | Law of Tort | ||
| LAW5012-B | Safe AI: Ethics, Law and Governance | ||
| LAW5013-B | Clinical and Employability Skills in Context | ||
| LAW5018-B | Law in the Community: Public Legal Education Route | ||
| LAW6013-B | Immigration and Asylum Law | ||
| LAW6014-B | Law of Succession | ||
| LAW6015-B | Commercial Law | ||
| LAW6016-B | Company Law | ||
| LAW6021-B | Environmental Law | ||
| LAW7008-B | International Intellectual Property Law | ||
| LAW7014-B | Employment Law | ||
| LAW7019-B | International Humanitarian Law | ||
| LAW7023-B | Immigration and Refugee Law | ||
| LAW7028-B | Law for Expert Witnesses | ||
| LAW7029-R | Foundations of Law and Skills | ||
| LAW7030-B | Sustainable Development Law in Contemporary Business and Society | ||
| LAW7031-B | International Commercial Contracts and E-Commerce | ||
| LAW7033-B | International Petroleum Law | ||
| LAW7034-B | International Water Resources Law | ||
| LAW7035-B | Regulatory Theory and Practice | ||
| LAW7038-B | Law and Gender | ||
| LAW7040-B | Climate Change Law and Policy | ||
| LAW7041-B | Business Human Rights and Environment | ||
| LAW7044-B | Public International Law | ||
| LAW7046-B | International Criminal Law | ||
| LAW7047-B | International Commercial Dispute Resolution | ||
| LAW7073-B | International Law of Taxation | ||
| LAW7074-B | Emerging Issues in Law (Summer School) | ||
| LAW7078-B | Regulation of Financial Technologies and Virtual Assets | ||
| LAW7080-B | Law and Ethics of Technology and Artificial Intelligence | ||
| LAW7032-E | Dissertation | ||
| LAW7037-B | International Banking and Finance Law | ||
| LAW7042-B | Waste Management Law |
Professional activities
- General Administration: Head of School
Publications
| Peer Reviewed Journal | |
|---|---|
| Title | CSR, human rights abuse and sustainability report accountability (2019) |
| Authors | Emeseh, Engobo; Songi, O. |
| Title | Analysis of safety and environmental regulations for downstream petroleum industry operations in Nigeria: Problems and prospects (2014) |
| Authors | Ambituuni, A.; Amezaga, J.; Emeseh, Engobo |
| Journal | Environmental Development |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2013.12.002 |
| Title | Framework for Achieving Sustainability in Investment Decisions: Refl ections on Rio+20 (2014) |
| Authors | Emeseh, Engobo; Aboah, A.; Barmakhshad, H. |
| Book Chapters | |
|---|---|
| Title | Environmental victims, access to justice and the sustainable development goals (2018) |
| Authors | Emeseh, Engobo |
| Title | Climate Change and the Oil Industry in Nigeria: Policy and Action Imperatives for Sustainability (2017) |
| Authors | Emeseh, Engobo |