Dr Jack Meakin
- Position: Lecturer in Law
- Areas of expertise: Legal mobilisation; Labour law; Legal theory; Law and political economy; Socio-legal studies; Constitutional law and theory.
- Email: J.Meakin@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 1.18 Liberty Building
- Website: Twitter | Googlescholar
Profile
I joined the School of Law as a Lecturer in Law in September 2021. Before joining the University of Leeds, I was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bristol. I completed my PhD in Law at the University of Glasgow. I have previously studied at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL Oñati), and the University of Bristol (LLB).
In August 2022 I will begin a two-year ESRC New Investigator Grant, undertaking research on my project ‘TRACTION: Trasnnational Labour Constitutionalism: Strategic Litigation and the Constitutional Protection of Work.’
Research interests
My research interests and activity sit at the intersection between legal/constitutional theory, socio-legal studies, and labour law. My recent work draws on legal theoretical and socio-legal insights to comprehend the ways that law has been mobilised effectively in the labour law and industrial relations context.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD, University of Glasgow
- MA, Sociology of Law, International Institute for the Sociology of Law (OƱati)
- LLB, University of Bristol
Professional memberships
- Labour Law Research Network
- Socio-Legal Studies Association
- Associate Member, Centre for Law at Work, University of Bristol
Student education
I currently contribute to teaching in the following modules:
- Constitutional and Administrative Law (UG)
- Law and Society (UG)
- Employment Law (UG)
- Comparative Human Rights Law (PG)
- Inequalities, Law and Justice (PG)
I am interested in supervising doctoral researchers in the fields of legal/constitutional theory, socio-legal studies, and labour law.
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Law and Social Justice