Dr Louis Dawson

Dr Louis Dawson

Birmingham Law School
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 46866
Email
l.j.p.dawson@bham.ac.uk
Address
Birmingham Law School
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Dawson’s research interests centre around environmental law and in particular, Louis is interested in waste and resources, ecology and chemical regulation. Louis’ PhD, obtained from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and funded by an EPSRC scholarship as part of the Faraday Institutions work on lithium-ion battery recycling, examined the role of extended producer responsibility in facilitating a circular economy. During his doctoral studies, Louis was able to gain valuable insights into policy-making through secondments to the House of Commons and the Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament).

Qualifications

  • PhD Law – ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
  • LLM/LPC Legal Practice and Advanced Drafting – Swansea University
  • LLB Law  – Swansea University
  • PgCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education – University of South Wales

Biography

Louis arrived at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø from the University of South Wales where he held the post of Lecturer of Law and completed his Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Louis acted as Course Leader for USW’s Master of Law courses (LLM Laws and LLM Laws, International Commercial Law). During his doctoral studies, Louis gained secondments to the House of Commons and the Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament). 

Teaching

  • LM Environmental Protection and Pollution Control (40050)
  • LM Environmental and energy regulation (38926)

Postgraduate supervision

Find out more - our PhD Law  page has information about doctoral research at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

Research

  • Environmental law
  • Waste and resources
  • Ecology
  • Chemical regulation

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Dawson, L, Ahuja, J & Lee, R 2021, '', Environmental Law Review, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 128-143.

Ahuja, J, Dawson, L & Lee, R 2020, '', Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law.

Dawson, L 2019, '', Environmental Law Review.