Research
ManReg is a group of over 20 academics and PhD students, distinguished by our multi-disciplinarity, diverse expertise and commitment to policy engagement.
There is a proud tradition of scholarship on regulation in the School of Law going back to the 1980s. Established in 2011, The Manchester Centre for Regulation, Governance and Public Law (ManReg) continues that tradition but seeks to take it in new directions.
We are a large group of academics and PhD researchers, distinguished by our multi-disciplinarity, diverse expertise and commitment to policy engagement. Lawyers, socio-legal scholars and others work together across a wide range of areas related to regulation, governance and public law including environmental regulation, corporate governance, labour law, media law and data protection regulation, criminal law and criminal justice, policing, family and child law, EU law, constitutional and administrative law, law and religion and human rights.
We have extensive links with regulators, policy-makers and practitioners in these sectors, ensuring that our research can make a real difference.
Professor Carolyn Abbot and Dr Fae Garland are currently co-directors of the Centre.