Morag Goodwin holds the Chair in Global Law and Development at Tilburg Law School.

Morag's research focuses on questions of exclusion, inclusion and participation, and the role of law or regulatory phenomenon (e.g. indicators or discourses) in creating and structuring exclusionary dynamics. She is particularly interested in the role that global (development) narratives play in such dynamics. 

Her earlier work examined questions of integration and law in relation to Romani communities in the European space. A more recent project (2014-2018), funded by NWO WOTRO, explored the extent to which indigenous identity of the Batwa of Rwanda functioned as a structural barrier to participation in society. More information on this project, including a short documentary, is available at www.inclusivedevelopmentrwanda.org 

For more on her approach to social exclusion in general, watch this PetchKucha on Understanding Social Exclusion in Under 7 Minutes: https://videocollege.uvt.nl/Mediasite/Play/b6caaf31c57f4513bfec355b1f5c5ce21d

Morag is also series editor of the CUP Global Law book series and director of the European Joint Doctorate in Law and Development (EDOLAD). She has been a visiting professor at FGV Direito, Sao Paolo; Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto; and at IDC School of Law, Tel Aviv.

Prof. Goodwin teaches in and co-ordinates:

• Introduction to Global Law I (LL.B. Global Law, 1st year)
• Perspectives on Law (LL.B. Global Law, 2nd year)
• Global Trade and Development Law (LL.M.)

Information on all courses is available via Osiris.

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I provide doctoral supervision in the following fields: law & development, technology & innovation in the development context, human rights, Roma, global law. My doctoral supervision is primarily directed towards qualitative research in the deveoplment sphere (broadly understood).

Current supervisees:

Asnakech Getnet: Unveiling Amhara Ethiopian Muslim Women’s Consent for Adjudication under Sharia: Complexity and Ambiguity of Consent in the Interaction between Multiple Norms and Identities (2016- ). This is an EDOLAD joint doctorate with the University of Oslo; co-supervised with Prof. Anne Hellum (Oslo). 

Maria Recalde-Vela: Narratives of Inclusion in the practice of statelessness advocacy (2018-). This is an EDOLAD joint doctorate with the University of Oslo. Co-supervised with Dr. Laura van Waas (Tilburg) and Prof. Ingunn Ikdahl (Oslo).

Completed supervision:

Ms. Nilufarkhon Karimova, The human-rights based approach to Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in the specific context of Georgia and Uzbekistan; defended in 2012 at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa (external supervisor). 

mr. Hanna Weijers, Made in Africa: A discussion on the role of law in absorptive capacity in African software industries; defended 2014. Co-supervised with Prof. Corien Prins (Tilburg)

Vikas Kathuria. Competition law in the context of development in relation to three countries: India, Brazil and South Africa; defended 2016. Co-supervised with Prof. Pierre Larouche (Tilburg).

Li Juan: Property Rights as a Tool for Empowerment in Reforming Land Financing in China; defended 2017. Co-supervised with Dr. Phillip Paiement (Tilburg).

Lulu Wei: The Legitimacy of the Gatekeeper Regime in Chinese Internet Regulation; defended 2018. Co-supervised with Prof. Bert-Jaap Koops (Tilburg).

Himani Bhakuni: Bioethics of the Developing World: Access to Medicines, Distributive Justice and Development; defended 2018. This was an EDOLAD joint doctorate with the University of Edinburgh. Co-supervised with Prof. Anne Griffiths.

Tihitina Getaneh:The Role of the Investment Legal Framework in Ethiopia’s FDI-Development Nexus. Co-supervised with Dr. Angelos Dimopoulos. Defended December 2020.

Michael Leach: A kaleidoscope of meaning fragments: Understanding the rule of law’s paradoxes in international development. This was an EDOLAD joint doctorate with the University of Edinburgh; co-supervised by Dr. Gerhard Anders (Edinburgh). It was defended cum laude in September 2021.

Kirandeep Kaur: Imaginaries of Law, Borders, and Rights. Forced MIgrant Voices of Change. This was an EDOLAD joint doctorate with the University of Oslo, co-supervised by Prof. Anne Hellum. Defended cum laude in March 2024.

Hellen Mukiri-Smith: Extracting and Exploiting Vulnerability: case studies on the impact, governance and regulation of Fintech and digital identity systems in Kenya and markets that arise from their use. Hellen was part of the ERC project, Global Data Justice. Co-supervised with Linnet Taylor. Defended in September 2024.

Nairita Roy Chauduri: Enabling Limits: A Subaltern Theory of Transforming Boundary Struggles for Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation. This was an EDOLAD joint doctorate with the University of Oslo; co-supervised with Prof. Jonathan Verschuuren (Tilburg) and Prof. Peris Sean Jones (Oslo). Defended December 2024.

Casilda Zarauz: Addressing misalignments: The Spanish state and the right to consultation of indigenous peoples in Peru. This is an EDOLAD project with the University of Deusto. Co-supervised with Dr. Daniel Augenstein (Tilburg). Defended January 2025.