Rosie Harding

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Professor Harding is happy to supervise postgraduate research students in any of the following areas:

- Mental Capacity and Disability Law, especially research involving questions of everyday decision-making, dementia, intellectual disability, powers of attorney, advance directives and end of life decision making.
- Older persons rights, especially research focused on older person’s attitudes to human rights, and the arguments for and against a new international convention on the rights of older persons.

She is especially interested in supervising research involving empirical socio-legal methods. Potential research students are welcome to contact her by email to discuss their research proposals prior to submitting a formal application.

Current PhD Students:
- Alex Cisneros ‘Vulnerability, Deprivation of Liberty and the Liberty Protection Safeguards’
- Dhanishka Seneviratne ‘Vulnerability, Relationality, and Disability-Selective Abortions: Assessing the effects of responsive state action in the conflict between disability rights and reproductive choice’ (ESRC Funded)
- Sumaiyah Kholwadia ‘Legal and Policy Barriers Impeding Muslim Women's Right to Spiritual Equality’ (AHRC funded)
- Aman Thakur ‘Developing disability assessment policies in light of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’.
- Ketevan Khomeriki ‘Reconceptualising mental health law through experiences of people with psychosocial needs in Georgia’ (ESRC funded)

Research activity per year

24 Article
18 Chapter
6 Book
5 Book/Film/Article review
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2025

Valuing Care in Testamentary Promises
Harding, R., Feb 2025, In: Edinburgh Law Review. 29, 1, p. 97-103 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

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2024
A Socio-Legal Investigation into Making Plans for Dying: Perspectives of People with Dementia
Waterman, C., Harding, R. & Peel, E., 28 Nov 2024, Death, Dying and Bereavement: New Sociological Perspectives. 1 ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 88-102 15 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Raising relational legal consciousness through co-production research? Making law more accessible
Harding, R. & Keeling, A., 25 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Law and Society. 51, S1, p. S102-S117 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Recommendations to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in decentralized clinical trials
Aiyegbusi, O. L., Cruz Rivera, S., Kamudoni, P., Anderson, N., Collis, P., Denniston, A. K., Harding, R., Hughes, S. E., Khunti, K. K., Kotecha, D., Krumholz, H., Liu, X., McMullan, C., Molony-Oates, B., Monteiro, J., Myles, P., Rantell, K. R., Soltys, K., Verdi, R. & Wilson, R. & 1 others, Calvert, M. J., 29 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Risks, benefits, opportunities, and electronic formalities in the law of wills: a comparative approach
Hall, M., Cockburn, T., Crawford, B. J., Harding, R. & Purser, K., 30 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: McGill Law Journal.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2023
Development and usability testing of an electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) solution for patients with inflammatory diseases in an Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) basket trial
McMullan, C., Retzer, A., Hughes, S., Aiyegbusi, O. L., Bathurst, C., Boyd, A., Coleman, J., Davies, E. H., Denniston, A., Dunster, H., Frost, C., Harding, R., Hunn, A., Kyte, D., Malpass, R., McNamara, G., Mitchell, S. A., Mittal, S., Newsome, P. & Price, G. & 5 others, Rowe, A., van Reil, W., Walker, A., Wilson, R. & Calvert, M., 9 Oct 2023, In: Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. 7, 1, 13 p., 98.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Making Legal Information Accessible and Supporting Vulnerable Clients
Harding, R., 7 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Elder Law and Capacity. 2023, Spring, p. 15-34 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2022
Doing research with intellectually disabled participants: reflections on the challenges of capacity and consent in socio-legal research
Harding, R., 17 Jan 2022, In: Journal of Law and Society. 48, S1, p. S28-S43 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Feasibility of a new electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) system for an advanced therapy clinical trial in immune-mediated inflammatory disease (PROmics): protocol for a qualitative feasibility study
Hughes, S., McMullan, C., Rowe, A., Retzer, A., Malpass, R., Bathurst, C., Davies, E. H., Frost, C., McNamara, G., Harding, R., Price, G., Wilson, R., Walker, A., Newsome, P. & Calvert, M., 6 Sept 2022, In: BMJ open. 12, 9, 10 p., e063199.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Legal consciousness and administrative justice
Cowan, D. & Harding, R., 31 Jul 2022, The Oxford Handbook of Administrative Justice. Hertogh, M., Kirkham, R., Thomas, R. & Tomlinson, J. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 437–456
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Situating the right to enjoy legal capacity
Harding, R., Donnelly, M. & Tascioglu , E., 5 May 2022, Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context. Donnelly, M., Harding, R. & Tascioglu, E. (eds.). 1st ed. Oxford: Hart Publishing, p. 1-18 18 p. (Oñati International Series in Law and Society).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Supporting everyday legal capacity: navigating the complexities of putting rights into practice
Harding, R., 5 May 2022, Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context. Donnelly, M., Harding, R. & Tascioglu, E. (eds.). 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 291-313 23 p. (Oñati International Series in Law and Society).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context
Donnelly, M. (Editor), Harding, R. (Editor) & Tascioglu , E. (Editor), 5 May 2022, 1st ed. Oxford: Hart Publishing. 336 p. (Oñati International Series in Law and Society)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2021
Capabilities, capacity and consent: sexual intimacy in the court of protection
Lindsey, J. & Harding, R., Mar 2021, In: Journal of Law and Society. 48, 1, p. 60-83 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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COVID-19 in adult social care: futures, funding and fairness
Harding, R., 29 Jul 2021, Pandemic Legalities: Legal Responses to COVID-19 - Justice and Social Responsibility. Cowan, D. & Mumford, A. (eds.). Bristol University Press, p. 119-130 12 p. (Law, Society, Policy).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Safeguarding freedom? Liberty Protection Safeguards, social justice and the rule of law
Harding, R., 29 Dec 2021, In: Current Legal Problems. 74, 1, p. 329–359 31 p., cuab011.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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“He got down on one knee”: intellectual disability, intimacy and family law
Harding, R., 13 Apr 2021, Disability, Care and Family Law. Clough, B. & Herring, J. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge, p. 156-181 26 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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2020

Challenging Capacity: Shifting Paradigms of Intellectual Disability across Law, Medicine and Society
Harding, R., Sept 2020, Research Handbook on Socio-Legal Studies of Medicine and Health. Jacob, M.-A. & Kirkland, A. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 52-69 17 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Response: Reflections on Ageing and the Binaries of Vulnerability
Harding, R., 2020, Embracing Vulnerability: The Challenges and Implications for Law. Bedford, D. & Herring, J. (eds.). Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
‘That’s a bit of a minefield': Supported decision-making in intellectually disabled people’s intimate lives
Harding, R. & Tascioglu , E., 11 Mar 2020, Research Handbook on Gender, Sexuality and the Law. Ashford, C. & Maine, A. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 256-270 14 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2019
Polyphonic legality: power of attorney through dialogic interaction
Harding, R. & Peel, E., 1 Oct 2019, Social and Legal Studies, 28, 5, p. 675-697 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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White v White 2001 SC 689: Commentary on White v White
Harding, R., 1 Jan 2019, Scottish Feminist Judgments: (Re)Creating Law from the Outside In. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, p. 166-171 6 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2018
Consent recommendations for research and international data sharing involving persons with dementia
Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, Ageing and Dementia Task Team, Oct 2018, In: Alzheimer's & Dementia. 14, 10, p. 1334-1343 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Equality, social justice, and older people
Harding, R., 30 Nov 2018, Ageing, Ageism and the Law: European Perspectives on the Rights of Older Persons. Doron, I. & Georgantzi, N. (eds.). Cheltenham, p. 15-36 22 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Heteronormativity in dissolution proceedings: exploring the impact of recourse to legal advice in same sex relationship breakdown
Bendall, C. & Harding, R., 8 Mar 2018, Philosophical foundations of children’s and family law. Brake, E. & Ferguson, L. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 134-152 19 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Harding, R., 27 Dec 2018, Women's Legal Landmarks: Celebrating the History of Women and Law in the UK and Ireland. Rackley, E. & Auchmuty, R. (eds.). 1st ed. Hart Publishing, p. 533-538 6 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Supported decision-making from theory to practice: implementing the right to enjoy legal capacity
Harding, R. & Tascioglu, E., 24 Apr 2018, In: Societies. 8, 2, 17 p., 25.
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Supporting legal capacity through supported decision making
Harding, R., Sept 2018, Down's Syndrome Association Journal, 138, p. 30-31 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2017
A relational (re)view of the UK's social care crisis
Harding, R., 19 Sept 2017, In: Palgrave Communications. 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Care and Relationality: Supported decision-making under the UN CRPD
Harding, R., 2017, Revaluing Care in Theory, Law and Policy: Cycles and Connections. Harding, R., Fletcher, R. & Beasley, C. (eds.). Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus)
Duties to Care: Dementia, Relationality and Law
Harding, R., 21 Aug 2017, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 282 p. (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
ReValuing Care: Cycles and Connections
Harding, R., Fletcher, R. & Beasley, C., 2017, ReValuing Care in Theory, Law and Policy: Cycles and Connections. Harding, R., Fletcher, R. & Beasley, C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 1-13 13 p. (Social Justice).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
ReValuing Care in Theory, Law and Policy: Cycles and Connections
Harding, R. (Editor), Beasley, C. (Editor) & Fletcher, R. (Editor), 2017, Routledge. 254 p. (Social Justice)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Statutory Wills: Doing the right thing under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Curtice, M., Harding, R. & Milward, K., 4 Jan 2017, In: BJ Psych Advances. 23, 1, p. 54-62
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2016

Ageing and Sexualities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Peel, E. (Editor) & Harding, R. (Editor), 6 Jan 2016, Ashgate.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
General Introduction
Harding, R., 8 Apr 2016, Law and Sexuality: Critical Concepts in Law. Harding, R. (ed.). Routledge, p. 1-17 17 p. (Critical Concepts in Law).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Introduction: Ageing and Sexualities
Harding, R. & Peel, E., 6 Jan 2016, Ageing and Sexualities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Ashgate
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Law and Sexuality
Harding, R. (Editor), 1 Apr 2016, Routledge. (Critical Concepts in Law)
Research output: Book/Report › Book

1 Citation (Scopus)
Sociolegal and practice implications of caring for LGBT people with dementia
Peel, E., Taylor, H. & Harding, R., 30 Nov 2016, In: Nursing Older People. 28, 10, p. 26-30 5 p.
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2015

(Re)Inscribing the Heteronormative Family: Same-sex relationships and parenting ‘after equality’
Harding, R., 2015, After Legal Equality : Family, Sex, Kinship. Leckey, R. (ed.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 184-199 15 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
A Right to ‘Dying Well’ with Dementia? Capacity, ‘choice’ and relationality
Harding, R. & Peel, E., Jan 2015, In: Feminism and Psychology. 25, 1, p. 137-142 5 p.
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Playing 'House of Lords Bingo': A critical discourse analysis of Hansard debates on civil partnership and same sex marriage
Harding, R., 24 Sept 2015, Marriage Rites and Rights. Miles, J., Mody, P. & Probert, R. (eds.). Oxford: Hart Publishing, p. 227-252 25 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
The rise of statutory wills and the limits of best interests decision-making in inheritance
Harding, R., 2 Nov 2015, In: Modern Law Review. 78, 6, p. 945-970
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2014

Dementia and Carers: Relationality and informal carers' experiences
Harding, R., 2014, The Law and Ethics of Dementia. Foster, C., Herring, J. & Doron, I. (eds.). Oxford: Hart Publishing, p. 379-391 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
“It’s a huge maze, the system, it’s a terrible maze”: Dementia carers’ constructions of navigating health and social care services
Peel, E. & Harding, R., 2014, In: Dementia. 13, 5, p. 642-661
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2013
'He was like a Zombie': Off-label Prescription of Antipsychotic Drugs in Dementia
Harding, R. & Peel, E., 2013, In: Medical Law Review. 21, 2, p. 243-277 35 p.
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2012

Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law, by Charles Foster. Oxford: Hart, 2011, xxxi + 178 + (index) 5pp (£30.00 paperback). ISBN 978-1-84946-177-1.
Harding, R., Dec 2012, In: Legal Studies. 32, 4, p. 668-673 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Legal constructions of dementia : discourses of autonomy at the margins of capacity
Harding, R., 1 Dec 2012, In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 34, 4, p. 425-442
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Review of Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law, by Charles Foster. Oxford: Hart, 2011.
Harding, R., Dec 2012, In: Legal Studies. p. 668-673 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Review of Martha Albertson Fineman, Jack E. Jackson and Adam P. Romero (eds): Feminist and Queer Legal Theory: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations Farnham: Ashgate (2009)
Harding, R., 2 Nov 2012, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Feminist Legal Studies.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

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