Diamond Ashiagbor is Professor of Law at Kent Law School, University of Kent and author of several books.

Diamond Ashiagbor
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
European University Institute
Occupation(s)Professor of Law and author

Life and work

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Ashiagbor earned her BA and MA at University of Oxford and her PhD at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. She went on to receive a Postgraduate Diploma in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education at Oxford.[1][2]

She has served as Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London and also Professor of Labour Law at SOAS University of London. She has held several visiting positions at Columbia Law School, Melbourne Law School, and Osgoode Hall.[3][4][1][2]

She was awarded in October 2020 as a Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences, the Academy proposed her fellowship by themselves.[1][5]

Selected works

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  • Ashiagbor, Diamond (2019-07-25). Re-Imagining Labour Law for Development, ISBN 9781509913152
  • Theorizing the Relationship Between Social Law and Markets in Regional Integration Projects [6]
  • The European Employment Strategy: Labour Market Regulation and New Governance[7]
  • (2019) “Introduction: Narratives of informality and development”, in Ashiagbor, D. (ed.) Re-Imagining Labour Law for Development: Informal Work in the Global North and South. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing, pp. 1–18[8]
  • (2016) “Religion and equality in multicultural workplaces: human rights and anti-discrimination discourses in EU law”, in Bogg, A., Costello, C., and Davies, A. (eds.) Research Handbook on EU Labour Law. Edward Elgar, pp. 422–444
  • (2015) “Evaluating the Reflexive Turn in Labour Law”, in Bogg, A., Costello, C., Davies, A., and Adams-Prassl, J. (eds.) The Autonomy of Labour Law. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 123–148
  • (2014) “Article 15: Freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in work, and Article 29: Right of access to placement services”, in Peers, S., Hervey, T., Kenner, J., and Ward, A. (eds.) The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Commentary. Hart Publishing
  • (2013) “The Global Financial Crisis: Impact on Labour and Employment Law”, in D Maynard, P. and Gold, N. (eds.) Poverty, Justice and the Rule of Law: Report of the Second Phase of the IBA (International Bar Association) Presidential Task Force on the Financial Crisis. International Bar Association 2013
  • (2006) “L’armonizzazione soft: il ‘Metodo aperto di coordinamento’ nella Strategia europea per occupazione”, in Barbera, M. (ed.) Nuove forme di regolazione: Il metodo aperto di coordinamento delle politiche sociali. Giuffrè Editore, pp. 99–138

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Professor Diamond Ashiagbor". Kent Law School - University of Kent. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b ORCID. "Diamond Ashiagbor (0000-0002-7533-8853)". orcid.org. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ Knight, Bill (9 March 2020). "Portraits of UK black female professors – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. ^ Diamond Ashiagbor (2005). The European Employment Strategy: Labour Market Regulation and New Governance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-927964-7.
  5. ^ "Professor Diamond Ashiagbor awarded Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences – Kent Law School News". 19 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ^ Ashiagbor, Diamond (1 February 2018). "Theorizing the Relationship Between Social Law and Markets in Regional Integration Projects". Social & Legal Studies. 27 (4): 435–455. doi:10.1177/0964663918754373. S2CID 168720213.
  7. ^ Ashiagbor, Diamond (3 November 2005). The European Employment Strategy. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199279647.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-927964-7. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ^ Ashiagbor, Diamond, ed. (2019). Re-Imagining Labour Law for Development: Informal Work in the Global North and South. Hart Publishing. doi:10.5040/9781509913138.0005. ISBN 978-1-5099-1315-2. S2CID 201340992. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.