ELTE ÁJK Legal and Social Theory Open Seminars no. 1. Meeting professor David Cowan (Cardiff University)

25/04

25. April 2024.

ELTE Faculty of Law, Legal and Social Theory Department's seminar room (A building, 401).

04/25

25. April 2024. -

ELTE Faculty of Law, Legal and Social Theory Department's seminar room (A building, 401).

Dave Cowan is the Journal of Law and Society Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, at Cardiff University, where he is also interim Head of School.

His research is predominantly around housing and homelessness, and through which he engages with social theory. He is widely published in socio-legal book and journal collections, and is series editor of the Palgrave Socio-Legal Series as well as having sat on the editorial boards of leading socio-legal journals. His most recent work has focused on a variety of topics including the regulation of renting, effects of financialisaton, and legal consciousness. In 2021, Dave was awarded the UK Socio-Legal Studies Association’s prize for contributions to the socio-legal community.

Date: 25 April Thursday

Venue: Legal and Social Theory Department's seminar room (A building, 401).

Programme:

11.00-12.00 Presentation: The Business of Universities: a case study of halls of residence, comments by Márton Matyasovszky-Németh, lecturer in law and director of the Bibó College

Lunch break

13.00-14.00 How to publish in a leading English journal or with an international publisher? A discussion with Balázs Fekete, professor and department chair

This event was supported by the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.