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Professor Rosa Greaves has been appointed as the new International Dean for South America. Rosa, who specialises in European commercial law, has published widely in this area and is a leading researcher in European Law. In addition to her academic work, Rosa has spent a significant part of her career working for law firms in London and Brussels, as well as spending time in the European Commission and the European Court of Justice. Previously, she was a “stagiaire” in the Legal Service of the Commission, worked with a firm of City of London solicitors, and spent two years in Brussels where she worked as an in-house consultant to the Directorate General responsible for Enterprise Policy and Distributive Trades (DGXXIII), and for Coopers Lybrand Europe. She also spent six months as a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge.

Professor Julian Dow has been appointed as the new International Dean for the Middle East. Until recently, Julian was College Internationalisation Lead for MVLS, with joint responsibility for coordinating internationalisation strategy and activities across the College. Based in the Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, Julian is also Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, with research and academic interests that span functional genomics, integrative physiology, drosophila, and systems biology.

Professor Jim Murdoch has been appointed to the post of International Dean: Mobility. Jim, who read Law as an undergraduate at Glasgow, was Head of the School of Law between 1996 and 2000, and is currently Professor of Public Law. Previously, he has taught at the Universities of Mainz, Freiburg, Hamburg and Paris Ouest, and was a professeur stagiaire with the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe in France. His research interests are in domestic and European human rights law, and he is a regular participant in Council of Europe seminar programme visits to Central and East European states. In 2012, Jim was awarded the Pro Merito medal of the Council of Europe - the highest distinction granted by the Secretary General to individuals or organisations in recognition of their commitment to the Council of Europe’s values and work. The medal was presented to Jim for his work in human rights education, and, in particular, the Human Rights Project, now in its 20th year.

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First published: 20 January 2014