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Research Interests
Medical law and ethics, family law, gender and sexuality, international human rights.
Urania Chiu is reading for a DPhil in Law under the supervision of Dr Charles Foster (Faculty of Law) and Dr Michael Dunn (Ethox Centre). Her thesis focuses on mental health law, discourse, and disability rights in Hong Kong.
Urania obtained her LLB (First Class Honours) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She also holds an LLM in Human Rights (Distinction) from the University of Hong Kong, where she was awarded the Anna Wu Prize in Human Rights. Prior to commencing her doctoral studies, she was a Research Associate at the Women's Studies Research Centre and Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, where she undertook research on gender and law, equality and non-discrimination, and international human rights law. She has published on topics including medical law and ethics and constitutional rights.