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Staff Profile

Dr Elliot Winter

Lecturer in International Law

Background

Overview

Elliot is a legal academic specialising in international armed conflict and global security law. He has informed UK Government and United Nations policy, presented expert verbal/written evidence to the UK Parliament and provided legal training for the armed forces. Elliot's research has been widely published in, and he frequently peer reviews for, leading journals. He has taught bachelor's, master's and doctoral candidates in the UK and US and holds Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Before entering academia, Elliot qualified as a lawyer and made court appearances for the UK and Scottish Governments. He is a British citizen and Australian permanent resident.


Previous Positions

Visiting Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh, 2019

Research and Teaching Associate, University of Glasgow, 2012-2016

Solicitor and Notary Public, Harper Macleod LLP, 2010-2012 

Researcher, Harper Macleod LLP, 2008


Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Newcastle University, 2021

Master of Laws, Glasgow University, 2015

Diploma in Legal Practice, Glasgow Graduate School of Law, 2010

Bachelor of Laws, Glasgow University, 2009


Accreditation

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research

Policy Impact

Elliot's principal research focus is the interface of artificial intelligence and warfare. His work has informed UK Government and United Nations policy formation and his model on ‘observation, recognition and judgement’ was adopted in a UK working paper to the UN committee on autonomous weapons. Elliot has given expert verbal/written evidence to the UK Parliament, specifically the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Weapons Systems. He has also provided legal training for personnel in the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.


Publications

Elliot has written for highly distinguished journals including the International Review of the Red Cross (Cambridge), the Journal of Conflict and Security Law (Oxford), International and Comparative Law Quarterly (Cambridge) and the Military Law and Law of War Review (Elgar). He disseminates his research at conferences and via guest lectures in the UK and internationally.


Peer Reviewer Appointments

Elliot is a peer reviewer for the International Review of the Red Cross (Cambridge), Journal of Conflict and Security Law (Oxford), the American Journal of Legal History (Oxford), the Israel Law Review (Cambridge) and AI and Ethics (Springer). He has also carried out book reviews for Cambridge and Routledge. 


External Relationships

Elliot has relationships with parliament, government and the military. He is a member of the Advisory Board and an Academic Mentor for the Jurist Digital Scholars Programme. Elliot also has relationships with key non-governmental organisations including the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN Institute for Disarmament Research and the Conflict and Environment Observatory. 


Postgraduate Supervision

Elliot is available to supervise Ph.D and research-based LL.M students who have an interest in international law; especially where their projects focus on international armed conflict, military technologies or global security matters (e.g. cyber, environmental or space security). Please contact him directly with research proposals in the first instance. Current supervisees: Frances Nwadike, Hani Alotaibi and Aybuke Tezel.  

Teaching

Subjects

Elliot teaches international armed conflict, global security and general public international law on the bachelor's and master's programmes. He creates curricula, delivers lectures and seminars, sets and marks exam papers and provides academic and pastoral support to students from undergraduates to Ph.D candidates. In the past, Elliot has taught world trade law, private international law, contract law, tort law, corporate law and criminal law.


External Teaching and Training

Elliot has taught international armed conflict law at Pittsburgh University and remains affiliated with that institution. He has provided legal training for personnel in the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.


Leadership and Citizenship

Elliot has supported scholarship through extensive leadership and citizenship roles. His roles have included (chronologically with most recent first):

- Associate Director of Education (Employability)

- Deputy Chair of the Board of Examiners

- Strategic Lead for Employability

- Director of Career Placements

- Senior Tutor

- Faculty Executive Board Member

- Faculty Education Committee Member

- School Executive Committee Member

- Deputy Director of Excellence in Learning and Teaching

- Degree Programme Director (Undergraduate)

- Chair of the Board of Studies (Undergraduate)

- School Education Committee Member

- Directors of Excellence in Learning and Teaching Forum Member

- Student Staff Committee Member

- Deputy Degree Programme Director (Undergraduate)

- Examinations Scrutiny Committee Member

- Student Exchange Programme Panel Member

- Postgraduate Marketing Co-ordinator

- Athena Swan Steering Group Member


Awards and Nominations

- The Education Awards 2020, Nominee for Outstanding Contribution to Student Employability

- The Education Awards 2020, Nominee for Outstanding Contribution to Personal Support

- The Education Awards 2019, Nominee for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching

- Teaching Excellence Awards 2018, Nominee for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching

Publications