Staff Profile
Dr Neha Vyas
Lecturer in Commercial Law
Neha joined Newcastle University as a Lecturer in Commercial Law in December 2022. She completed her doctorate in law from Goethe University, Frankfurt in March 2022 with a full scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. She previously worked as an Assistant Professor of Law for around 3 years at Christ University in India where she taught competition law, corporate governance, international taxation, and legal language and writing.
Qualifications
Doctor of Laws
LL.M. in Corporate and Commercial Laws
P.G.Diploma in Intellectual Property Law
LL.B.
Bachelor of Commerce
Professional Memberships
Admitted to the Bar Council of India (2015)
Admitted to the Bar Council of Gujarat (2014)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2011)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2024)
Other Roles
Research Associate, Centre for Transformative Regulation of Work (CENTROW), University of the Western Cape
Member, Women in Development Europe+ (Wide+)
Associate Member, Cornelia Goethe Centre (Frankfurt)
External Examiner, The Association of International Accountants
Doctoral Supervision
Dr Vyas invites expressions of interest from prospective PhD students who want to undertake research in the realm of digitisation and competition law, labour law and digital labour platforms, digitisation and international tax law.
Research Projects
Principal Investigator, Alternative Platform Models for the Domestic Work Sector (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/law/research/impact/altplatforms-domesticworkers/) - ESRC Impact Acceleration Fund. (March 2024 - February 2025)
Volunteer Researcher, Horizon EU Project, FINDHR - Fairness and Intersectional Non-Discrimination in Human Recommendation (https://findhr.eu/). (November 2022 - October 2025)
Research interests
Law and Technology
Regulation of Digital labour platform
Competition law and the digital economy
Algorithmic discrimination through the lens of intersectionality
Labourforce participation of women in the gig economy
The intersection of Competition law & policy and the labour market
Doctoral Supervision
Dr Vyas invites expressions of interest from prospective PhD students who want to undertake research in the realm of digitisation and competition law, labour law and digital labour platforms, digitisation and international tax law,
LAW 8587 - Law, Digital Labour Platforms and Workers' Rights (LL.M.)
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/mobility/newcastle/study-abroad/LAW8587
LAW 1054 - Business Law
Roles and Responsibilities
Co-convenor, Business Law and Governance Group
Deputy Chair of the Board of Examiners
NELR Blog and Podcast Lead
Legacare Liaison
Doctoral Supervision
Current PhD student
Isaac Juma - Competition Law
Prospective PhD candidates
Dr Vyas invites expressions of interest from prospective PhD students who want to undertake research in the realm of digitisation and competition law, labour law and digital labour platforms, digitisation and international tax law,
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Articles
- Vyas N. ‘Flight Crew v. Cabin Crew – One of these things is not like the other’: A critical reflection on Air Nostrum C-314/23. European Labour Law Journal 2025, Epub ahead of print.
- Vyas N. Undermining the Role of Women in the Economy: The Interplay Between Paid Work and Unpaid Care Work in India. Industrial Law Journal 2022, 51(4), 904-926.
- Vyas N. 'Gender Inequality - now available on digital platform': an interplay between gender equality and the gig economy in the European Union. European Labour Law Journal 2021, 12(1), 37-51.
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Authored Book
- Vyas N. Competition Law - Concepts, Law and Practice. Lucknow, India: Eastern Book Company, 2021.
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Edited Book
- Vyas N, ed. Avtar Singh's Competition Law. India: Eastern Book Company, 2024.
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Report
- Vyas N. Assessing the potential of alternative platform models for the domestic work sector: Field Visit Report. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2024.