Professor Michael Harker, PhD
Head of the Department of Law
Profile
Michael joined Queen Mary in October 2023 and became the Head of the Department of Law from 1 November 2023.
Before then he was a member of UEA Law School from September 2002. He became a Professor in 2013, was the School's Director of Research from 2015-2022 and became the Head of School in August 2022. He was a founding member of the UEA Centre for Compeititon Policy.
Michael's research interests are in regulation, competititon and media law. His research has been funded by various bodies including the ESRC, the Department of Business, and Ofcom.
His current work is on the future of energy regulation, political campaigning in the digital sphere and due impartiality in broadcasting.
He is interested in supervising research students in competition law, media law and energy regulation.