Paul James Cardwell

Paul James Cardwell

Professor

  • Professor of Law, Laws
  • Strand, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, Somerset House

    WC2R 2LS London

    United Kingdom

  • 441
    Citations

Personal profile

Research interests

Paul James Cardwell FAcSS PFHEA is a Professor of Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. He was previously Professor of Law at Strathclyde and City, University of London, and Lecturer/Reader at Sheffield. He was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2025. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Europa Institute, Edinburgh, and has been a Visiting Professor at Bologna, Sciences Po (Grenoble and Paris) and Zagreb.

Paul’s main research areas are EU External Relations and Migration. He has published three books, EU External Relations and Systems of Governance (Routledge, 2009), EU External Relations Law and Policy in the Post-Lisbon Era (Springer, 2011) and the Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law (with M-P Granger, Elgar, 2020). He is completing a monograph on The Governance of External Migration in Europe(OUP, 2025). He has published on EU sanctions, democracy promotion and Brexit in European Law Review, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of European Integration, European Foreign Affairs Review and International Migration.

Paul is the editor of JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, the leading academic journal in interdisciplinary European studies. He is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) with expertise in Erasmus+ and Study Abroad. He is a panel member for the Judicial Appointments Commission, was Treasurer of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) (2010-2016), and Deputy Chair of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee for Justice (South Yorkshire/Humber) (2008-2018). He has contributed written evidence to the UK and Canadian Parliaments on EU law, migration and sanctions.

Paul has appeared on the Today Programme (BBC Radio 4), BBC Breakfast, Euronews, France24, Al Jazeera, Scotland Tonight, BBC World Service and in newspapers including the Financial Times, Guardian,New York Times, Le Monde and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Paul delivered his inaugural lecture at King’s, ‘A Tale of two Europes: the External Relations of the EU’ on 8 May 2024.

 

Research Interests

  • EU external relations law and policy
  • Migration governance in the EU
  • Sanctions (restrictive measures)
  • Brexit
  • Studying abroad in higher education

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Law, Doctor of Philosophy, The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union as a System of Governance: the Case of the Euro-Mediterranean Parternship, University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 1 Jul 2008

External positions

Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences

1 Apr 2025 → …

Editor, Journal of Common Market Studies

1 Jul 202230 Jun 2027

Visiting Professor, Univ Grenoble

1 Sept 20211 Dec 2021

Visiting Professor, University of Bologna

1 Sept 202130 Jul 2022

Keywords

  • K Law (General)
  • European Union
  • EU External Relations Law
  • Brexit
  • Erasmus
  • Migration
  • Migration governance
  • Common Foreign and Security Policy
  • Internationalisation
  • Sanctions

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