The University of Sheffield
School of Law
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Professor Tamara Hervey

Position: Head of School / Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law
Email Address: T.Hervey@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)114 222 6723
Room No: AF01

Academic Profile

I studied at Glasgow and Sheffield, and held academic posts at Durham, Manchester and Nottingham Law Schools, before joining Sheffield in 2007. I enjoy integrating research with teaching and learning, and one of the things I particularly like about being a Professor is working with students on research projects (both mine and theirs).

Qualifications

PhD, University of Sheffield
LLB (Hons), University of Glasgow

Teaching and Learning

I have taught in the areas in which I research for over 20 years. In modules and programmes that I have developed, students learn from the latest research, some of which is my own. For instance EU Health Law is based around Hervey and McHale’s Health Law and the EU (CUP, 2004; new version due 2014).

An example of my teaching-led research came from supervising PhD and MA/LLM students. Noting that law students are often uncertain about the theory and methods that inform their research projects, I developed and delivered with colleagues a workshop for students to build their confidence in preparing their dissertations, and a module on Legal Research Methods for PhD students. From these, a successful AHRC application in 2006 led to two regional workshops and a book Research Methodologies in EU and International Law (Hart, 2011). Materials from the workshops are available in TASH and a follow-up event took place in January 2013.

I also integrate research with the undergraduate curriculum. For instance, I have co-authored a journal article with four first year students in my seminar group in Understanding Law. I have inspired student inquiry (leading to sole or co-authored publications) through successful applications for undergraduate summer internships since 2004. For instance, Abi Stark (Sheffield University Research Experience intern, 2011), published in Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law.

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate Postgraduate and MA
European Union Law EU Social Law (Convenor)
Understanding Law EU Health Law (Convenor)

More information on my teaching

Research Interests

My main research interests are in the field of European Union social and constitutional law, in particular its application in health fields, social security and welfare, and non-discrimination. I have published on the European Union's competence in social fields, especially health law; on the regulation of tobacco in the EU context; on European public health law and policy; on the governance of stem cell research in the EU; on EU non-discrimination law and minority rights; and on the 'right to health' in European contexts. I am interested in socio-legal theory and method, in particular as applied to the law of the European Union.

Member of the Health Law and Policy Research Group, Centre for the Study of Law in Society, Sheffield Centre for International and European Law and Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology Law and Ethics.

Areas of Research Supervision

Key Publications

M Flear, AM Farrell, T Hervey, T Murphy, eds, European Law and New Health Technologies, (Oxford University Press 2013)

A Den Exter and T Hervey, eds, European Union Health Legislation (Maklu 2012)

E Mossialos, G Permanand, R Baeten, T Hervey (eds) Health Systems Governance in Europe: The role of EU law and policy (Cambridge: CUP, 2010)

R Cryer, T Hervey, B Sokhi-Bulley, with A Bohm, Research Methodologies in EU and International Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2011)

T Hervey, ‘If only it were so simple: Public Health Services and EU Law’ in M Cremona, ed, Market Integration and Public Services in the EU (Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law, Oxford: OUP, 2011)

T Hervey, ‘The European Union, Its Court of Justice, and “Super-Stewardship” in Public Health’ 62 (5) Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly (2011) 633-58

Recent Invited Papers and Keynote Lectures

‘Judicial Method in EU law cases: views from English law’ for University Association of Contemporary European Studies, 40 years since the First Enlargement, London, 7-8 March 2013

‘Realism, Empiricism and Doctrine in EU legal studies: views from a common law perspective’ for European Legal Method – Towards a New European Legal Realism? Copenhagen Business School 23 November 2012

‘Re-judging Social Rights in the European Union’ for Workshop Liber Amicorum David M Trubek, Global Governance: Critical Legal Perspectives, EUI, Florence, Italy, 28-30 June 2012

‘Health Equality, Solidarity, and Human Rights in European Union Law’ for International conference, Citizenship and Solidarity in the EU: from the Charter of Fundamental Rights to the Crisis, the state of the art Centro de Estudos em Direito da União Europeia, Minho, Portugal, 10-11 May 2012; staff seminar at University of Zagreb, Croatia, 8 May 2012; EU Studies Centre, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 November 2012

Key Projects/Grants

Projects

European Union Health Law
I am currently working on the interactions between 'hard' and 'soft' law, and other governance activities, in the European Union´s governance of health. This includes public health policies, such as anti-tobacco policy; the regulation of research, particularly in respect of new technologies; the design of healthcare systems; and the implications of the 'single European market' for healthcare. It also includes work on human rights. I am collaborating with scholars and policy-makers in the UK, on continental Europe and in the USA, from disciplines including law, health policy, sociology and political science. These projects fit with the work of the School of Law’s research grouping in Health Law and Policy, which held its inaugural workshop in June 2013 in Sheffield Law School.

Research Methodologies in EU and International Law
I am collaborating with Dr Richard Collins (PI) and Dr Veronica Ruiz on a project on research methodologies in European Union, public international law, private international law, comparative law, and transnational law. The project's latest workshop took place in January 2013 in Sheffield Law School.

Grants

Title/Description: Visiting Fellowship, York University, Toronto, Canada
Awarding Body: European Union Centre of Excellence
Years Funded for: 2012
Amount: CAD$2500
Title/Description: European Law and New Health Technologies
Awarding Body: ESRC Seminar Series
People Involved: PI: Dr Mark Flear, Queen´s University Belfast; Co-Is A-M Farrell, Manchester and Prof T Murphy, Manchester
Years Funded for: 2009-2011
Amount: £18,517.53

Professional Activities and Recognition