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Neha Vyas

Neha joined Newcastle Law School as a Lecturer in Commercial Law in December 2022. She completed her doctorate in law from Goethe University, Frankfurt, with a full scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. She is an advocate admitted to the Bar Council of India, and she is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Neha has published widely in the realm of digital labour platforms, antidiscrimination law, and competition law in the EU, India and South Africa. She is currently working on a project titled ‘Alternative platform models for the domestic work sector’, which is funded by ESRC. She is also a researcher on a Horizon EU Project titled ‘Fairness and Intersectional Non-Discrimination in Human Recommendation’. Neha actively works with non-academic partners, including civil society organisations and trade unions.

At Newcastle Law School, Neha runs a module on Law, Digital Labour Platforms and Workers’ Rights and also teaches on the business law module. Neha is the Deputy Chair of the Board of Examiners, NELR Blog and Podcast Lead, Legacare Liaison and Co-convenor of the Business Law and Governance Group.