Visiting Scholars

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML) welcomes scholars from around the world to visit us in Cambridge.

There are two main avenues for visiting: formal and informal.

Formal visits
Formal visits are offered under the title Visiting Research Scholar and are open to individuals who hold an academic post at another institution. These appointments require approval from the Faculty of Law and LML. Due to the high level of interest, places are limited and highly competitive.

Visits typically last between one and three months, and occasionally up to six months. For a monthly fee, the Faculty provides open-plan desk space, IT support and access to senior common room facilities. Further details are available on the Faculty’s Visitor webpage.

When sponsored by LML, Visiting Research Scholars are expected to focus on a significant research question of interest during their stay and to work towards a tangible output, such as a publication, conference paper, presentation or briefing report.

Informal visits
No formal approval is required for an informal visit to Cambridge. This option is particularly suitable for those planning a stay of less than three weeks, individuals who do not yet hold an academic post, or visitors who prefer a more flexible arrangement. Informal visits attract scholars at all stages of their academic careers.

Informal visitors may apply for a Reader’s Ticket to access library resources. Where possible, LML aims to meet with all visitors working in our field, although this is subject to existing commitments. Please let us know if you are planning a visit.

All visitors are responsible for their own costs and arranging accommodation.

How to Apply

Prospective visitors should email lml@law.cam.ac.uk with a CV and proposed dates. Applicants for formal visits should also submit a one-page research proposal.

RECENT VISITING SCHOLARS

	Professor Justyna Ożegalska-Trybalska Professor of Intellectual Property, Jagiellonian University Director, Intellectual Property Law Chair LML Visiting Scholar: February 2026 Research focus: Intellectual property law, Biosciences, Patents and Pharmaceuticals
	Dr Steven Steyl Lecturer in Bioethics in the University of Notre Dame School of Medicine (Darlinghurst) LML Visiting Scholar: November 2025 Research focus: Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Ethical Theory, Political Theory, Feminist Theory
	Professor Erik Hahn Professor of Social Law and Health Law, University of Applied Sciences, Görlitz & Technical University of Dresden Vice Director, Institute for Health, Aging, Work and Technology LML Visiting Scholar: September 2025 - November 2025 Research focus: Social Law, Health and Medical Law, European Law
	Professor Andrew Christie Foundation Chair of Intellectual Property, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne LML Visiting Scholar - October 2025
	Dr Adrian Viens Associate Professor of Global Health, York University LML Visiting Scholar: September 2024
	Dr Tomasz Zimny Assistant Professor, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences LML Visiting Scholar: July 2024
	Dr Julian März Research fellow, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), Medical Faculty, University of Zurich LML Visiting Scholar: May 2024
	Dr Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci Associate Director & Associate Professor of IT Law at CeBIL, University of Copenhagen LML Visiting Scholar: January 2024
	Dr Zaneta Zemla-Pacud Assistant Professor in the Institute of Law Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences LML Visiting Scholar: September 2022 and July 2023 Research Focus: access to clinical data in the new, pan-European Clinical Trial Information System (CTIS) and related Clinical Trial Regulations (CTR). Regulatory exclusivities, trade secret protection and fundamental rights in the context of IP protection.
	Professor Angus Corbett Adjunct Professor in health law and comparative health systems at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. LML Visiting Scholar: October 2021 - June 2022 Research Focus: the regulation of complex health systems.
	Professor Dianne Nicol Director of the Centre for Law and Genetics (CLG) at the University of Tasmania. LML Visiting Scholar/Herbert Smiith Freehills Visiting Fellow: September - October 2019 Research focus: The regulation of innovative, personalised health technologies, and the extent to which current regulation is responsive to societal values and needs, while ensuring safety, effectiveness, access, affordability, allocative efficiency, and fairness.
	Dr Zeynep Ayata Assistant Professor of Competition and EU Law at Koç University Law School LML Official Visitor: 1 July - 11 August 2019 Research Focus: Incentivising innovation through regulation: comparisons, models and policy implications.
	Professor Bartha Knoppers Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University LML Visiting Scholar: 26 - 30 November 2018 Research Focus: Human rights as a driver for data sharing.
	Professor Fabio Macioce Professor of Legal Theory and Bioethics at the Lumsa University of Rome. LML Visiting Scholar: June 2018 Research Focus: The right to health for members of vulnerable groups from the dual perspective of the right to access healthcare services, and the right to acceptable healthcare services.
	Dr Linda Kahl Senior Counsel and Director of Ownership, Sharing and Innovation for the BioBricks Foundation, California, USA. LML Visiting Scholar/Herbert Smith Visiting Fellow: 28 April - 3 August 2018 Research Focus: Policies and practices governing access and use of biological resources, comparing traditional biobanks (those that collect and store sequence-based biomaterials) with the more recently established government-funded and commercial DNA foundries (those that make sequence-based biomaterials on demand).
	Ms Paula O'Brien Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Health and Medical Law Masters at Melbourne Law School. LML Visiting Scholar: 23 - 28 April 2018 Research Focus: The role of international economic law in relation to aspects of alcohol control, particularly reform to marketing rules; and the domestic control of alcohol marketing, comparing the regulatory approaches in Australia, the UK, the US, Canada, France and South Africa.
	Professor Ben Hurlbut Associate Professor of Bioscience Ethics in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. LML Visiting Scholar: Lent Term 2018 Research Focus: The interplay of scientific, legal and political institutions in shaping innovation agendas and approaches to ethical deliberation and governance.
	Professor Timo Minssen Professor of Biotechnology Law at the University of Copenhagen, Centre for Information and Innovation Law. LML Visiting Scholar: Autumn 2016 Research Focus: Patent issues in 3D bioprinting, the interface of biopharmaceutical IPRs and competition law, standardisation in systems biology, IPRs and user-generated solutions, and legal issues in the gene editing revolution.
	Dr Debra Wilson University of Canterbury, New Zealand LML Visiting Scholar: 1 June - 29 August 2016 Research Focus: Surrogacy regulation.
	Professor Mateo Aboy Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon, USA CIPIL/LML Visiting Scholar: Spring 2016 - Summer 2017 Research Focus: Status of information age inventions as patentable subject matter - a comparison of US, UK and EU case law.
	Professor Yuji Shiroshita Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University, Japan LML Visiting Scholar: 5 August 2015 – 31 October 2015. College Affiliation: Wolfson College Research Focus:Regulation of living organ transplants – a comparison of Japanese and UK systems.