Simon Tawfic Editor

Ana Aliverti is Professor of Law at University of Warwick’s Law School. Her research work looks at the intersections between criminal law and criminal justice, on the one hand, and border regimes, on the other, and explores the impact of such intertwining on criminal justice institutions and on those subject to the resulting set of controls. She has conducted extensive ethnographic work on the police and immigration enforcement, courts and asylum.

Henrique Carvalho is Professor of Law and co-Director of the Centre for Critical Legal Studies at the University of Warwick. His work investigates issues in criminalisation, punishment, state power and justice through dialogues between legal, social, political and cultural theory. Henrique is the co-author of Questioning Punishment (Routledge, 2024).

Anastasia Chamberlen is Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at the University of Warwick. Her research explores the relations between punishment, embodiment, arts and justice. Anastasia is the co-author of Questioning Punishment (Routledge, 2024).

Simon Tawfic is the Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Vulnerable State project. He holds a PhD in anthropology (2023) from the London School of Economics, having previously completed the joint honours BA in Anthropology and Law there (2017, First Class). Simon’s research interests include vulnerability, moral labour on the frontline, and the everyday politics of care.