Sotonye Frank
Contact Details
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Room: A37, Law and Social Sciences Building
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Email: Sotonye Frank.
Research Topic
Stabilisation Clauses and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries
The thesis main research question is: in what ways do stabilisation clauses affect the sustainable development of developing countries. The focus on the peculiar sustainable development challenges of developing countries is deliberate because stabilisation clauses are mainly used in developing countries where the peculiar sustainable development challenge is poverty and under development. Consequently, apart from legal analysis, the research would also utilise qualitative methodology, including a case study, to ascertain the actual impacts of stabilisation clauses on sustainable development in these countries. Such an approach would ensure that the findings of the research would have practical relevance to stakeholders (including government of developing countries and foreign investors), and could be applied to maximise the contributions of foreign direct investments to the sustainable development of developing countries and facilitate a linkage between the international investment law regimes with the sustainable development law regime.
Research Supervisors
Professor Mary Footer and Dr Edward Goodwin
Primary Funding Source
University of Nottingham Scholarship
Academic Qualifications
Academic Qualification
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Awarding Institution
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LLM Law and Sustainable Development
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University of Aberdeen
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LLB
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Rivers State University of Science and Technology
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Career History
January 2004 - September 2008 - ASSOCIATE, Ntephe, Smith and Wills, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
January 2007 - September 2008 - PROJECT ASSISTANT, Law and Development Project, jointly implemented by the Niger Delta Development Commission and the Nigeria Bar Association,Nigeria.
Other Information
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I was a member of the team that conducted the Law and Order Sector Studies of the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan in Nigeria.
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Member, Nigerian Bar Association
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Member, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
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I have written newspapers articles on legal and development issues in national newspapers in Nigeria.
Future Plans
To continue to research, analyse and advice governments and international organisations on laws and policies that would facilitate the contributions of foreign investment to the sustainable development of developing countries.