Public Procurement Research Group
The University of Nottingham's Public Procurement Research Group is a global leader in research and teaching on public procurement regulation. It is part of the School of Law at the University of Nottingham, which is consistently ranked amongst the leading law schools in the United Kingdom.
The School was rated as the 4th best for research out of 67 Law Schools in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2008) and has a grade of ‘Excellent' for teaching.
Full-time academic staff of the Group come from all over the world, with current staff hailing from China, Nigeria, Italy and Greece, as well as the UK. Research projects span areas as diverse as EU and WTO procurement law, tied aid procurement, defence procurement, and developing country procurement reform, and the Group works closely with both national governments and international organisations.
The Director of the Group is Professor Sue Arrowsmith, and the Deputy Director is Dr Ping Wang.
Events
- Date
- 09/09/2010 - 10/09/2010
Recent Publications
Sue Arrowsmith (ed), "Reform of the Uncitral Model Law on Procurement"
Hermann Pünder / Hans-Joachim Prieß / Sue Arrowsmith (Eds), "Self-Cleaning in Public Procurement Law"
Older PPRG books.
Full-text articles.
The PPRG and its members are sponsored by:
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The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) is an international organisation, based in the UK, serving the purchasing and supply profession. CIPS exists to promote and develop high standards of professional skill, ability and integrity among all those engaged in purchasing and supply chain management. CIPS assists individuals, organisations and the profession as a whole.
Addleshaw Goddard's public and utilities procurement lawyers are market leaders in providing a cradle to grave commercial service covering all aspects of the procurement regime. We are well-known for our cutting-edge solutions to suppliers wanting to contest contract award decisions, and to purchasing authorities defending claims.