Dr Naomi Creutzfeldt-Banda

Research Officer in Civil Justice Systems

Naomi.creutzfeldt-banda@csls.ox.ac.uk / Naomi.creutzfeldt-banda@wolfson.ox.ac.uk

 

Qualifications:

PhD (Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany)

BA/MPCM (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)

Biography:

Naomi holds a PhD in political science; she also holds a BA and MPCM in International Relations and Public Relations. Her doctoral thesis investigates if a European public sphere, as manifested in the media of the United Kingdom, Germany and France, exists or is emerging. The formation or lack of formation of a European public sphere was analyzed as a function of identity and values at national and European levels that emerged in the public debate about the accession of Turkey to the European Union. Naomi joined the Centre in January 2010.

Current projects:

At Oxford, Naomi is working with Christopher Hodges on the Research Programme in European and Comparative Civil Justice Systems. Within the research branch on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Naomi has been mapping and evaluating the out-of-court settlement mechanisms (alternative dispute resolution: ADR) for civil justice in England and Wales. Such mechanisms include Ombudsmen, Tribunals, statutory and business schemes / codes as well as other ADR pathways. On EU level, the co-authored book: Consumer ADR in Europe describes in detail the different approaches to dispute resolution as well as coverage in 10 member states. This research is ongoing and aims to cover the remaining 17 member states.

Naomi has also done research on big case studies within the programmes class action/collective redress research branch.

Core research interests:

• Civil justice systems and access to justice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• EU law and regulation
• Socio-legal methods
• Principles in civil law /social justice
• Risk regulation and risk communication
• Media and political communication across cultures

Publications:

- Hodges, C , Benoehr I & Creutzfeldt-Banda, N Consumer ADR in Europe, Hart Publishing Oxford 2012.

- Berlin, C & Creutzfeldt-Banda, N Verbraucher-ADR in Europa wird gestärkt in Zeitschrift für Konfliktmanagement – ZKM 2/2012, pp 57-60.

- Chakraborty, S & Creutzfeldt-Banda, N. Initial Phase Crisis Communications following high perceived risk events: The volcanic ash crisis and the Japanese tsunami as examples. European Journal of Risk Regulation 2/2011: pp. 265-267.

- Chakraborty, S & Creutzfeldt-Banda, N. 2010 Meltdown –Airport Closure Risk Communications in London and NYC. European Journal of Risk Regulation.1/2011: pp. 108-110.

Chakraborty, S. & Creutzfeldt-Banda, N. Implications of the Risk Communication Guidelines for the European Union. European Journal of Risk Regulation, Issue 4 2010, p 435.

- N. Creutzfeldt-Banda: Does Turkey belong to Europe? A comparative analysis of the public debate in the media in Germany, France and the UK concerning Turkey's accession to the EU, from 1999 to 2005’. 2009, Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen.

 

Conference:

- Policy Brief: Consumer-to-Business ADR Structures:Harnessing the Power of CADR for Dispute Resolution and Regulating Market Behaviour. Available at:

http://www.fljs.org/uploads/documents/ConsumerADR-PolicyBrief.pdf

- The Hidden World of Consumer ADR: Redress and Behaviour.   Available: http://www.fljs.org/uploads/documents/Hodges-Banda-Benohr_ConsumerADR-Report.pdf