Max Lowenstein

Max Lowenstein is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Bournemouth University, Faculty of Media and Communication. He specializes in comparative criminal justice, judicial communication, and sentencing law, with extensive research collaborations across Europe.

• PhD in Comparative Criminal Justice (2010)
• PGCE in Research Degree Supervision (2012)
• LLM in International Law (2006)
• LLB (Hons) in Law (2003)

His research bridges Criminal Law, Comparative Law, and Public Law, focusing on judicial transparency, sentencing explanations, and restorative justice mechanisms. Recent projects include analyzing autism-related employment law barriers and historical judicial discretion in 19th-century England/Denmark.

Key article trends:

• 2022 Youth Justice study on sentencing transparency
• 2016 physiotherapy cross-disciplinary work
• 2017 Dorset NJP evaluation
• 2016 mooting pedagogy innovations
• 2010-2013 judicial media/public perception analyses

Scientific recognition:

• Senior Fellowship (Higher Education Academy, 2019)
• Dean's PhD Scholarship (2006)
• Blackstone Scholarship (2003)

Max supervises Martine Hardwick (2023: England/France family mediation) and Jeffrey Wale (2023: Fetal reduction regulation). Grant awards include BU QR Fund (2023), SLSA grants (2014, 2016), and Dorset PCC funding (2014).

Active in legal education reform, he serves as

• External reviewer for Journal of Law and Society
• Peer reviewer for Routledge publications
• Research reviewer for Sentencing Council, London

Public engagement includes a 2018 Restorative Justice lecture and moot court experience database curation.