Rebecca Zahn

Professor Rebecca Zahn is a distinguished legal scholar specializing in Labour and Employment Law at the University of Strathclyde's Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. She holds a Professorship in Law and has established herself as a leading expert in comparative labour law, with particular focus on UK and German legal systems.

Her educational background includes LLB, LLM, and PhD qualifications, and she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Professor Zahn's academic journey has been marked by significant international collaborations and prestigious appointments.

Professor Zahn's research examines labour law from European, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, with particular expertise in UK and German labour law, industrial relations and labour law history. Her work often explores the movement of legal ideas across national boundaries and challenges traditional narratives in legal scholarship. She has made significant contributions to understanding workplace democracy, worker representation, and the historical development of labour law frameworks.

Professor Zahn has received numerous awards including the Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2022-2024), Visiting Professorship at Sciences Po Grenoble (2023), and the International Researcher Scholarship at the Max Planck Institute (2022). Her scholarly impact is further evidenced by her editorial roles with major legal journals.

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021)
• Runner-up of the International Labor and Employment Relations Associations' Luis Aparicio Prize (2018)
• Convenor of the Labour Law Section of the Society of Legal Scholars (2015)
• Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Non-stipendiary Fellow (2014)

As an educator, Professor Zahn teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programs, covering EU law, labour/employment law, commercial law, delict (tort), and Scots contract law. Her teaching integrates historical perspectives and comparative frameworks. She currently coordinates the EUFutures research network and will serve as a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (2025-2026), demonstrating her continuing influence in legal scholarship.