Dr Rebecca Riedel
(she/her)
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Rebecca Riedel
Lecturer
Overview
I joined Cardiff School of Law and Politics as a Lecturer in Law in January 2023 after working as a Tutor since 2019.
I currently research in the field of legal education and pedagogy. I am particularly interested in the role of educators in relation to the student wellbeing. I also research innovation in legal education.
I teach on the LLB modules of Land Law and Equity and Trusts. In the past, I have co-led and taught on the LLB Legal History Module, taught on the LLB modules of Public and Family law, and on the LLM in Canon Law module. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and of the Centre for Law and Religion at Cardiff. I am the NSS Lead and Student Voice Co-ordinator for Law at the School.
I have previously researched in the field of Law and Religion; I was awarded my PhD, entitled 'A Critical Legal Study of the Prevent Duty: The Religious Dimension' in 2024.
Publication
2025
- Riedel, R. 2025. Islam, Religious Liberty and Constitutionalism in Europe, Mark Hill KC and Lina Papadopoulou (eds) [Book Review]. Ecclesiastical Law Journal: An international journal for the comparative study of law and religion 27 (3), pp.408-410. (10.1017/S0956618X25100768)
- Riedel, R. 2025. Justifying transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the law – 1200 to 1700 [Book Review]. Comparative Legal History 13 (1), pp.122-125. (10.1080/2049677X.2025.2500195)
2024
- Riedel, R. 2024. British Islam and English Law: A classical pluralist perspective. Patrick S Nash, Cambridge University Press, 2021 [Book Review]. Ecclesiastical Law Journal 26 (3), pp.342-344. (10.1017/S0956618X24000292)
- Riedel, R. and Doe, N. 2024. Non-belief: legal and social profiles in the United Kingdom. Presented at: The Complex World of Philosophical And, Non-religious Belies : Legal and Social Profiles: XXXIIth Annual Conference Venice, Italy 12-15 May 2022. Published in: Mazzola, R. , Angelucci, A. and Baldassarre, S. eds. The Complex World of Philosophical And, Non-religious Belies : Legal and Social Profiles: Proceedings of the XXXIIth Annual Conference, Venice, 12-15 May 2022. Granada: Comares. , pp.249-270. (10.55323/edc.2024.68)
2023
- Riedel, R. J. 2023. A critical legal study of the prevent duty: The religious dimension. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2021
- Riedel, R. 2021. Religion and terrorism: the prevent duty. Ecclesiastical Law Journal 23 (3), pp.280-293. (10.1017/S0956618X21000363)
- Doe, N. and Riedel, R. 2021. Religious minorities, secular society, and British bifocalism. Presented at: 30th Annual Conference Siena, Italy 15-17 November 2018. Published in: Ventura, M. ed. The Legal Status of Old and New Religious Minorities in the European Union: Proceedings of the XXXth annual conference :. Editorial Comares: Granada. , pp.335-344.
Articles
- Riedel, R. 2025. Islam, Religious Liberty and Constitutionalism in Europe, Mark Hill KC and Lina Papadopoulou (eds) [Book Review]. Ecclesiastical Law Journal: An international journal for the comparative study of law and religion 27 (3), pp.408-410. (10.1017/S0956618X25100768)
- Riedel, R. 2025. Justifying transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the law – 1200 to 1700 [Book Review]. Comparative Legal History 13 (1), pp.122-125. (10.1080/2049677X.2025.2500195)
- Riedel, R. 2024. British Islam and English Law: A classical pluralist perspective. Patrick S Nash, Cambridge University Press, 2021 [Book Review]. Ecclesiastical Law Journal 26 (3), pp.342-344. (10.1017/S0956618X24000292)
- Riedel, R. 2021. Religion and terrorism: the prevent duty. Ecclesiastical Law Journal 23 (3), pp.280-293. (10.1017/S0956618X21000363)
Conferences
- Riedel, R. and Doe, N. 2024. Non-belief: legal and social profiles in the United Kingdom. Presented at: The Complex World of Philosophical And, Non-religious Belies : Legal and Social Profiles: XXXIIth Annual Conference Venice, Italy 12-15 May 2022. Published in: Mazzola, R. , Angelucci, A. and Baldassarre, S. eds. The Complex World of Philosophical And, Non-religious Belies : Legal and Social Profiles: Proceedings of the XXXIIth Annual Conference, Venice, 12-15 May 2022. Granada: Comares. , pp.249-270. (10.55323/edc.2024.68)
- Doe, N. and Riedel, R. 2021. Religious minorities, secular society, and British bifocalism. Presented at: 30th Annual Conference Siena, Italy 15-17 November 2018. Published in: Ventura, M. ed. The Legal Status of Old and New Religious Minorities in the European Union: Proceedings of the XXXth annual conference :. Editorial Comares: Granada. , pp.335-344.
Thesis
- Riedel, R. J. 2023. A critical legal study of the prevent duty: The religious dimension. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Research
I am currently interested in the role of educators in relation to wellbeing and emotion, as well as innovation in learning and teaching. More widely, I research in the field of legal education.
Previously, I have researched in the field of Law and Religion. My PhD, entitled 'A Critical Legal Study of the Prevent Duty: The Religious Dimension', explored the religious dimension of the Prevent Duty and falls into two parts. These look at the impact of highlighting the Prevent Duty on the study of Law and Religion and on faith communities respectively.
Teaching
I teach on the LLB modules of Land Law and Equity and Trusts. In the past, I have co-led and taught on the LLB Legal History Module, taught on the LLB modules of Public and Family law, and on the LLM in Canon Law module.
Biography
Qualifications
- LLB, Cardiff University (2018)
- PhD, Cardiff University (2024)
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy (2024)
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic positions
- 2023 - present: Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
- 2022 - 2023: Tutor, Cardiff University
- 2019 - 2022: Postgraduate Tutor, Cardiff University
Speaking engagements
- 'A Stone Left Unturned: Placing Religious Radicalisation in the Context of Child Welfare', SLSA Annual Conference - Liverpool - 2025
- 'Interfaith Legal Advisors Network: Religion and Terrorism', Celebrating 30 Years of the Cardiff LLM in Canon Law - Cardiff University - 2022
- 'Religion and the Prevent Duty in the UK', Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN) Annual Conference - Virtual - 2021
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- legal education