Pippa Rogerson
Philippa Jane Rogerson is a British solicitor and academic. She was the first woman to be Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Cambridge, where her research covers the conflict of laws and company law. In 2024 Rogerson announced her intention to retire as master and return to teaching and research.
Life
[edit]Philippa Jane Rogerson is a British solicitor and academic who has been Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge since 2018. She is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Cambridge,[1] where her research covers the conflict of laws and company law. In 2017, she was a member of the university's council.[1]
Rogerson studied economics and law at Newnham College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in 1983,[2] and went on to be admitted as a solicitor in 1986,[1] working for Clifford Chance. She became a fellow of Caius in 1989[3] and was awarded a PhD in 1990 for a thesis titled Intangible property in the conflict of laws.[4]
In May 2017, the college announced that Rogerson had been elected the next master of Gonville and Caius, succeeding chemist Sir Alan Fersht when he retired in September 2018.[5] She is the college's forty-third master, and first female master, and was installed as such on 1 October 2018.[6][3] Rogerson announced her intention to retire as master after seven years in the role, intending to return to teaching and research in private international law.[7]
She was a governor of Oundle School for ten years.[1] She has five children.[2]
Selected works
[edit]- Rogerson, Pippa (2013). Collier's Conflict of Laws (4th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521735056.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Professor Pippa Rogerson". Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Newnhamite elected as first female master of Gonville & Caius". Newnham College, University of Cambridge. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Dr Pippa Rogerson announced as next Master of Caius College". Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Rogerson, Philippa Jane (30 January 1990). Intangible property in the conflict of laws (PhD). University of Cambridge.
- ^ "New Master of Caius announced". Gonville & Caius, University of Cambridge. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Rosemary Bennet (22 May 2017). "Cambridge college appoints first female master". The Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Gonville & Caius Master announces retirement". Varsity Online. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
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