Philippa Jane Rogerson is a British

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and academic. She was the first woman to be

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. She is Professor of Private International Law at the

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, 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

Philippa Jane Rogerson is a British

and academic who has been

since 2018. She is Professor of Private International Law at the

, where her research covers the conflict of laws and company law. In 2017, she was a member of the university's council. Rogerson studied economics and law at

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, receiving a BA in 1983, and went on to be admitted as a solicitor in 1986, working for

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. She became a fellow of Caius in 1989 and was awarded a PhD in 1990 for a thesis titled ''Intangible property in the conflict of laws''. 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. She is the college's forty-third master, and first female master, and was installed as such on 1 October 2018. 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. She was a governor of

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for ten years. She has five children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogerson, Pippa Living people English legal scholars English legal writers Conflict of laws scholars Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Cambridge Year of birth missing (living people)