Prior to her post in Swansea, Ruth supervised PhD candidates in the broad areas of commerce and intellectual property, including specific projects on:
- Retention of Title Clauses in Commercial Law
- Intersection of Trade Policy and International Intellectual Property Law - a Malaysian perspective
- Contractor Protection in Administrative Contracts in Saudi Arabia
- Open Access and Copyright-protected digital works
- A Comparative Study on Direct and Indirect Copyright Liability in Online Transmissions in the US, UK and China
- Ownership in MMORPGs: The Fairness of the Copyright-Contract approach for users? (massively multiplayer online role-playing games)