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Once you've identified the subject area you wish to research, you will need to find a supervisor for your project. All Doctoral Researchers are provided with a lead supervisor, who will act as the main source of academic supervisory support and research mentoring during your time as a Doctoral Researcher at the University.
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Assistant Professor in Sociology and Social Policy
Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Justyna welcomes applications from PhD students interested in conducting projects that relate to her core interests, for example:
- Evidence-based policymaking
- Global Governance and Global Social Policy
- Science Policy and Research Evaluation
Professor of Political Science
125th Anniversary Chair
Department of Political Science and International Studies
Elections, media and political communication including the uses of social media and new forms of data. Current students are working on elections and representation, gender and online sexism.
Professor of Economics
The Department of Economics
Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay is an applied economic theorist working on various topics in political economy and public policy. His current research focuses on political coalitions, theoretical and empirical work on the economics of crime, and applied micro theory, especially political economy, public choice and development issues.
Chair of Sustainable Energy Systems
Director of Resilience Centre
Department of Civil Engineering
PhD Dissertations Supervised
- D. Kaziolas, «Investigation of the behaviour of adhesive connections of composite structures in the framework of the Nonsmooth Mechanics methods», October 2000.
- Μ. Kontoleon, «Study of metal connections with adhesives exhibiting softening behaviour», Οctober 2000.
- Th. Nikolaidis, «Propositions for the formation and application of displacement control systems to large span structures using cables», June 2003.
- Ν. Nanoussis, «Analysis of metal structures with semirigid connections», October 2005.
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Birmingham Fellow
School of Biosciences
Students interested in pursuing internships, a Masters or PhD in Manuel’s group are encouraged to contact him directly to discuss projects currently available.
Teaching Fellow
Department of Political Science and International Studies
Dr Barakat welcomes enquires from those wishing to undertake postgraduate research in the following areas:
- The politics of the Middle East
- Diplomacy
- The Arab-Israeli conflict
- Refugee crisis, media, and politics
- ISIS, Islamism, and extremism
Associate Professor in Econometrics
The Department of Economics
Marco Barassi works on applied time series econometrics. His research interests include:
Non-stationary time series models and structural changes
Time-varying parameters techniques
Non-linear time series models
Dr Barassi's research focuses in particular on the analysis and estimation of non-stationary time series models, long memory models and non-linear models with applications in environmental economics and financial economics.
Senior Lecturer in Urban Development and Planning
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Austin Barber's research focuses on the planning and regeneration of city centre and inner city districts in major cities. Particular strands of interest include:
the rise of 鈥渃ity living鈥� and new housing development in central urban areas
socio-economic sustainability in the development of new inner city neighbourhoods
innovative planning and development approaches in urban districts
comparative study of these themes across European and North American cities
Dr Barber welcomes expressions ...
Associate Professor in Supramolecular Chemistry
School of Chemistry
Tim is interested in supervising MSci and postgraduate students in the following areas:
- Supramolecular chemistry; molecular recognition and sensing, including chiral guests
- Synthesis and photophysics of organic dye molecules for e.g. artificial photosynthesis
- Organic electronic materials including carbon nanomaterials e.g. fullerenes
- Mechanically interlocked molecules as switches and machines
If you are interested in this research, please reach out to Dr Barendt via the contact details above.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering
Prospective research students interested in doing a research degree (PhD, MPhil) with Professor Barigou should contact him by email (m.barigou@bham.ac.uk) attaching a full CV.
Doctoral research students
Professor Barigou has supervised many doctoral research students:
- Shuai Tian; PhD; Computational modelling of complex flows of complex fluids; ongoing.
- ZainabTalib; PhD; Flow and mixing of complex fluids; ongoing.
- Li Liu; PhD; CFD of the flow and mixing of complex fluids ...
Professor of Neuropharmacology
School of Pharmacy
PhD students
- Successfully supervised to completion as principal supervisor - 23
Emeritus Chair of Medicine
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Anthony (Tony) has supervised over 40 MDs and PHDs during his career in diabetes related areas.