Find a PhD supervisor

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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Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ for supervisors below to see who you think may be a great fit for your research area. Once you have identified they are able to offer appropriate supervisory support, you can start to reach out to staff using the contact details provided on their profile. 

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Dr Deanne Bell

Associate Professor in Race, Education and Social Justice

School of Education

Coloniality

Decoloniality

Epistemic injustice

Epistemic justice

Critical pedagogy

Critical education

Philosophies of race

Phenomenologies of race

Curricula decolonisation

Critical consciousness

Participatory research methodologies

Professor Antonio Belli

Professor Antonio Belli

Professor of Trauma Neurosurgery

Department of Inflammation and Ageing

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Tony Belli directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.

Dr Charlotte Bendall

Dr Charlotte Bendall

Associate Professor

Birmingham Law School

Charlotte is happy to supervise doctoral students for projects focusing on family law, especially those concerning adult relationships.

Dr David Bending

Dr David Bending

Associate Professor

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Currently students

  • 1 MSc by Research in Immunology and Immunotherapy student
  • 3 PhD in Immunology and Immunotherapy students

Dr James Bendle

Dr James Bendle

Reader (Associate Professor) in Organic Geochemistry

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

James Bendle uses molecular biomarkers to study modern and past environmental processes and conditions. Organic carbon compounds are ubiquitous, abundant and sometimes overlooked components of oceans, lakes, sedimentary rocks and even atmospheric aerosols. Directly, or indirectly, they fuel all biogeochemical processes. As a paleoclimatologist, trained in molecular biogeochemistry, Dr Bendle is interested in the source, structure, and distribution of such naturally occurring compounds (biomarkers). His research is focused on the ...

Professor Jonathan Bennett

Professor Jonathan Bennett

Professor of Mathematical Analysis

School of Mathematics

Jonathan is interested in supervising doctoral research students in all aspects of Euclidean Harmonic Analysis.

Professor Matt Bennett

Professor Matt Bennett

Professor of Social Policy

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Matt welcomes enquiries from potential PhD students wishing to study topics related to his research interests.

He is particularly interested in working with students who would like to use quantitative methodologies to explore topics in social care, social diversity and intergroup relations, and prosocial behaviour.

Current PhD students

Unaysah Mogra, (2019-present). ‘Does school and neighbourhood diversity impact intergroup relations and social cohesion among youths?’ ESRC 1+3 Studentship 

Kalim Ahmed, (2020-present)  ...

Dr Richard Bennett

Dr Richard Bennett

Associate Professor of Pyschology
Clinical Lead – Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (High Intensity Workers)

School of Psychology

Richard is not currently available to take on PhD supervision.

Dr Sarah Benson

Dr Sarah Benson

Associate Professor and Programme lead for Inclusion and Special Education Needs

Dubai Campus

Currently supervising PhD candidates

Dr Vic Benuyenah

Dr Vic Benuyenah

Assistant Professor & Interim MBA Director

Dubai Campus

Postgraduate students (MSc/PhD) seeking supervision in the following areas can contact Dr Benuyenah:

  • Labour markets & Deadweight loss of managerial decisions
  • Ontology of cross-cultural conflict and performance
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Applications of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
  • Evidence-based recruitment and selection practices
  • Critical HR theory and HR ecosystems

Dr Fedor Berditchevski

Dr Fedor Berditchevski

Reader in Epithelial Biology

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Supervising MRes and PhD students  

Dr Sarah Berhane

Dr Sarah Berhane

Medical Statistician

Sarah contributes to the supervision of MSc and PhD students.