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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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Associate Professor of History of Art
Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies
I welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students wishing to research any subject that overlaps with my research and teaching interests.
Current Postgraduate Research Supervision
PhD
Matthew French, 'The Limits of Legibility: Modernism and the Critical Edge of Caricature and the Caricatural 1881-1900'.
Benoit Gu茅rillot, 'Proust, Bonnard and Deleuze's Theory of Signs' (second supervisor).
Erica Tso, 鈥楳oga as the Epitome of Interwar Japanese Femininity: A Comparative Study of Print Culture in ...
Associate Professor, Environment and Development
International Development Department
Current areas of interest:
- Conservation alternatives and alternatives to conservation
- Community-based approaches to animal health surveillance
- Ecological imperialism and (post)colonial legacies in biodiversity conservation or environmental management more broadly
- Multispecies justice, with a focus on microbial and microscopic political ecologies
Primarily interested in supervising projects with a focus on eastern or southern African countries, but would be open to those on central, northern, and western African countries with appropriate co-supervision. ...
Assistant Professor
International Development Department
Dr Beseng welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral researchers in his areas of interest:
- Drivers of maritime crime (illegal, unreported & unregulated fishing, fisheries crime)
- Maritime security governance
- Blue economy and environmental justice
- Pollution and sustainability in fisheries
Associate Professor in Numerical Analysis
School of Mathematics
Alex is happy to discuss potential supervision of PhD research projects in Numerical Analysis with motivated and suitably qualified candidates.
Bardrick Professor of Microbial Physiology and Chemistry
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Professor Besra www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Besra
Associate Professor
International Development Department
Danielle was nominated for an 'Excellence in PhD Supervision Award' in 2017 and in 2019. She is currently supervising doctoral research in the following areas:
• Taxation and the governance dividend in Rwanda
• The role of 'Africa' in UK Prime Minister's speeches 1990-2017
• Children's voices in transitional justice: the case of Rwanda (AHRC scholarship, interdisciplinary law and development study co-supervised with Professor Aoife Nolan, University of Nottingham)
• ...
Professor of Global Surgery
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Aneel supervises an active PhD fellow programme, that includes both surgical trainees and allied health professionals. The day to day supervision structures have led to major publications and high profile outputs for these fellows, who are all moving onwards to become future leaders in surgical research. He is delighted to hear from potential future candidates of all experience levels, as long as they have big visions of the future.
Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology
Program Director, MSc Microbiology and Infection
School of Biosciences
Dr.Bhatt’s supervises PhD students, and project students for MSc and MRes courses. For the PhD program, home students may apply through the annual MIBTP call for studentships. International students are also eligible to apply for the same, and for Darwin Trust of Edinburgh studentships. Please find more details here:
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Chair in Fusion Energy
School of Metallurgy and Materials
Current PhDs in fusion materials include:
- Wilna J. Geringer (at ORNL/UT Knoxville with Professor Steve Zinkle, Neutron irradiation effects in HFIR irradiated FeCr binary alloys)
- Karen Aurora Pacho Dominguez (Advanced V alloy design & radiation effects)
- Simon Corah (Plasma-Material Interactions and effect of fusion disruptions on PFCs)
- Ashwin Persaud (Tritium trapping and retention in irradiated materials)
- Hiring several in 2025 – as part of UKRI Prosperity Partnerhship with Tokamak Energy, ...
Assistant Professor in Management
Department of Management
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- International Trade, Strategy & Operations
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Engineering Business Management
Assistant Professor in Islamic Ethics
Department of Theology and Religion
I welcome proposals across Islamic Studies, especially in Islamic law and ethics, that engage the textual resources of the Islamic intellectual traditions.
Current doctoral supervision
The phenomena of Maddhab change amongst Sunni legal schools in the Mamluk period
Spiritual striving in British Muslim Shia communities
Previous doctoral supervision
The Origins of Im膩m墨 岣d墨th: A Bio-bibliographical Cross-reference Analysis
Taqi al-Din al-Subki on ijtihad and the role of the Qur鈥檃n in his ...
Professor of Education and Social Justice
Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE)
School of Education
Kalwant has the following research interests:
- race, racism, gender, class, intersectionality
- educational inequalities
- schools, higher education
- qualitative research, case study research
- ethnography
- Gypsy and Traveller groups
- social justice, equity