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 Shushu Chen

Dr Shushu Chen

Associate Professor in Sport Policy and Management

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Shushu is interested in supervising doctoral research in the areas of sport policy and management in both contexts of the UK and China particularly focused on:

  • Policy analysis and evaluation
  • Major events impact

Her PhD students include:

  • Qi Wang: Women sport in China
  • Zhaoyu Duan: Social integration and sport
  • Tingyu Hou (Waseda University): Mental health and sport
  • Kakkanang Prapaisub: Thailand sport policy
  • Dr Xiao Liang (completed): Major events and impacts ...

Dr Yen-Fu Chen

Dr Yen-Fu Chen

Associate Professor
Co-Director, West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Enquiries about potential PhD supervision related to my areas of research interests and expertise are welcome, particularly in relation to evidence synthesis methodology and use of evidence synthesis to inform practice and policy.

Professor Yin Chen

Professor Yin Chen

Professor in microbiology

School of Biosciences

Students interested in the possibility of a PhD position are encouraged to contact Prof Chen directly via email.

Dr Ying Chen

Dr Ying Chen

Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Science

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research interests: aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, air quality, sustainable energy, climate extremes and tipping points.
Please contact me if you are interested in studying for a PhD or applying postdoctoral Fellowships with the group. For more information see my research page at: https://sites.google.com/view/yingchen-group/
Email: y.chen.21@bham.ac.uk

Professor KK Cheng

Professor KK Cheng

Professor of Public Health and Primary Care

Department of Applied Health Sciences

KK has supervised over 20 doctoral students at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡. Important examples of publications arising from their theses include:

Li B, Pallan M, Liu WJ, Hemming K, Frew E, Lin R, Liu W, Martin J, Zanganeh M, Hurley K, Cheng KK, Adab P. The CHIRPY DRAGON intervention in preventing obesity in Chinese primary-school--aged children: A cluster-randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2019 Nov 26;16(11):e1002971. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002971. (this was one of ...

Dr Vinton Cheng

Dr Vinton Cheng

Associate Clinical Professor
Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Dr Cheng is happy to be contacted about any PhD opportunities. Please email Dr Cheng a copy of your CV and a covering letter outlining your research interests.

Dr Cheng is actively involved in mentoring clinical trainees and medical students.

Professor Mike Cherniakov

Professor Mike Cherniakov

Chair in Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

Currently supervising and co-supervising 10 PhD students.

Dr John Chesworth

Dr John Chesworth

Research Officer CMR1900

Department of Theology and Religion

  • Islam in Africa
  • Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa
  • Use of the Bible and the Qur’an in popular discourse

Find out more - our PhD Theology and Religion  page has information about doctoral research at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

Dr Yin Hoon Chew

Dr Yin Hoon Chew

Assistant Professor in Healthcare Technologies

School of Chemical Engineering

Dr Yin Hoon Chew combines mathematical and computational sciences to study complex biological systems, particularly living cells. Her work falls into the broader field of computational systems biology. The principal areas of her current research activity are:

  • Whole-cell modelling: developing comprehensive models of mammalian cells; experimental validation of model predictions
  • Modular modelling of biological systems: developing methods/software to support a modular approach to building models
  • Hybrid modelling: developing methods that ...

Professor Daniel Chicksand

Professor Daniel Chicksand

Professor of Operations and Supply Management

Department of Management

Daniel is supervising 2 DBA students at Aston Business School:

  • Paul Josebury: IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROCUREMENT :Identification and improvement of key determinant factors -  The PEPPS Project.
  • Torsten Dehn: Product Life Cycle Orientation: An Investigation of the Product Evolution Process.

He also has two new students starting at Birmingham in September 2016:

  • Ray Millican: Do cultural and psychological accommodation processes moderate / mediate collaborative supply chain outcomes and performance?
  • Shem ...

Professor Agnieszka (Aggie) Chidlow

Professor Agnieszka (Aggie) Chidlow

Former Secondee to PRME for Research and Working Groups
Working Board Member of RRBM
Responsible Management Research and Education Lead – BAM IB/IM-SIG

The Department of Strategy and International Business

Agnieszka has successfully supervised several PhD students to completion. She is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Internationalisation strategies of firms from/to emerging economies.
  • Location choices of firms with a focus on a sub-national level.
  • Determinants of re-location strategies for sustainable global value chains.
  • Digital globalisation and multinational firms.
  • The role of multinational companies for world sustainable development agenda.
  • Social justice and diversity strategies of firms. 
  • The ...

Professor John Child

Professor John Child

Professor of Criminal Law
Head of Research (Law)

Birmingham Law School

John is interested in doctoral candidates in criminal law doctrine and theory, comparative criminal law, and/or criminal law and neuroscience.

John's previous successful doctoral students include:
* Rachel Gimson, ‘Captured red handed: the impact of social media on the evolving concepts of the criminal defendant and the presumption of innocence’ - Completed in 2016;
* Stavros Demetriou, 'Anti-Social Behaviour and Civil Preventive Measures: Creating Localised Criminal Codes?' - Completed in ...