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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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麻豆精选 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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Director of Research, College of Arts and Law
Barber Professor of Jurisprudence
Birmingham Law School
Professor de Londras currently supervises students working on (national, comparative, and international) public law and on topics as diverse as the conceptualisation of security in law, the future of the ECtHR, postcoloniality and nationality law, migrants' rights, and the regulation of abortion information. Her former doctoral students now hold academic posts at leading law schools around the world, in practice, and in regulatory and policy bodies. She has a strong ...
Assistant Professor in Nursing (E&R)
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Enrico’s expertise in qualitative research methods has led him to working with research students on various subjects (ICU and End-of-Life Care, Spirituality in Nursing, Art Based methods in Nursing Education).
He is interested in supervising research students in the following areas:
- Interprofessional Education and Care
- Spiritual Care
- Care of the Older Person (care home and social care research)
- Palliative and End-of-Life care
Lecturer in Employment Relations
Department of Management
Dissertation Supervision:
- Online MSc in International Management
- Online MBA
- MSc in Human Resource Management
Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Dr de Pablo is interested in supervising masters & doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases
- Comorbidities of the autoimmune chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases including periodontal disease, accelerated atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, and bone loss
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Paola de Pablo directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
For a ...
Professor of Regional Economic Development
Business School
- Industrial districts
- Networks and clusters
- Economic development and global value chains
- Innovation and industrial policy
- EU regional policies
Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Preth currently supervises 2 MD students
Lecturer
Department of Modern Languages
Paolo De Ventura's main area of research has revolved around Dante鈥檚 Comedy and its Medieval, French, Occitan and Latin context, using a linguistic and philological approach as a privileged standpoint for literary criticism. He is particularly interested in the peculiarity of Medieval language, with its dramatic and performative elements embedded within the written page.
At present, Dr De Ventura is supervising the research of three PhD students in the areas ...
Head of the School of Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering
Professor Dearn works with colleagues in the Railways and Vehicle Technology, and the Manufacturing research groups in the School and with colleagues from across the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. He currently supervises the following doctoral research projects:
- Investigating the functionalisation of poly-ether-ether-ketone surfaces through the application of surface texturing for friction and wear control within all polymeric joint prosthesis. Mr. Christopher Harris, Ph. D., 2014 – 2018, supported ...
Professor in Strategy
The Department of Strategy and International Business
Stephanie has supervised and examined several doctoral students in business and management and is interested in supervising students on subjects such as:- International strategy. - Historical research in the study of organizations and management. - Business and development in Africa. She is currently lead supervisor of five doctoral students at Birmingham.
Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Jon is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Methodology for the evaluation of medical tests and biomarkers
- Non-randomised evaluations of healthcare interventions
- Methodology for systematic reviews
If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Jon directly, or
for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Business Analytics
Department of Management
Dr Delgosha has supervised over 65 Master and PhD students. He welcomes PhD application in the broad areas of AI, Business Analytics and Digital Transformation:
- GenAI and Agentic AI applications in Business
- Predictive and Prescriptive analytics
- Digital Platforms and Gig Economy
- Digital Entrepreneurship and Business Model
Professor of Theoretical Nanophotonics
School of Physics and Astronomy
Current students:
- William Parfitt, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Ishita Jena, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Jakub Skorka, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Themistoklis Deloudis, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Adam Walker, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Luke Hands, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Arsenios Gisdakis, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Angus Crookes, PhD, University of Birmingnham
Past students:
- Kalun Bedingfield, PhD, University 麻豆精选
- Alexandra Crai, PhD, Imperial College London
- Nuttawut Kongsuwan, PhD, Imperial College London
- Peter Fox, ...