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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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Professor in Modern History
Department of History
Listed below are the fields in which Sabine Lee is able to offer supervision of research postgraduates.
Children Born of War; Children and War
History of UN Peacekeeping
Conflict-related gender-based violence
Social consequences of war and conflict
20th century British history
20th century international relations
19th and 20th century history of science (particularly mathematics and physics)
20th German history
Professor of Cultural History
Department of History
I offer PhD supervision across the cultural history of Britain in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly in areas relating to my own research interests: histories of gender and sexuality, culture and self-fashioning, urban history, and Britain in the 1920s and 1930s. Feel free to get in touch if you鈥檙e interested in discussing potential projects. I'm currently or have recently co-supervised projects including women's sexual autonomy and desire ...
Professor of Central and Eastern European History
Department of History
I am currently first supervisor for the following students: Jonathan Conde, Graham Cox, Jared Feuerstein, Owen Grey and Marta Starostina.
I am happy to supervise doctoral work in the following areas: history of modern Eastern Europe, history of nationalism, interwar history, history of the First and Second World War.
Associate Professor in International History
Department of History
Steve Morewood's research interests include the military, political and strategic history of the modern East Mediterranean region (late19th and 20th centuries). He has supervised several PhDs to a successful conclusion with some students going on to publish their dissertations in book form. Topics have included the Greek press during the Greco-Turkish War of 1920-22, Turkey and the Straits in the early Cold War period and the Greek-Cypriot perspective in the ...
Assistant Professor in British History
Director, Centre for Midlands History and Cultures
Department of History
I am happy to supervise doctoral researchers on topics relating to my research specialisms, just get in touch. I would be particularly keen to hear from students who are interested in working on: memory and the commemoration of conflict; family and local memory; family history; the social history of archives; the social and cultural history of the Midlands, especially during the early modern period.
Lecturer in Modern History
Department of History
I currently supervise or co-supervise a number of MA and PhD students. Subjects in which I am interested include:
The modern history of drugs, especially with a focus on Britain.
The modern history of drugs and warfare.
The history, theory and practice of air power, particularly during the era of total war.
The military history of the two World Wars, especially from a British perspective.
Assistant Professor in 20th Century European History
Department of History
I would be delighted to hear from students intending to work on any aspect of Modern German history, as well as those with thematic interests in the histories of religion, war and memory in any European context since 1800.
Associate Professor in International Politics
Department of Political Science and International Studies
I would welcome PhD applications in areas related to my research interests below, and I would encourage potential supervisees to get in touch:
- international conflict, conflict management and resolution
- international organisations, the European Union
- state recognition
- statehood, sovereignty
- secession
- unrecognised/ de facto states
Associate Professor in Ancient History
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
I welcome proposals for supervision in any aspect of Roman History, especially political aspects of the Roman Republic and Early Principate, Imperial ideology, International Relations and diplomacy, and interdisciplinary approaches to history and material culture.
Postgraduate research projects I have supervised or am currently supervising include:
Ben Salisbury, 鈥楤efore Public Opinion: The Role of Tribunes of the Plebs in Creating, Manipulating, and Responding to Popular Sentiment in the Late Roman ...
Professor of Indigenous and Environmental History
University 麻豆精选 125th Anniversary Chair
Principal Investigator, Treatied Spaces Research Group
Department of History
Professor Porter has a strong track record helping ECR and PGR colleagues advance their careers. She has supported a significant number to achieve positions in U.K. and U.S. Universities. She has also supported students and ECRs to attract fellowships, travel awards and other funding from the AHRC, Fulbright US-UK, government bodies and North American and European universities.
She welcomes PGR enquiries linked to:
Global Indigenous Environmental History, Culture and Literature ...
Associate Professor in the History of Warfare and Conflict
Department of History
I would welcome PhD proposals on the following topics: British colonial warfare (including war during the era of decolonisation), Counterinsurgency, and the British army 1815-1945.
Senior Lecturer in colonial and post-colonial studies
Department of Modern Languages
I am happy to offer postgraduate research supervision in the following fields:
Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
British and French imperial history
Decolonisation and the End of Empire
Colonial memory
Nineteenth and Twentieth French History
I supervise or co-supervises MA dissertation students in the above mentioned areas, and perform the role of PhD supervisor for several PhD theses:
Dunya Ismael (as lead supervisor): 鈥楻etro-cultural translation: neutralising cultural capital accumulation and power ...
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education
College of Social Sciences Director of Postgraduate Research
School of Education
Laura D'Olimpio supervises postgraduate research students working in the fields of philosophy and philosophy of education.
She has particular expertise in the following areas:
- Moral education
- Moral philosophy and applied ethics
- Aesthetics; particularly aesthetics and ethics
- Philosophy in schools
- Media, mass art, technology and digital literacy
- Philosophy of film and literature
- Virtue ethics and character education
- Public philosophy
Honorary Professor in Behavioural Medicine
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Amanda currently supervises several PhDs in the area of physical activity and health and weight management.
Research Fellow
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Sarah Damery was initially part of the cancer research team within the Department of Primary Care Clinical Sciences and worked on a number of projects centred on cancer and chronic disease early diagnosis and screening uptake. Since March 2014 she has been part of the Chronic Diseases theme within the West Midlands CLAHRC (Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care). She is currently working on several projects evaluating ...
Associate Professor
125th Anniversary Fellow in Ceramic Science and Engineering
School of Metallurgy and Materials
Dr Dancer is happy to consider supervision of projects with a focus on processing of ceramic-based materials. Past PhD supervision includes projects focused on ceramic processing and characterisation for applications in solid state batteries, microwave communication devices, and thermal and structural components. Many projects have been in collaboration with industrial partners including Lucideon, Carnot Engines, and Nikalyte.
Future PhD opportunities will be advertised via findaphd.com. Students interested in PhD ...
Honorary Professor of Quaker Studies
Director, Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies
Department of Theology and Religion
The Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies has around 20 MA by Research/ PhD students and is the leading centre worldwide in research into Quakerism. There is a staff team of 14 supervisors and we can supervise in most areas of Quaker studies: history, theology, philosophy, sociology, literary studies and Quaker values in education.
My own research interests lie particularly in the sociology of religion and the sociology of sects. For ...
Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Translation Studies
Language Co-ordinator for Arabic
Department of Modern Languages
In collaboration with Dr Benedetta Rossi, West African Studies, we have been successful in getting a PhD scholarship to work on Arabic Sources for West African History, West African Manuscripts in collaboration with the British Library.
I am currently supervising the following postgraduates:
Lead supervisor for Muman Saleh
Lead supervisor for Waleed Alsubhi
Lead supervisor for Farah Nadia Harun
Lead supervisor for Marwan Ismail
Lead supervisor for Sarah Shubaily
Lead ...
Honorary Professorship
School of Dentistry
Successfully supervised 5 MPhil and 19 PhD students (all in Hong Kong)
Associate Professor in International Relations of the Middle East
Department of Political Science and International Studies
May is interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- IR of the Middle East
- Foreign policies of Middle Eastern states
- Identity politics in the Middle East
- Security policies in the Middle East
Professor of Global Politics and Sustainable Development
International Development Department
Niheer currently works with the following doctoral candidates:
- Jasmine Burnley
- Emi Nishihata
- Giulio Di Pinto
Associate Professor in Practical Theology
Department of Theology and Religion
I welcome enquiries from potential students in the areas of practical theology and political theology, and I have a particular speciality in hermeneutics and the work of Paul Ricoeur.
I am especially keen to discuss proposals for the professional doctorate: a programme designed for projects investigating areas of professional practice theologically, including education, ministry, politics, healthcare, the charity sector, and chaplaincy.
Assistant Professor in Youth Mental Health
School of Psychology
Dr. Dauvermann is interested to hear from potential MSc and PhD students to discuss projects and/or funding possibilities. Please send her an email with CV and reason(s) for interest (m.dauvermann@bham.ac.uk).
Professor of Corrosion Science
School of Metallurgy and Materials
- synchrotron methods in localised corrosion
- corrosion issues in nuclear waste storage
- corrosion of bipolar plates in PEM fuel cells
- corrosion of aluminium alloys
- corrosion of titanium alloys for biomedical applications