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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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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Dr Ben Earle

Dr Ben Earle

Associate Professor
Head of Department of Music

Department of Music

I have supervised PhD and MA research dissertations on a wide range of twentieth-century musical topics, including: the piano music of Erik Satie; British musical Wagnerism; the solo Cello Sonata of Zoltan Kodaly; the choral music of Ton de Leeuw; the experience of temporality in Olivier Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen; music, politics and philosophy in the work of Luciano Berio; Maltese chamber music; Michael Tippett and Jungian psychology; harmony and ...

Dr Christina Easton

Dr Christina Easton

Assistant Professor in the Ethics of Non-Violence

Department of Philosophy

Political philosophy, especially liberalism, tolerance, neutrality and political liberalism
Animal ethics
Feminist philosophy
Political philosophy of education; moral, religious and civic education; education policy
Ethics of parenting
Moral risk

Honorary Professor John Easton

Honorary Professor John Easton

Lecturer

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

John currently co-supervises 3 PhD students:
Chris Morris
John Stafford
Jonathan Tutcher (writing up)

 





Professor Kirsty Edgar

Professor Kirsty Edgar

Professor in Micropalaeontology
Head of Research in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Kirsty Edgar is interested in:

[1] Understanding the timing and nature of the interaction between global climate, geochemical cycling, and biota during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. A major research focus is elucidating the dynamics and consequences of transient climate events in the geological record and the evolution of planktic foraminifera.
[2] Conservation of palaeontological heritage: focussed on how we identify, record, conserve and communicate palaeontological heritage. Current work integrates digital ...


Professor Nikk Effingham

Professor Nikk Effingham

Professor of Philosophy
Head of Department

Department of Philosophy

I currently supervise doctoral candidates researching areas including metaontology, ontology, the philosophy of time, and the philosophy of mind. I can supervise theses in a wide variety of areas of theoretical philosophy, including metaphysics and many areas of philosophy of religion, science and mind.

Dr Nikolaos Efstathiou

Dr Nikolaos Efstathiou

Associate Professor

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Dr Efstathiou's expertise in qualitative research methods and Delphi Technique has led him to working with research students on various subjects (bariatric surgery, voiding difficulties, depression in renal dialysis patients, labour and sepsis and maternal mental illness, identifying research priorities, palliative and end-of-life care).

He is interested in supervising research students in the following areas:

  • End-of-Life care in acute care settings
  • Decision making in End-of-Life care
  • Withdrawal of life sustaining ...

Dr Inya Egbe

Dr Inya Egbe

Associate Professor in Accounting

The Department of Accounting

Inya is interested in supervising postgraduate thesis in management accounting, especially in the following area but not limited to:

  • The design and use of management control systems
  • The management control systems aspects of sustainability accounting
  • Performance measurement and evaluation systems.
  • Accounting and development issues.

 

Professor Bridget Eickhoff

Professor Bridget Eickhoff

Professor of Railway Interface Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

Support to MSc dissertation projects on a case-by-case basis, provision of input to doctoral level research.

Dr Adel Elfeky

Dr Adel Elfeky

Senior Research Fellow in Evidence Synthesis

School of Social Policy and Society

Enquiries about potential PhD supervision related to my areas of research interests and expertise are welcome.

Dr Edith Elgueta Cancino

Dr Edith Elgueta Cancino

Research Fellow

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Edith will co-supervise a Pre-reg Masters Student this year and is looking forward to increasing her participation in supervision activities for the next year.

Professor Jo Ellins

Professor Jo Ellins

Professor of Health Services Research
Departmental PhD lead

Health Services Management Centre

Jo is interested in supervising PhDs in the following topics:

  • Youth mental health policy and practice
  • School-based mental health and wellbeing
  • Personal experiences of health/mental health and illness
  • Person-centred quality and service improvement
  • Co-design and public involvement in service delivery, improvement and research, including with seldom heard groups  
  • Health policy and service evaluation, especially projects using qualitative methods

Please do feel free to get in contact, with a research ...

Professor Karen Elliott

Professor Karen Elliott

Chair and Professor of Practice in Finance and Fintech

The Department of Finance

  • Fintech
  • Corporate Digital Responsibility
  • Data and Digital Ethics
  • Financial Inclusion
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Responsible Innovation