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 David Griffith

Dr David Griffith

Senior Lecturer in English Medieval Studies

Department of English Literature

I am pleased to supervise MA, MPhil and PhD students on literary and cross-disciplinary subjects. Current and recent students have worked on:

• ‘The political appropriation of John Lydgate’s Fall of Princes: a manuscript study of British Library, MS Harley 1766’ (PhD)
• ‘Asceticism in late-medieval religious writing: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 114’ (PhD)
• ‘A revelation of purgatory to ane holy woman (1422).’ (MPhil)
• ‘Magical rings in ...




Dr Elystan Griffiths

Dr Elystan Griffiths

Reader in Modern Languages

Department of Modern Languages

My main research interests are in German literature of the period 1750-1850, with a particular interest in how social and political tensions manifest themselves in German culture. I have also supervised doctoral work on German-language cinema and have a particular interest in contemporary German and Austrian film. I am currently supervising a number of PhD projects, on German-language writing in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. If you have a project ...

Dr Mark Griffiths

Dr Mark Griffiths

School Head of PGT
Associate Professor in Pedagogy

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dr Griffiths is interested in supervising doctoral studies with a focus on professional development and socio-cultural approaches to learning, both within and beyond educational spaces.

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Mark on m.griffiths@bham.ac.uk or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email: dr@contacts.bham.ac.uk or call +44 (0)121 414 5005.

Dr Melanie Griffiths

Dr Melanie Griffiths

Birmingham Fellow

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Migration, asylum, immigration detention, deportation, families, Article 8 rights, gender, men and masculinity, time, bureaucracies, legal courts, hostile environment

Dr Siân Lowri Griffiths

Dr Siân Lowri Griffiths

Assistant Professor

School of Psychology

Doctoral Students

2024 - Polychronis Makris, Clinical Psychology Doctorate (ClinPsyD)

2024 - Jessica Hughes, ClinPsyD

2023 - Catrin Street-Maddox, Hilary Green Scholar (PhD

2022 - Rebecca Lee, Priestly PhD Scholar

2022 - Obajide Alademerin, ClinPsyD 

Dr Griffiths is open to considering applications or expressions of interest from doctoral students, MRES, MSci, and Intercalated BMedSci students in areas related to her research interests. Students interested in working with Dr Griffiths should contact ...

Professor Ian Grosvenor

Professor Ian Grosvenor

Emeritus Professor of Urban Education History
Director of the Voices of War & Peace Centre

School of Education

Ian is interested in the following research topics:

  • material cultures of schooling;
  • cultural diversity and race equality;
  • anti-racist and refugee education;
  • black history;
  • museum and heritage education; the teaching of history.

He currently supervises a number of students including the following:

  • Izzy Mohammed - Public archives, Representation and Integration in Post-War, Multicultural Urban Contexts: Birmingham and Manchester
  • Alison Laitner - Discovering Childrens’ Voices and Experiences; Changes from family to institutional care ...

Professor Liam M Grover

Professor Liam M Grover

Head of School
Professor in Biomaterials Science
Director of the Healthcare Technologies Institute (HTI)

School of Chemical Engineering

Liam Grover’s research focuses on the development and characterisation of materials for the regeneration of diseased and damaged tissues, particularly bone and bone-interfacing tissues, but he has also published on the delivery of fibroblasts and keratinocytes for skin regeneration. Within this broader field, four of his principal areas of current research activity are:

Regenerating the hard-soft tissue interface: developing bone-to-bone ligament replacements using fibrin and ceramics; reinforcing ligament replacements

Polymer ...



Dr Armin Grünbacher

Dr Armin Grünbacher

Associate Professor in Modern History

Department of History

I am happy to discuss supervision of postgraduate research in the areas of German post-war social, economic and political history. Possible topics in this wide field can include Allied occupation policy; attitudes and politics of German social networks or interest groups (such as industrialists or refugees); or topics investigating economic and business matters.

I am currently supervising a PhD investigating German Trade Unions and their involvement in Jean Monnet’s Action ...

Dr Ganna (Anya) Gryn’ova

Dr Ganna (Anya) Gryn’ova

Associate Professor of Computational Chemistry
Birmingham Fellow

School of Chemistry

Please visit the CCC website for further information.

Alessandra Guariglia

Alessandra Guariglia

Professor of Financial Economics

The Department of Economics

Alessandra Guariglia's research and supervision interests include:

How can Chinese firms experience extremely high growth rates, in spite of the malfunctioning of the Chinese financial system?
Is there evidence of investment misallocation in China owing to the inadequacy of the Chinese financial system?
Is there evidence of 'overinvestment' in China, thus threatening the Chinese economy? If so, which firms' characteristics are likely to be associated with this behaviour?
Is there ...




Dr Robert Guest

Research Fellow

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

  • Co-supervisor for PhD students
  • Assisting in students with both MEng and BEng projects

Steve Gulati

Steve Gulati

Associate Professor
Director of Healthcare Leadership

Health Services Management Centre

Steve supervises post-graduate dissertations on the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (NHS Leadership Academy) programme. The range of topics covered ranges from specific service improvement methodology and methods to team and personal development in health sectors, both multi and uni- disciplinary.