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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Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Current and previous PhD Students
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Sian-Marie O’Brien
Defended thesis 2019 – "Regulation of intracellular sodium in the atria"
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Dannie Fobian
Defended thesis 2020 – "Translating the effect of rate control therapy in atrial fibrillation: from cellular response to cardiac function"
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Chris O’Shea
Defended thesis 2020 – "Developing a high-resolution optical mapping setup with integrated high-throughput analysis capabilites for dissecting molecular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias"
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Simon Wells
Defended thesis 2020 ...
Professor of Law and Society
Deputy Dean
Birmingham Law School
Professor Harding is happy to supervise postgraduate research students in any of the following areas:
- Mental Capacity and Disability Law, especially research involving questions of everyday decision-making, dementia, intellectual disability, powers of attorney, advance directives and end of life decision making.
- Older persons rights, especially research focused on older person鈥檚 attitudes to human rights, and the arguments for and against a new international convention on the rights of ...
Associate Professor in Law
Birmingham Law School
Dr Moreton is interested in supervising Doctoral Students in the areas of healthcare law, particularly decision-making, child and adolescent healthcare, pregnancy and reproduction, and palliative care. She also has interests in criminal law relating to sexual offences, and intersections with medical law. Topics utilising feminist and care ethics are also of interest.
Previously supervised to completion:
- Wendy Suffield, 鈥楻econsidering the Moral Status of the pre-conscious fetus: a multi-criterial, multi-level ...
Associate Professor
Birmingham Law School
Charlotte is happy to supervise doctoral students for projects focusing on family law, especially those concerning adult relationships.
Associate Professor
Deputy Head of Education (Exams and Senior Tutor)
Birmingham Law School
Maureen is interested in supervising students on any of the following areas:
鈥� Digital asset regulation
鈥� African customary law in juridical settings
鈥� Gender equality and sentencing
鈥� Decolonising IP law
Professor of Feminist Legal Studies
Head of Research Impact
Birmingham Law School
I am willing to supervise research students in the following areas:
Gender, law and Religion, particularly from feminist or critical legal perspectives.
Politics of reproductive justice.
'Historical' institutional abuse.
Law, activism and social movements.
I am happy to answer email queries from prospective students before submission of an official proposal.
Chair in Legal Education and Research
Birmingham Law School
Professor Webley supervises students undertaking empirical socio-legal research. She is keen to hear from candidates who wish to undertake research on:
Lawyer regulation, education, professionalism and legal ethics
Legal service delivery and the impact of technology
Access to justice and family justice
Public law and practice.
Reader in Sustainable Energy Technologies
Head of Sustainable Energy Technology Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. AL-Dadah works currently supervises the following doctoral research projects:
- Anil Taskin (November 2020 to November 2024): Development of small-scale scroll expander for organic Rankine cycle. Sponsored by the Turkish Government.
- Andrew Makar (October 2020 to October 2024): Development of open cycle desiccant cooling system using metal organic framework adsorbent materials for air conditioning application. Sponsored by the British Council.
- Ibrahim Albaik (October 2019 to October 2023): Development and optimisation ...
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
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 ...
Associate Professor in Social Anthropology and African Studies
Department of African Studies and Anthropology
I welcome enquiries from students interested in the anthropology of migration and diasporas; religion, particularly Pentecostalism; and kinship and care.
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 ...
Associate Professor
Director of the Health Data Science Programme in Dubai
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Graduate students with strong computational skills who are interested in pursuing their MSc thesis in the group, as well as students who have secured funding and are interested in joining the group to pursue a PhD, are invited to send their CV and their topic of interest to m.haber@bham.ac.uk
Professor of Human Geography
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sophie is currently supervising seven PhD students.
She would be interested to hear from potential PhD candidates in the fields of geographies of children and young people, urbanism and sustainable living across various geographical contexts.
Lecturer in Ancient Greek Literature
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
I am keen to supervise postgraduate students who wish to work on topics related to Greek literature (across all genres) and Greek cultural and intellectual history, including the interaction of poetry with philosophy (Plato), and interdisciplinary approaches to literature.
Current doctoral projects supervised:
Primary supervisor
(1) 'A Harmony of Opposition: Poetry and Philosophy in Platonic Dialogues'
(2) 'The Lyre and the Bow: A Complementary Duality'
Assistant Professor in Social Work
Department of Social Work and Social Care
Deborah has supervised a number of students undertaking MA dissertations. The supervision of PhD students is an area of interest and something she would like to develop in the future.
Reader in Social Policy
Director of Global Engagement for the School of Social Policy and Society
Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Kelly currently supervises PhD students in a number of areas of social policy. She has particular expertise in the areas of social care, social enterprise, the third sector, international retirement migration, ageing and participatory research.
Chair of Microbiome Research
Institute of Microbiology and Infection
Prof Hall has a distinguished record of guiding and nurturing postgraduate scholars through their academic journeys. She welcomes aspiring students who share her deep enthusiasm for the captivating realm of microbiome research. Specifically, Lindsay is keen to collaborate with those driven by curiosity for unravelling the intricate mechanisms by which beneficial microbes communicate with their host. Additionally, she seeks students who share her interest about the dynamic interactions among microorganisms, ...
Senior Lecturer in Project and Operations Management
Department of Management
Mark is interested in supervising PhDs in the field of project management, with a focus on risk and opportunity management and theoretical perspectives on practitioner behaviour.
Associate Professor, Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD)
Head of Part Time Postgraduate Programmes in the School of Education
School of Education
Neil has been a co-supervisor for a range of PhD and EdD students who have successfully completed their doctoral degrees on SEBD and SEND topics - these include: the attachment friendly classroom; SEBD and outdoor education; SEBD provision in Kenya; neglected children; and, specifically, in relation to Saudi Arabia: teachers’ perceptions of using ICT with students with learning disabilities; obstacles facing the implementation of including children with SEN in primary ...
Emeritus Professor
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Professor Hall has supervised research in the following areas
- Body area networks
- Cognitive radio antennas
- Reconfigurable antennas
- Active antennas
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Professor Hall on the contact details above.
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes
Rebecca regularly supervises PGRs on projects relating to AMR.
Reader in Religious Education
Director of Postgraduate Taught programmes for the College of Social Sciences
School of Education
Religious Education
Literary theory and re-reading narrative within Biblical texts especially through a feminist lens
RSE (Relationship and Sex Education): policy and school context
PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education): policy and school context including work on RSE and Mental Health
Associate Professor of Mental Health Nursing
School of Nursing and Midwifery
鈼� Coercion in mental healthcare
鈼� Restorative justice in mental health
鈼� Reducing restrictive interventions