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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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
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