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.

Start your search

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 Sophie Boyron

Dr Sophie Boyron

Associate Professor

Birmingham Law School

Constitutional law
Administrative law
European law
Comparative law

Current doctoral supervision:

Sophie Boyron is currently supervising three doctoral students undertaking research in the following areas:

Institutional autonomy and the United Kingdom Supreme Court
External participation in EU decision-making process through the EU established instruments
The jurisprudence of mediation














Professor Muireann Quigley

Professor Muireann Quigley

Professor of Law, Medicine, and Technology

Birmingham Law School

Biolaw, property in the body and biomaterials, the use of the behavioural sciences in law and policy, (bio)technologies and law.

Dr Walters Nsoh

Dr Walters Nsoh

Associate Professor in Law
Programme Director, Online LLM in Energy and Environmental Law

Birmingham Law School

Dr Nsoh is happy to supervise within the following broad areas:

Innovative approaches such as conservation covenants, payment for ecosystem services and biodiversity offsets in conservation
Biodiversity and nature conservation law
Property (land) rights, land use, land tenure and livelihoods
Forest ownership and sustainability
Regulation of natural resources
Ecosystem services
Indigenous rights







Dr Gavin Byrne

Dr Gavin Byrne

Associate Professor

Birmingham Law School

Dr Bryne is interested in supervising doctoral research on:

Jurisprudence
The application of other disciplines of study to the study of Law (philosophy, literary theory, economics etc)
Aspects of property and intellectual property law



Dr Maureen Mapp

Dr Maureen Mapp

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:
• Digital asset regulation
• African customary law in juridical settings
• Gender equality and sentencing
• Decolonising IP law





Dr Chen Zhu

Dr Chen Zhu

Associate Professor

Birmingham Law School

Dr Zhu considers postgraduate research proposals falling into the following areas:

- Historical and Theoretical Aspects of Copyright Law
- Legal Construction of Authorship
- Music Copyright Law
- Software Related Intellectual Property Issues




Professor Joy Porter

Professor Joy Porter

Professor of Indigenous and Environmental History
University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ 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 ...

Professor Matt Houlbrook

Professor Matt Houlbrook

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’re interested in discussing potential projects. I'm currently or have recently co-supervised projects including women's sexual autonomy and desire ...

Dr Marietta Iacucci

Dr Marietta Iacucci

Honorary Associate Professor in Gastroenterology

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Dr Iacucci supervised several postgraduate trainees at the University of Calgary, Canada.

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Marietta Iacucci directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.

Dr Fahad Ibrahim

Dr Fahad Ibrahim

Assistant Professor in Marketing

Department of Marketing

Research interests

  • Consumer research
  • Digital marketing
  • Service marketing
  • Strategic marketing and management
  • Employee relations
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Institutional theory

Dr Jan Idkowiak

Dr Jan Idkowiak

Clinical Associate Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Jan is interested in supervising medical students studying for intercalated degrees, as well as doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Adrenal disorders in Paediatrics
  • Metabolic Dysfunction and Childhood Androgen Excess Conditions
  • Other aspects of Clinical Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Jan on the contact details above.

Dr Agnieszka Ignatowicz

Dr Agnieszka Ignatowicz

Assistant Professor in Health Research Methods

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Agnieszka has supervised two doctoral research students to completion and is currently supervising other.

Agnieszka is interested in supervising further doctoral research students who are planning to use qualitative methods within their research. Projects should focus on questions relating to her research interests. If you are interested, please contact Agnieszka directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

Professor Kate Ince

Professor Kate Ince

Professor of French and Visual Studies

Department of Modern Languages

I have supervised or co-supervised nine PhDs, two MAs by Research (40,000 word thesis) and numerous shorter Masters theses/dissertations to completion, on a range of topics in twentieth and twenty-first film, literary and theatre studies. As I move to Professor Emerita status in January 2025 I am still second supervising one PhD on French film (‘Anachronistic Heroes in French comedy cinema’), but am no longer allowed to lead-supervise new doctoral ...

Dr Sandra Ingelkofer

Dr Sandra Ingelkofer

Assistant Professor

Birmingham Law School

Sandra is happy to supervise postgraduate research students in any of the following areas:

German Constitutional Law
Comparative Constitutional Law
European Union Law

Potential research students are welcome to contact her by email to discuss their research proposals prior to submitting an official application.





Dr Alexandra Iordachescu

Dr Alexandra Iordachescu

PI and Teaching Fellow in Bioengineering

School of Chemical Engineering

Please contact Alexandra directly for collaborations and project supervision.

Professor Asif Iqbal

Professor Asif Iqbal

Professor of Inflammation Biology
Birmingham Fellow

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

For any doctoral research enquiries, please email: A.J.Iqbal@bham.ac.uk 

Dr Louise Isham

Dr Louise Isham

Lecturer in Social Work

Department of Social Work and Social Care

Louise supervises PhD students with an interest in the following areas: domestic and sexual violence; care relationships and experiences in adulthood. 

 

Dr DoÄŸa Istanbulluoglu

Dr DoÄŸa Istanbulluoglu

Lecturer in Marketing

Department of Marketing

Doğa has the following research interests:

  • Online/Offline Consumer Behaviour
  • Complaining Behaviour
  • Complaint handling
  • Online/Offline Word-of-mouth
  • Anti-consumption / Boycott

Dr Jonathan (Jon) Ives

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Jonathan is currently supervising two PhD students:

  • Derek Kyte (2011 – 2014; FT) The Methodological and Ethical Issues Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement in Clinical Trials
  • Bert Vanderhaegen (2013 - 2019; PT) A Critical Reflection upon the Nature, Limits and Impact of Empirical Ethics’

Former PhD students are:

  • Greg Moorlock (2009-2012; FT)  An empirically informed ethical analysis of directed and conditional cadaveric organ donation. Awarded in 2012.
  • Simon Jenkins ...