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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Professor Jagbir Jhutti-Johal

Professor Jagbir Jhutti-Johal

Professor of Sikh Studies

Department of Theology and Religion

I have supervised a thesis on
• Issues of Religious Diversity affecting Visible minority ethnic personnel in the workplace
• A historical and theological evaluation of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925
Currently supervising
• Religion and Development – Faith-based organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sikh Identity and practice: Re-examining the reconstruction of Sikh Identity and practice during 1880-1886
• ‘Dharam Nibhoana: The Duty of a Sikh’

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Dr Jiahua Jiang

Dr Jiahua Jiang

Assistant Professor

School of Mathematics

I am happy to discuss PhD project supervision with potential candidates; please email me if you are interested.

Professor Enrique Jimenez-Melero

Professor Enrique Jimenez-Melero

UKAEA Joint Chair in Materials for Fusion

School of Metallurgy and Materials

If you are enthusiastic about nuclear fusion technologies and are interested in fusion materials research, or you pursue a career in nuclear or in metallurgy, please get in contact by email.

Professor Suganthi John

Professor Suganthi John

Professor of English Language

Department of Linguistics and Communication

I am currently supervising several students working on academic discourse, the teaching of academic writing, identity in writing and academic writing development. I am interested in supervising PhD research in the areas of:

Academic discourse
English for academic purposes
Advanced academic literacy



Dr Jessica Johnson

Dr Jessica Johnson

Associate Professor in Social Anthropology and African Studies

Department of African Studies and Anthropology

I welcome enquiries from students interested in gender relations, feminist anthropology, development, and legal anthropology.

Dr Litty Johnson

Dr Litty Johnson

Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutics

School of Pharmacy

Litty is interested in supervising research projects in the following areas:

  • Nanomedicine
  • Protein drug delivery
  • mRNA delivery
  • Immune modulation
  • Vaccine and drug delivery systems

Dr Andrew Jolly

Dr Andrew Jolly

Assistant Professor

Department of Social Work and Social Care

Andy welcomes proposals for doctoral and post-doctoral research in the following areas:

  • Household Food Security in the UK
  • Bordering Practices in Social Work and Social Care
  • Child Poverty
  • Social Work with Refugee and Migrant Populations
  • Participatory and community research methods

Professor Kate Jolly

Professor Kate Jolly

Professor of Public Health and Primary Care

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Kate is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Behavioural change programmes for rehabilitation and self-management of long-term conditions, and primary prevention of disease in the whole population and minority ethnic groups
  • Evaluation of lay or peer support or home-based interventions.
  • Interventions to support breastfeeding. 

 

Dr Bisola Joloko

Dr Bisola Joloko

Assistant Professor

The Department of Accounting

Bisola is interested in PhD applications from the following areas:

  • Role of accounting in sustainable development
  • The Accounting profession and its change processes
  • Accounting, accountability, and sustainability issues in developing economies/contexts

Dr Alan M Jones

Dr Alan M Jones

Associate Professor in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

School of Pharmacy

The Jones research group has been funded by BISCA, the Wellcome Trust (UK), CRISM Therapeutics/Imphatec Ltd (Industry UK/Ireland), Medical Research Council (UK), the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), CAPES (Brazil), Bolashak Foundation (Kazakhstan), LPDP (Indonesia), EJSP (Saudi Arabia), UNESP (Brazil), Erasmus+ mobility programme (EU), British Council (UK Govt), Science without Borders (Brazil), the Government of Botswana (Botswana), the Royal Society (London), King Khalid University (Saudi Arabia), and University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ ...

Dr Christopher Jones

Director of Research for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡)
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist (University Hospital Birmingham)

School of Psychology

PhD supervision 

I have provided research supervision to seven PhD students.

ClinPsyD Supervision

I have been the principal academic research supervisor for over 100 trainee clinical psychologists.

Masters and Under-Graduate Supervision

I have provided research supervision to a number of MRes in Clinical Psychology (10+) students over the years, and to a large number of BSc (Hons) Psychology students (25+).

Dr Claire Jones

Dr Claire Jones

Associate Professor in History of Art

Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies

I welcome proposals for doctoral research on the following:
French and British sculpture
Decorative arts and craft
Histories of galleries, museums and exhibitions
Approaches to curating