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

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. 

麻豆精选 results for “private law”

Dr Mohd Hwaidi

Dr Mohd Hwaidi

Associate Professor
Director of LLM Programme (Dubai)

Birmingham Law School

Dr Hwaidi currently accepts PhD candidates in the following areas:
鈥 Commercial law
鈥 International trade law
鈥 Law and technology
鈥 Contract law/ tort law
鈥 International finance and banking law
鈥 Law and sociology
鈥 Arbitration
鈥 Maritime law
He has supervised PhD students in the areas of the law of blockchain, drafting arbitration clauses in commercial contracts, carriage of goods by sea and privacy law.










Dr Amer Tabbara

Dr Amer Tabbara

Assistant Professor of International Commercial Dispute Resolution

Birmingham Law School

鈥 Private International Law (conflicts of law, conflicts of jurisdiction)
鈥 International Commercial Arbitration
鈥 International Investment Law and Arbitration
鈥 Energy Law
鈥 Law and Technology
鈥 AI and Law






Professor Nelson Enonchong

Professor Nelson Enonchong

Barber Professor of Law

Birmingham Law School

Contract/Commercial law
Conflict of Laws
Arbitration
Comparative Law
International Trade and Finance
Current doctoral supervision
Professor Enonchong is currently supervising four doctoral students undertaking research in the following areas

Contractual Mechanisms for Reducing Risks in Long Term Oil and Gas Agreements
The Scope of the Liability of Arbitral Institutions towards the Disputing Parties
Judicial Review of International Arbitral Awards
Balancing the demands of procedural fairness and finality in ADR in ...










Dr Peter Coe

Dr Peter Coe

Associate Professor
Director of Research Impact

Birmingham Law School

Dr Coe welcomes expressions of interest for prospective PhD students in his areas of interest, and the field of Media Law more broadly.

Dr Andreas Kokkinis

Dr Andreas Kokkinis

Associate Professor
Head of Postgraduate Research

Birmingham Law School

Dr Kokkinis is available to supervise doctoral researchers on corporate law, corporate governance, banking law and regulation and financial regulation. He has previously supervised research projects on shareholder activism, executive remuneration, banking regulatory architecture and the development of infrastructure through private sector involvement.

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





Professor M谩ir茅ad Enright

Professor M谩ir茅ad Enright

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.





Dr Tara Lai Quinlan

Associate Professor in Law and Criminal Justice

Birmingham Law School

criminal law, criminal procedure, terrorism, counter-terrorism, police, disproportionality in the criminal justice system, stop and search, jury diversity

Dr Georgia Antonopoulou

Assistant Professor in Commercial Dispute Resolution
Co-Deputy Head of Education (Education Review)

Birmingham Law School

dispute resolution, private international law

John Tingle

John Tingle

Associate Professor

Birmingham Law School

National and Global Patient Safety
Clinical Negligence Litigation


Dr Chukwuma Okoli

Dr Chukwuma Okoli

Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws

Birmingham Law School

Commercial Conflict of Laws and International Commercial Litigation

Professor Anthea Hucklesby

Professor Anthea Hucklesby

Professor of Criminal Justice

Birmingham Law School

Anthea has supervised research students in many aspects of criminal justice in the UK and internationally. She welcomes applications from UK and international students interested in any area of criminal justice including, but not limited to, electronic monitoring, pre-trial detention and bail, police powers, courts, prisons, community sentences, technologies and private and voluntary sector involvement in criminal justice.

Professor Louise J Jackson

Professor Louise J Jackson

Professor of Health Economics and Health Policy

Department of Applied Health Sciences

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

  • Measurement and valuation of healthcare benefits/outcomes
  • Evaluation of interventions and services in sexual and reproductive health/public health
  • Evaluation of interventions and services aiming to improve women’s health.

Current PhD Students:

  • Nafsika Afentou
  • Temitope Ladi-Akinyemi
  • Lacina Traore

Former PhD Students:

  • Tuba Saygin Avsar 
  • Sonja Bloch 
  • Chidubem Ogwulu Chriscasimir
  • Muslim Abbas Syed
  • Lena Schnitzler

Professor Russell Jackson

Professor Russell Jackson

Emeritus Professor of Drama

Department of Drama and Theatre Arts

I no longer supervise research dissertations.

Dr Simon Jackson

Dr Simon Jackson

Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History

Department of History

I offer postgraduate supervision in the colonial, international and global history of modern France and its empire, on empire in the twentieth century Mediterranean and in the comparative history of European empire.

I currently supervise or co-supervise several PhD students:

Gemma Jennings (Patriarchy and Poverty? A Transnational Analysis of the Social Implications of the Oil Industry between France and Algeria)
Tomoki Yamada (The League of Nations Mandates System as a ...




Dr Thomas Jackson

Dr Thomas Jackson

Clinician Scientist in Geriatric Medicine
Visiting Consultant in Geriatric Medicine
Theme Lead for Ageing and Frailty

Department of Inflammation and Ageing

Thomas is currently supervising an Academic Clinical Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine.

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Thomas Jackson 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.

Professor Saiju Jacob

Professor Saiju Jacob

Honorary Professor (Neuroimmunology)
Consultant Neurologist

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

  • Neurology Specialty Trainees
  • International Training Fellows
  • Clinical Research Fellows

Feroz Jadhakhan

Feroz Jadhakhan

Research Fellow

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dr Jadhakhan is currently supporting 4 MSc Physiotherapy pre-reg students and 1 BSc Physiotherapy and works closely with Prof Deborah Falla, supporting students across the department.

Mrs Parbir Kaur Jagpal

Mrs Parbir Kaur Jagpal

Director of Postgraduate Studies
Programme Director - Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing
Associate Professor Clinical Pharmacy and Prescribing

School of Pharmacy

Parbir’s areas of research interest are:

  • Medicines optimisation
  • Barriers to access and uptake of medicines-related services in communities
  • Epidemiology of multiple drug allergy syndrome (MDAS) and multiple drug Intolerance syndrome (MDIS)
  • Developing the role of the Non-Medical Prescriber across healthcare sectors
  • Inter-professional learning, development and practice

Dr Pravin Jagtap

Dr Pravin Jagtap

Assistant Professor

School of Biosciences

Pravin is looking to recruit PhD and master’s level students. Please contact him directly if you are interested in projects that are currently available.

Dr Zahraa Jalal

Dr Zahraa Jalal

Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

School of Pharmacy

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

  • Clinical Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy Services Development
  • Pharmaceutical Care (Chronic Diseases)
  • Pharmacy Consultations
  • Adherence to Cardiovascular Medicines

Dr Sabena Yasmin Jameel

Dr Sabena Yasmin Jameel

Associate Clinical Professor in Medical Professionalism
Birmingham Medical School Quality Assurance Lead
Senior Clinical Tutor for the Personal Academic Tutor

Birmingham Medical School

  • Willing to supervise students who are interested in Medical Professionalism, Practical Wisdom (Phronesis) and Professional Virtues. 
  • GP Trainer in Practice

Professor David James

Professor David James

Chair in Modern and Contemporary Literature

Department of English Literature

I would welcome for supervision projects on all aspects of contemporary fiction, postcolonial writing, modernist literary culture, creative nonfiction, affect studies, literary geographies, and the critical health humanities.

Over the past couple of decades, I have supervised PhD students working on a range of topics, including multilingualism and the twentieth-century novel, realism and the politics of innovation in postwar American fiction, the ethics and poetics of autobiography, narrative theory, trauma ...

Dr Peter Jan膷ovi膷

Senior Lecturer

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

PhD supervision
• Masoud Zakeri
• Shu-Nung Yao (jointly with Dr. T. Collins)
• Chunyang Xu (jointly with Prof. M. Cherniakov)
• Saeid Safavi (jointly with Prof. M. Russell)
• Nur Emileen Abd Rashid (jointly with Prof. M. Cherniakov)
• Xin Zou (awarded PhD, Dec 2008)