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.
麻豆精选 results for “constitutional law”
Professor of Law
Birmingham Law School
Chris has supervised PhDs on many legal topics, including: Constitutional Reform in Kenya; Constitutional Reform in Egypt; the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in National Constitutional Law in South America; the Global Right to Food; the History of International Criminal Law; Military Law and Legal Reform in China; Constitutional Law and Populism in Poland and Brazil; Constitutional Reform in Scotland; Constitutional Reform in Turkey; Constitutional Reform in ...
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
Director of Research, College of Arts and Law
Barber Professor of Jurisprudence
Birmingham Law School
Professor de Londras currently supervises students working on (national, comparative, and international) public law and on topics as diverse as the conceptualisation of security in law, the future of the ECtHR, postcoloniality and nationality law, migrants' rights, and the regulation of abortion information. Her former doctoral students now hold academic posts at leading law schools around the world, in practice, and in regulatory and policy bodies. She has a strong ...
Professor of European Law and Policy
Director, Institute of European Law
Associate Dean 麻豆精选 Law School
Birmingham Law School
European Law
European defence and security integration
Public procurement
Professor Trybus provides doctoral supervision and supervision for other research degrees offered by the University 麻豆精选. Particular areas of expertise and interest include public procurement law and policy generally (not only in relation to the EU) and European law and policy, especially in relation to defence integration.
He has supervised research students undertaking research in the following areas:
Barriers to ...
Assistant Professor
Birmingham Law School
Alex is happy to supervise PhD students in any of his areas of research expertise, including:
鈥� Constitutional theory
鈥� Legal/political philosophy
鈥� Public law
鈥� Human rights law
鈥� Housing law
Potential students are invited to get in touch via e-mail to discuss their preliminary research proposals.
Current PhD students:
Yossra Hamouda, Denshway, Reparations and Decolonizing International Law
Yuan Feng, Comparative Study of Constitutional Review
Past PhD students:
Sylvester ...
Professor in Law and Language
Birmingham Fellow
Birmingham Law School
Professor McAuliffe is currently committed to work 100% of her time on the European Research Council project 鈥楲aw and Language at the European Court of Justice鈥�, but welcomes research proposals for future doctoral and postdoctoral research in the following areas:
The relationship between language and law
Multilingual legal systems
Legal translation/Institutional translation and its impact on law
Dynamics of language/culture/multilingualism in European Union Institutions
Proposals for empirical research projects and ...
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.
Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Deputy Head of Research
Birmingham Law School
Constituent power
States of emergency
Counter-terrorism
Human rights
Assistant Professor in Law
Birmingham Law School
Rishika welcomes doctoral supervision in these areas:
鈥� International and comparative human rights law
鈥� Socio-economic rights
鈥� Decolonization of law and justice
鈥� Critical approaches to human rights
Reader in Criminal Justice
Birmingham Law School
European Criminal Law
European Criminal Justice
Comparative criminal and criminal procedure law
Structural Developments in Criminal Justice
Terrorism 鈥� Phenomena and Responses
Trafficking Human Beings
Current doctoral students:
The Challenges Associated with Identifying Victims of Trafficking Human Beings 鈥� Matthew Davis
The Suitability of Trial by Jury for Trafficking in Persons Cases 鈥� Jack Murphy
Professor of Human Rights Law
Birmingham Law School
Professor Mavronicola is keen to supervise postgraduate research students whose research interests lie in the following areas:
torture and inhuman and degrading treatment
the right to life
the interpretation of human rights
LGBT* rights
the interplay between counter-terrorism and human rights
the relationship between human dignity and human rights
the intersections between human rights and criminal justice
the relationship of any of the above with legal philosophy
Reader in International Human Rights Law
Birmingham Law School
Gender Equality
International Human Rights Law
Socio-Economic Rights
Enforcement of Rights
Professor in Genetics
School of Biosciences
The lab is recruiting PhD students.
We have a PhD studentship available. Please apply before the 31st May 2023!
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/probe-mechanisms-underlying-the-maternal-inheritance-of-mitochondrial-dna-in-drosophila/?p156141
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Hepatobiliary Oncology
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Yuk Ting has supervised the laboratory projects of a number of BMedSci students
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Yuk Ting Ma 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 of Maternal and Child Epidemiology
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Christine is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Trials and other quantitative studies on health problems following childbirth and on evaluation of maternity health services.
If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Christine directly, or
for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Political Economy
Department of Political Science and International Studies
Huw Macartney is a political economist whose work is broadly concerned with the politics of banking and financial services. He welcomes applications from potential PhD students in the fields of International or Comparative Political Economy, banking and financial market governance, globalisation, and historical materialism.
Dr Macartney welcomes doctoral researchers with any interests relating to the politics of financial and banking services.
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Hayley currently supervises 2 graduate research students (1 PhD, 1 Masters by research).
Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek History and Culture
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
I would be delighted to discuss research projects on any of my major research interests: ancient political institutions, interstate relations, the Greek city-states, and epigraphic culture.
Director, Birmingham Institute of Forest Research
Professor of Atmospheric Science
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rob MacKenzie is interested in how plants affect air composition. He is inaugural Director of the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR), which includes the BIFoR Free-Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) facility, which is the current focus of much of the work in Rob's group. Topics include the effects of elevated CO2 on aboveground and belowground carbon cycling and the coupling of carbon, water, and nutrient cycles.
Rob's group develops atmospheric ...
Director of BactiVac, the Bacterial Vaccines Network
Professor of Vaccine Immunology
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Currently supervising three PhD students.
Associate Professor in Autism
School of Education
Her research interests are as follows:
- Inclusive practice for autistic adults and young people
- models of support and self-advocacy
- higher autistic students in higher education
- participatory methodologies
- collaborative approaches to research and practice
Professor of Economics
The Department of Economics
Any area of Environmental or Natural Resource Economics
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Professor Madhani has openings for self-funded MRes and PhD (basic science and clinical) in the area of:
- Nitric oxide and nitrite in health and disease
- Cardiometabolism in ischaemic heart disease and heart failure
Associate Professor
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Dr Madigan:
www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Madigan