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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ﾂ鮓ｹｾｫﾑ｡ 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 Mohd Hwaidi

Associate Professor
Director of LLM Programme (Dubai)

Birmingham Law School

Dr Hwaidi currently accepts PhD candidates in the following areas:
窶｢ Commercial law
窶｢ International trade law
窶｢ Law and technology
窶｢ Contract law/ tort law
窶｢ International finance and banking law
窶｢ Law and sociology
窶｢ Arbitration
窶｢ 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

Assistant Professor of International Commercial Dispute Resolution

Birmingham Law School

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

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

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

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

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

Professor Mﾃ｡irﾃｩ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

Associate Professor

Birmingham Law School

National and Global Patient Safety
Clinical Negligence Litigation

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 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 Hansong Ma

Professor in Genetics

School of Biosciences

The lab is recruiting PhD students.

We have a PhD studentship available. Please apply before the 31^st May 2023!

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/probe-mechanisms-underlying-the-maternal-inheritance-of-mitochondrial-dna-in-drosophila/?p156141

Dr Yuk Ting Ma

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 Christine MacArthur

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

Dr Huw Macartney

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.

Dr Hayley MacDonald

Honorary Research Fellow

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Hayley currently supervises 2 graduate research students (1 PhD, 1 Masters by research).

Dr William Mack

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.

Professor Rob MacKenzie

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 ...