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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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Reader in Classics
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
Classical reception studies
Ancient epigram
Greek literature, particularly imperial ('Second Sophistic')
Translation studies
Current PhD students:
Saffi Grey, epithets in Homer
Guy Kirkham-Smith, speech in Greek and Ancient Near Eastern epic
Associate Professor in Responsible Business
Department of Management
Guting Shen, PhD Management, ‘The Business Models of Department Stores in Modern Shanghai, 1880s-1940s’
Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Education
School of Education
- MA Teaching Studies supervision
Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Governance
Director of Postgraduate Research
Department of Public Administration and Policy
Timea is happy to supervise doctoral students in her areas of research expertise and interest such as:
- Governance networks
- Urban governance
- Multilevel governance
- Wicked problems
- Social Network Analysis (SNA)
- Climate change and sustainability transitions
- Smart cities and digitalisation.
Please get in touch for an informal chat about potential topics and support for developing your research proposal.
Professor of African Studies
Department of African Studies and Anthropology
I supervise doctoral research students working on African and Nigerian history, politics, gender and religion. Recent and current supervision topics include ethno-religious conflict and women鈥檚 lives in the Nigerian Middle Belt, The portrayal of Pentecostalism and traditional religion in Edo language popular video films, Local Debates and Struggles over 'Prostitution' in Southern Nigeria, 1890-1960, and Modernisation, Bureaucracy and Traditional rule in Ghana: The case of the Otumfuo Education Fund.
Professor of Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Energy
Director of the Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research
School of Physics and Astronomy
- Course supervisor for MSc in Physics & Technology of Nuclear Reactors (PTNR)
- Course supervisor for MSc in Nuclear Decommissioning & Waste Management (NDAWM)
- Supervision of research PhDs in nuclear power and other aspects of nuclear
- Supervision of Masters summer research projects related to nuclear power
Research Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
Abigail co-supervises PhD and Masters projects within the Microstructure Engineering Research Group.
Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD projects in advanced machining and Master Projects in Sustainable Manufacturing.
Research Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
Involved in different PhD projects of Particle and Multiphase Processing research group.
Professor in Human Geography
Chair in Postcolonial Geographies
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pat Noxolo is PGR lead for Human Geography. She has also been both internal and external examiner for a range of PhD, MPhil and MSc examinations, in the UK, Belgium and Jamaica, and has extensive experience of PhD supervision. Enquiries are welcome in any area of the geographies of international development, in/security, postcolonial theory, race, culture, literature and media.
Current students:
Sophie Thompson-Hyland – ‘Mixed representations; A literary analysis of ...
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
125th Anniversary Chair-Professor of Behavioural Science
Professor Ntoumanis is interested in supervising any projects related to motivation and behavior change in the fields of health (primarily physical activity and weight management) and climate adaptation.