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. 

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Dr Walters Nsoh

Dr Walters Nsoh

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







Professor Nikos Ntoumanis

Professor Nikos Ntoumanis

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.

Professor Fiona Nunan

Professor Fiona Nunan

Head of Department of Public Administration and Policy (DPAP)
Professor of Environment and Development

Department of Public Administration and Policy

Prof Nunan welcomes PhD applications in the following areas:

Governance and livelihoods of renewable natural resources in low- and middle-income countries, particularly fisheries co-management.

Dr Chris Nunn

Dr Chris Nunn

Assistant Professor of Film (Education Focused)

Department of Film and Creative Writing

My supervision are interests are in anything that intersects with film/media education and policy.

Dr Margarita Nyfoudi

Dr Margarita Nyfoudi

Associate Professor of Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour

Department of Management

Margarita supervises 3 doctoral students. She is particularly looking for prospect PhD students interested in the study of workplace coaching.