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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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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 Gareth Sears

Dr Gareth Sears

Associate Professor in Ancient History

Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology

I have supervised and am currently supervising successful postgraduate research students on many different aspects of Roman history, literature and culture. There are several areas that I have and would consider supervising MPhil and PhD students on, but in particular:

Urbanism in the Roman Empire and in particular work on North Africa and/or on the late Roman city
North African society and history during the Roman period
Christianity and Christians ...



Dr Berny S猫be

Dr Berny S猫be

Senior Lecturer in colonial and post-colonial studies

Department of Modern Languages

I am happy to offer postgraduate research supervision in the following fields:

Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
British and French imperial history
Decolonisation and the End of Empire
Colonial memory
Nineteenth and Twentieth French History

I supervise or co-supervises MA dissertation students in the above mentioned areas, and perform the role of PhD supervisor for several PhD theses:

Dunya Ismael (as lead supervisor): 鈥楻etro-cultural translation: neutralising cultural capital accumulation and power ...









Professor Beng Huat See

Professor of Education Research

School of Education

Completed supervisions

  • Relationship between principals’ instructional leadership and school effectiveness: Does it make a difference: Evidence from the Maldives
  • Evaluating the impact of explicit instruction in critical thinking on the critical thinking skills of English language learners in higher education
  • The effectiveness and equity of grammar schools in England
  • How good are value-added measures of teacher performance? A review and empirical investigation using data from Turkey
  • A consideration of co-operative ...

Dr Katrien Segaert

Dr Katrien Segaert

Associate Professor

School of Psychology

Katrien is supervising or co-supervising the following PhD candidates: Roksana Markiewicz and Emma Sutton. 

She is supervising or co-supervising the following postdoctoral students: Foyzul Rahman and Felix Carter.

Alumni:

  • Evelien Heyselaar (PhD obtained 2017)
  • Lotte Schoot (PhD obtained 2017)
  • Anna Belavina (PhD obtained 2017)
  • Kristian Suen (PhD obtained 2019)
  • Sophie Hardy (PhD obtained 2020)
  • Charlotte Poulisse (PhD obtained 2020)
  • Vincent DeLuca (ESRC-funded postdoc)

She is always happy to hear from current undergraduates looking for ...

Dr Regina Seiwald

Dr Regina Seiwald

Teaching Fellow in German, Deputy Director of Languages for All

Languages for All

I welcome enquiries from prospective students studying in the following areas:

Video game studies (narratology, textuality, policies, history, etc.)
Germany and/in the video game
History of digital practices
Cold War and computing technology
Paratextuality
Gaming at the grassroots level, the demoscene, hacking, cracking, and tinkering
Localisation in video games
The UK and video games








Dr Sheikh Selim

Dr Sheikh Selim

Head of Education
Programme Director of BSc Economics and BSc Money, Banking and Finance
Senior Lecturer in Economics

Dubai Campus

Completed 2 PhD supervisions.

PhD examination: University of York, Cardiff University, Glyndawr University.

Dr Philippa Semper

Dr Philippa Semper

Senior Lecturer in English

Department of English Literature

I currently supervise postgraduate students working in the areas of Old English language and literature and Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. This work includes the interpretation of the Old English Phoenix (MPhil), the myth of the woman in the water in Beowulf (MPhil), the labours of the months in two Anglo-Saxon calendars (MPhil), the uses of landscape in Anglo-Saxon poetry (PhD) and the discourses of knowledge and power in relation to sexuality in ...

Somnath Sen

Somnath Sen

Emeritus Professor of Development Economics

The Department of Economics

PhD Students and completion dates:

  • Hemkamon, Kanwana (2007) 'Determinants of trade and investment in Southeast Asia : an application of the gravity trade model'.

  • Sun, Puyang (2009) 'Economic development with finance: studies of emerging economies'.

  • Kokores, Ioanna (2009) 'The conduct of monetary policy under risks to financial stability: A Game - Theoretic approach'.

  • Pupongsak, Suparerk (2010) 'The effect of trade liberalization on taxation and government revenue'.

  • Hou, Na (2010)  Ph.D. thesis, University of ...

Dr Alberto Sesana

Dr Alberto Sesana

University Research Fellow of the Royal Society

School of Physics and Astronomy

Current PhD students

  • Siyuan Chen (UoB)
  • Felipe Garrido Goicovic (Univeridad Catolica de Chile)
  • Matteo Bonetti (Universita` di Milano Bicocca)

Former PhD students

  • Pablo Rosado (AEI Hannover)
  • Constanze Roedig (AEI Potsdam)
  • Xian Chen (Peking University)

Professor Jonathan Seville

Professor Jonathan Seville

Professor of Formulation Engineering

School of Chemical Engineering

Jonathan Seville undertakes postgraduate student supervision in conjunction with Dr Andy Ingram. Both are currently supervising two Chemical Engineering Masters projects, and are recruiting for an Engineering Doctorate student.

More information about the CDT Formulation Engineering programme.


Dr. Deniz Sevinc

Dr. Deniz Sevinc

Associate Professor of Economics
Business and Labour Economics Group

Department of Management

Deniz is willing to supervise students in the aspects of development economics, international economics, labour economics and regional economic development.

Dr Rowland Seymour

Dr Rowland Seymour

Associate Professor of Statistics

School of Mathematics

Rowland is happy to take enquiries from motivated students interested in a PhD in computational statistics.