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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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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

I am supervising or co-supervising the following PhD candidates: Roksana Markiewicz and Emma Sutton. 

I am 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)

I am 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

Assistant Professor in Industrial 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

Assistant Professor in Mathematics

School of Mathematics

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

Dr Ahmed Shaalan

Dr Ahmed Shaalan

Associate Professor in Marketing

Department of Marketing

Dr Shaalan welcomes exceptional prospective PhD students who share research interests aligned with him. For an informal conversation, please send your resume and a research proposal outlining the research question, conceptual and methodological foundations, and potential contributions.

Dr Shaalan applies mixed methods in his research and has considerable experience in using SPSS, SPSS macros, SEM using Amos and PLS software, and Nvivo.  

His current research interests and projects include: 

  • Relationship ...

Professor Mohammad (Shahab) Shahabuddin

Professor Mohammad (Shahab) Shahabuddin

Professor of International Law & Human Rights

Birmingham Law School

Shahab is happy to supervise postgraduate research students in the areas of International Law and International Human Rights Law. He has specific interest in supervising PhD students in the field of international legal history, international legal theory, third world approaches to international law, ethnic minority rights and ethnic conflicts, and right to self-determination.