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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Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ 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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Professor Asaf Siniver

Professor Asaf Siniver

Head of Department
Professor of International Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Professor Siniver is happy to discuss research proposals related to international security, diplomacy, conflict resolution, mediation, international law, Foreign Policy Analysis, contemporary US foreign policy, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Professor Alice Sitch

Professor Alice Sitch

Professor of Biostatistics
Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation and prediction Models (BESTEAM) Team Lead
Co-Lead for Education for the Department of Applied Health Sciences

School of Health Sciences

Alice is interested in supervising students in the following areas:
• Methods for test evaluation
• Early-stage test evaluation
• Monitoring of progressive and recurrent conditions
• Test variation



Dr Konstantinos Skalomenos

Dr Konstantinos Skalomenos

Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering/Materials Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

Currently, Dr Skalomenos is mentoring Ph.D. and Master students. Their research is related to:

  • Reduction of buckling in slender steel structures
  • Multi-objective design of steel braced structures
  • Behaviour of composite steel/concrete connections
  • Analysis and testing of high-strength steels
  • Downburst-resistant design of tall buildings

He is interested in supervising postgraduate students in the research fields of structural engineering and structural dynamics emphasizing on infrastructure resilience, structural and material efficiency, and implementation. ...

Dr Glykeria Skamagki

Dr Glykeria Skamagki

Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Program Lead for the MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration)

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Potential students can contact Dr Skamagki by email.

Emeritus Professor Chris Skelcher

Emeritus Professor Chris Skelcher

Emeritus Professor

Department of Public Administration and Policy

Professor Skelcher is not able to accept any additional PhD students.  If you are interested in studying with us, please send your proposal and cv to Dr Stephen Jeffares, our PhD Programme Director.

Examples of the topics on which his doctoral students are or have been working include:

  • Network governance and the transition to low carbon in European cities;
  • Collaborative capacity in Thai local government;
  • Interpretive analysis of evidence based ...

Dr Anita Slade

Dr Anita Slade

ITM Honorary Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Current Supervision

Cruz Rivera., Samantha,Maximising the impact of patient-reported outcome (PRO) trial results to

benefit patients and society’ University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

Phd Completions

Lead Academic

Krizaj, T., (July 2017) Slovenian older people’s transition into a care home through the lens of engagement in occupations, University of Plymouth. UK.

Twinley, R., (May 2016) An exploration of woman to woman rape and the perceived impacts on survivors’ occupational performance

Supervisor

Ali, K., ...

Professor Peter Raymond Slater

Professor Peter Raymond Slater

Professor of Materials Chemistry
Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage

School of Chemistry

Peter Slater’s research is in the area of materials chemistry, with the main focus being on the development of new materials for energy applications. Recent research has included the investigation of novel electrolytes for use in solid oxide fuel cells and Li/Na ion batteries. His research group also has interests in the synthesis and characterisation of mixed metal oxide fluorides prepared by low-temperature routes for a range of applications. Experimental ...

Professor Steve Smerdon

Professor Steve Smerdon

Professor of Structural Biology

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

10 PhD students supervised to completion.

Currently one student:

  • Structure of the fission yeast shelterin complex and its role in telomere maintenance.
Other self-funded projects available.

Dr Andrew Smith

Dr Andrew Smith

Associate Professor, Responsible Management

Department of Management

Currently supervising a PhD student named Diana Madibekova. She is doing research on the business-peace relationship that has involved interviews with business people in Istanbul.   

Dr Camilla Smith

Dr Camilla Smith

Associate Professor

Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies

I welcome proposals for research in areas of eighteenth-century Swiss culture and intellectual history and early twentieth-century German and Austrian culture and intellectual history. Research into cultural aspects of the Weimar Republic; National Socialism and forms of artist dissent; women artists; print and illustration; erotica and the censorship of visual material are particularly encouraged.

I am engaged in co-supervision across departments and universities with colleagues working in French and German ...

Dr Catherine Smith

Dr Catherine Smith

Research Fellow and Technical Officer
Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing

Department of Theology and Religion

Dr Smith is interested in supervising research in the following areas:

Digital Humanities (particularly digital editing)
Computer tools and the New Testament

I co-supervise a number of students working with digital tools or techniques as part of their research. Most of the students are based in ITSEE but I also co-supervise students with members of staff in the wider theology department and in other departments at Birmingham.






Dr Chris Q Smith

Assistant Professor in Sociology & Social Policy

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Chris is interested in supervising research students interested in the following areas:

  • Sociological approaches to understanding health and social care systems
  • The sociology of morality
  • Healthcare change and improvement
  • Critical realist social research