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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Associate Professor
Birmingham Law School
Constitutional law
Administrative law
European law
Comparative law
Current doctoral supervision:
Sophie Boyron is currently supervising three doctoral students undertaking research in the following areas:
Institutional autonomy and the United Kingdom Supreme Court
External participation in EU decision-making process through the EU established instruments
The jurisprudence of mediation

Professor of Law, Medicine, and Technology
Birmingham Law School
Biolaw, property in the body and biomaterials, the use of the behavioural sciences in law and policy, (bio)technologies and law.

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

Associate Professor
Birmingham Law School
Dr Bryne is interested in supervising doctoral research on:
Jurisprudence
The application of other disciplines of study to the study of Law (philosophy, literary theory, economics etc)
Aspects of property and intellectual property law

Associate Professor
Deputy Head of Education (Exams and Senior Tutor)
Birmingham Law School
Maureen is interested in supervising students on any of the following areas:
• Digital asset regulation
• African customary law in juridical settings
• Gender equality and sentencing
• Decolonising IP law

Associate Professor
Birmingham Law School
Dr Zhu considers postgraduate research proposals falling into the following areas:
- Historical and Theoretical Aspects of Copyright Law
- Legal Construction of Authorship
- Music Copyright Law
- Software Related Intellectual Property Issues

Professor of Indigenous and Environmental History
University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ 125th Anniversary Chair
Principal Investigator, Treatied Spaces Research Group
Department of History
Professor Porter has a strong track record helping ECR and PGR colleagues advance their careers. She has supported a significant number to achieve positions in U.K. and U.S. Universities. She has also supported students and ECRs to attract fellowships, travel awards and other funding from the AHRC, Fulbright US-UK, government bodies and North American and European universities.
She welcomes PGR enquiries linked to:
Global Indigenous Environmental History, Culture and Literature ...

Professor of Cultural History
Department of History
I offer PhD supervision across the cultural history of Britain in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly in areas relating to my own research interests: histories of gender and sexuality, culture and self-fashioning, urban history, and Britain in the 1920s and 1930s. Feel free to get in touch if you’re interested in discussing potential projects. I'm currently or have recently co-supervised projects including women's sexual autonomy and desire ...

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, IMSR
Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic
Bone Disease, BWCH
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
PhD co-supervisor: 2021- Thesis exploring the effects of Ramadan fasting on metabolic syndrome
Intercalating medical student supervisor:
2022: Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children with Brittle bone disease
2019: Ethnic and seasonal variation in vitamin D deficiency in newborns
Suma is very keen to supervise medical students as well as doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Paediatric metabolic bone disease
- Vitamin D deficiency and bone health
- Public health ...

Professor of Biogeochemistry
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
I am always on the look out for good quality national and international postgraduate students. You are encouraged to contact me if interested in working in the broader thematic areas of environmental science, biogeochemistry, restoration ecology and pollution control. Prospective students should also follow the link for available studentships within the Doctoral Training Centers of the school and for general information on applying for postgraduate studies in the School of ...

Professor of Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health
Consultant Psychiatrist Early Intervention in Psychosis
School of Psychology
- Carl Krynicki
- Markella Griogoriou
- Paris Lalousis
- Rowena Jones
- Margaret Hardiman
- Emily Fisher
Professor of Finance and Financial Technology
Head of the Department of Finance
The Department of Finance
Andrew has supervised many students to completion on topics such as Fintech, Blockchain, Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing and Football Finance, who are now working in academia (such as at the University of Bristol, Nottingham Trent University, University of Sussex) and in industry (such as KPMG, Sky and Lloyds Banking Group).