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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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Associate Professor
Director of LLM Programme (Dubai)
Birmingham Law School
Dr Hwaidi currently accepts PhD candidates in the following areas:
• Commercial law
• International trade law
• Law and technology
• Contract law/ tort law
• International finance and banking law
• Law and sociology
• Arbitration
• Maritime law
He has supervised PhD students in the areas of the law of blockchain, drafting arbitration clauses in commercial contracts, carriage of goods by sea and privacy law.

Assistant Professor of International Commercial Dispute Resolution
Birmingham Law School
• Private International Law (conflicts of law, conflicts of jurisdiction)
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Investment Law and Arbitration
• Energy Law
• Law and Technology
• AI and Law

Barber Professor of Law
Birmingham Law School
Contract/Commercial law
Conflict of Laws
Arbitration
Comparative Law
International Trade and Finance
Current doctoral supervision
Professor Enonchong is currently supervising four doctoral students undertaking research in the following areas
Contractual Mechanisms for Reducing Risks in Long Term Oil and Gas Agreements
The Scope of the Liability of Arbitral Institutions towards the Disputing Parties
Judicial Review of International Arbitral Awards
Balancing the demands of procedural fairness and finality in ADR in ...

Associate Professor
Director of Research Impact
Birmingham Law School
Dr Coe welcomes expressions of interest for prospective PhD students in his areas of interest, and the field of Media Law more broadly.

Associate Professor
Head of Postgraduate Research
Birmingham Law School
Dr Kokkinis is available to supervise doctoral researchers on corporate law, corporate governance, banking law and regulation and financial regulation. He has previously supervised research projects on shareholder activism, executive remuneration, banking regulatory architecture and the development of infrastructure through private sector involvement.

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

Professor of Feminist Legal Studies
Head of Research Impact
Birmingham Law School
I am willing to supervise research students in the following areas:
Gender, law and Religion, particularly from feminist or critical legal perspectives.
Politics of reproductive justice.
'Historical' institutional abuse.
Law, activism and social movements.
I am happy to answer email queries from prospective students before submission of an official proposal.
Associate Professor in Law and Criminal Justice
Birmingham Law School
criminal law, criminal procedure, terrorism, counter-terrorism, police, disproportionality in the criminal justice system, stop and search, jury diversity
Assistant Professor in Commercial Dispute Resolution
Co-Deputy Head of Education (Education Review)
Birmingham Law School
dispute resolution, private international law

Associate Professor
Birmingham Law School
National and Global Patient Safety
Clinical Negligence Litigation

Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws
Birmingham Law School
Commercial Conflict of Laws and International Commercial Litigation

Professor of Criminal Justice
Birmingham Law School
Anthea has supervised research students in many aspects of criminal justice in the UK and internationally. She welcomes applications from UK and international students interested in any area of criminal justice including, but not limited to, electronic monitoring, pre-trial detention and bail, police powers, courts, prisons, community sentences, technologies and private and voluntary sector involvement in criminal justice.

Honorary Associate Professor
International Development Department
Civil society, civic space, global patterns in socio-economic development, humanitarian interventions

Head of Research of the School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology
School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology
Professor Van Schaik is always interested in hearing from potential PhD students who want to apply genomic and metagenomic approaches to study the emergence of drug-resistance in opportunistic pathogens.
You can contact Willem by email.

Assistant Professor
Director of Postgraduate Programmes
School of Psychology
Wieske is currently working with Claudia Bonmassar (phd-student) at the Center for Mind/ Brain Sciences at the University of Trento.
Wieske is always interested in talking to potential students (masters or phds) and postdoctoral fellows. Please do not hesitate to contact her via w.vanzoest@bham.ac.uk.
For more information see https://sites.google.com/site/wieskevanzoest

Professor of Marketing and Consumption
Department of Marketing
- Four Successful PhD Supervisions
- Served on Supervisory Committees for Several PhD Students

Professor of Astrophysics
Director, Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
School of Physics and Astronomy
PhD projects in compact objects, gravitational wave sources and observations.
Visit http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/phd/index.php for full details.

Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology
Director of Graduate Research, College of Life and Environmental Sciences
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Jet currently supervises nine postgraduate research students exploring the links between behaviour and physical and psychological health in different populations (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, older adults, young people). Her PhD students have won many prestigious awards, such as young investigator awards at conferences (American Psychosomatic Society), award for best abstract in clinical science (European League against Rheumatism), best publication award (Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust), winner of the poster award of ...

Senior Research Fellow
The Department of Strategy and International Business
- Graduate teaching assistant, Kings College London (2013-17)
- PG student teaching and project supervision, BITS-Pilani, Goa campus, 2009-2012

Professor of Metabolomics
Director of Phenome Centre Birmingham
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Professor Viant www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Viant

Professor of Metabolomics
Director of Phenome Centre Birmingham
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Professor Viant www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Viant

Associate Professor in International Relations
Department of Political Science and International Studies
Dr Vieira’s research interests include:
South-South relations/institutions
The reform of global governance structures
The global politics of HIV/AIDS and climate change
International relations theory
International security
Foreign policy of emerging states
Regional politics in South America and Southern Africa

Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology
School of Psychology
Darrelle supervises projects on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate and the MRes in Clinical Psychology. She is interested in projects on/using:
- Identity and relationships in the context of brain injury.
- Experiences of psychological interventions.
- Qualitative methodologies particularly interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) and metasynthesis of qualitative research.

Assistant Professor in Psychology
School of Psychology
Dr Katia Vione welcomes inquiries from prospective PhD students interested in projects on psychological processes involved in clinical decision-making, pedagogical research on critical thinking skills, and psychometrics.