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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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Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature
Department of English Literature
My work for the foreseeable future will be concerned with projects on the lives and writings of Wyndham Lewis and George Orwell. As a result, I鈥檓 currently best placed to supervise postgraduate research on these figures and their contexts/contemporaries.
Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology
School of Psychology
Current ClinPsyD research projects:
- Exploring pica and its correlates in people with intellectual disability, what separates it from other behaviours that challenge? (co-supervised by Professor Caroline Richards)
- An evaluation of an identity based post-diagnosis therapeutic group for autistic young people (co-supervised by Dr Charlie Bamford)
Reader in Criminal Justice
Birmingham Law School
European Criminal Law
European Criminal Justice
Comparative criminal and criminal procedure law
Structural Developments in Criminal Justice
Terrorism 鈥� Phenomena and Responses
Trafficking Human Beings
Current doctoral students:
The Challenges Associated with Identifying Victims of Trafficking Human Beings 鈥� Matthew Davis
The Suitability of Trial by Jury for Trafficking in Persons Cases 鈥� Jack Murphy
Assistant Professor in Exercise Metabolism
Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Fellow; Academic Director, Cellular Health and Metabolism Facility
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Current PhD Students: 2 (lead) and 1 (co-supervisor). PhD completions: 1 (lead) and 2 (co-supervisor). Masters by Research completions: 4 (lead) and 2 (co-supervisor). Alex welcomes applications from potential PhD or MSc by research students on topics relating to his research interests.
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Midwifery
By the end of 2025, Chris will have seven PhD students, and two MRes students.
He is, however, always interested in potential new PhD projects that fit his research interests.
Associate Professor of French
Department of Modern Languages
I currently co-supervise doctoral researchers working on early modern, modern and contemporary French writing, connections between literature and visual art, and Caribbean and African literature. I would be very glad to hear from students wishing to pursue Masters or doctoral research in the following areas:
modern and contemporary poetry
poetry and translation
comparative topics in modern literature
poetic form and political engagement
French writers and art
word-image interactions.
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Assistant Professor
School of Computer Science
Extensive experience in supervising PhD and MPhil students, as well as Undergraduate student research projects as well.
Associate Professor of Transformative Technologies, Innovation and Global Affairs
School of Government
Dr. Wählisch is happy to discuss research proposals related to PeaceTech and digital diplomacy (AI, VR/XR), Science Diplomacy, GovTech and digital transformation, and futures thinking in public affairs.
Honorary Clinical Associate Professor
Consultant Neurologist
Director 麻豆精选 Headache Centre
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
2022-2024 - Katherine Phillips, University 麻豆精选 - PhD (completed) - Interplay between migraine and pregnancy outcomes.
- 2024-present - Charley Ellis, University of Reading - PhD (in progress) - Enhancing Migraine Management through Psychological Interventions: A Multi-Phase Study on Effectiveness and Accessibility.
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Communication
Dr Walker is interested in supervising doctoral research in the areas of:
Collocation and other phraseological aspects of English
The pedagogic application of corpora
Vocabulary and its teaching
Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy
Dr Walker is interested in supervising projects in the following areas:
- Knowledge exchange and capacity building for pharmacy practice and research.
- Health and medicines inequity.
- Pharmacovigilance
- Antimicrobial resistance
Professor in Regenerative Medicine
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Ivan supervises PhD students working on stem cell culture processes and exosome production.