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.

Start your search

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. 

麻豆精选 results for “private law”

Dr Mohd Hwaidi

Dr Mohd Hwaidi

Associate Professor
Director of LLM Programme (Dubai)

Birmingham Law School

Dr Hwaidi currently accepts PhD candidates in the following areas:
鈥 Commercial law
鈥 International trade law
鈥 Law and technology
鈥 Contract law/ tort law
鈥 International finance and banking law
鈥 Law and sociology
鈥 Arbitration
鈥 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.










Dr Amer Tabbara

Dr Amer Tabbara

Assistant Professor of International Commercial Dispute Resolution

Birmingham Law School

鈥 Private International Law (conflicts of law, conflicts of jurisdiction)
鈥 International Commercial Arbitration
鈥 International Investment Law and Arbitration
鈥 Energy Law
鈥 Law and Technology
鈥 AI and Law






Professor Nelson Enonchong

Professor Nelson Enonchong

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 ...










Dr Peter Coe

Dr Peter Coe

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.

Dr Andreas Kokkinis

Dr Andreas Kokkinis

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.

Dr Maureen Mapp

Dr Maureen Mapp

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:
鈥 Digital asset regulation
鈥 African customary law in juridical settings
鈥 Gender equality and sentencing
鈥 Decolonising IP law





Professor M谩ir茅ad Enright

Professor M谩ir茅ad Enright

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.





Dr Tara Lai Quinlan

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

Dr Georgia Antonopoulou

Assistant Professor in Commercial Dispute Resolution
Co-Deputy Head of Education (Education Review)

Birmingham Law School

dispute resolution, private international law

John Tingle

John Tingle

Associate Professor

Birmingham Law School

National and Global Patient Safety
Clinical Negligence Litigation


Dr Chukwuma Okoli

Dr Chukwuma Okoli

Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws

Birmingham Law School

Commercial Conflict of Laws and International Commercial Litigation

Professor Anthea Hucklesby

Professor Anthea Hucklesby

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.

Dr Xilin Xia

Dr Xilin Xia

Assistant Professor in Resilience Engineering
Turing Fellow

School of Engineering

Dr Xia is interested in supervising postgraduate research projects in the broad area of modelling climate and weather-related risks, such as:

  • Numerical simulation of rainfall-related hazards, such as flooding, landslides, and debris flows.
  • Computation methods for fluid dynamics and solid-fluid interactions.
  • High-performance computing techniques for environmental modelling.
  • Applications of machine learning for water engineering problems.
  • Big-data analytics for hazard risk management and resilience.
  • Modelling impacts of extreme weather events on ...

Dr Xiaofei Xing

Dr Xiaofei Xing

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance
Programme Director, MSc Investments

The Department of Finance

Xiaofei is interested in supervising postgraduate research in the areas of:

  • Corporate Finance
  • Asset Pricing
  • Financial Technology

Professor Hongming Xu

Professor Hongming Xu

Chair in Energy and Automotive Engineering
Head of Vehicle and Engine Technology Centre

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Hongming Xu鈥檚 research interests include powertrain system control, fossil fuels and biofuels, fuel systems and mixture preparation, combustion, formation and mitigation of emissions.

Previous PhD students
1. Sathaporn Chuepeng, 鈥淨uantitative Impacat on Engine Performance and Emissions of High Proportion Biodiesel Blends and the Required Engine Control Strategies,鈥 2008 (joint supervision)
2. Jacek Misztal, 鈥淪tudy of Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Combustion and Emission Characteristics in a Multi-Cylinder Engine,鈥 2009
3. ...




Dr Mengyi Xu

Dr Mengyi Xu

Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management
Director of Full-time MBA

Department of Management

Mengyi has supervised doctoral projects on 'HR Practices in start-ups', 'the impact of Intelligent Agents on effective Algorithmic Management', 'Work-life Balance in the UK Higher Education'. 

Mengyi is accepting PhD students interested in her research expertise below, using quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods. Students are also welcome to propose their own topics. Please send an email with your CV and research proposal for further discussion.

  • Work-life interface, boundary management   ...

Dr Yuanwei Xu

Dr Yuanwei Xu

Research Fellow

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

 MSc Health Data Science Student Projects

Dr Ying Xue

Dr Ying Xue

Lecturer in Electrical Power Networks

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

Dr. Xue is interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:

  • HVDC & FACTS
  • Renewable Energy Integration
  • Power System Simulation Technology
  • Power System Protection