PhD doctoral researchers

A research degree is a unique opportunity to develop new skills, develop problem-solving abilities and make a valuable contribution to new knowledge.

Current PhD profiles from the Department of Public Administration and Policy

Amparo González

Description
Gender Dimension in Public Policy for Smallholder Agriculture.

Camila Paz Ramos-Fuenzalida

Description
Performance of collaborative emergency management networks in Latin America.

Laurie Duncan

Description
Interdisciplinary analysis of energy systems, considering technical, economic, social, environmental and policy aspects of small community systems, focussing on reduction of carbon emissions.

Matthew McKenna

Description
Policy learning in times of failure: How English local government responds at times of central government intervention.

Pak Wan Major Pau

Description
Disaster risk management and community self-organization in the Asia-Pacific

Philip Swann

Description
The Rules of the game: understanding the relationship between politicians in central and local government

Rebekah Roebuck

Description
Dissecting the Governance Dynamics of Energy Decarbonisation Decision-Making.

Sally Ward

Description
Sally Ward is undertaking doctoral research investigating temporal patterns of self-organising active citizenship based on the case of an urban neighbourhood in the UK.

Tangang Andrew Tangang

Description
Collaborative localism: Community governments in the decentralisation process in Cameroon

Course information: Local Government Studies PhD/MPhil.