Current PhD students
Follow the links below for more information on the work of our current PhD students, by subject area.
Architecture
- Angela Connelly
- Methodist Central Halls in sacred places.
Supervisors: Prof. Michael Hebbert and Andrew Crompton. - Jan Fischer
- Sustaining buildings: designers as intermediaries for carbon neutral futures.
Supervisors: Simon Guy and Albena Yaneva. - Ambrose Gillick
- Investigation into participatory design and self build.
Supervisors: Simon Guy and Diana Mitlin. - Liam Heaphy
- Christina Lacy
- A History of Multi-Faith Spaces.
Supervisors: Andrew Crompton and Ralf Brand. - Liam Sharratt
- Rhetoric and Realities: modelling practices as mediators of design in sustainable architectural decision-making.
Supervisors: Simon Guy and Ralf Brand. - Viktoria Wesslowski
- The Supply of Public Good Infrastructure - Co-evolution in a Collective Action Problem Setting.
Supervisors: Simon Guy and Ralf Brand. - Dominic Wilkinson
- New policy - new morpholgy? spatial impact of housing policy in Liverpool.
Supervisors: Michael Hebbert and Frank Brown.
Geography
- Jason Beery
- Constellations of power: the state, capital and nature in the uneven production of outer space.
Supervisors: Erik Swyngedouw and Noel Castree. - Robin De La Motte
- Waterworks: public participation, social capital and co-production in the (peri) urban water sector in Latin America.
Supervisos: Erik Swyngedouw and Diana Mitlin. - Keely Donnelly
- A reinvestigation into the drift stratigraphy of the Lleyn Peninsular.
Supervisor: Jeff Blackford. - Lisa Ficklin
- Indigenous environmentalism, ethnic autonomy and livelihood security: a cross cultural ethic in the context of valuation, power and policy in Latin America.
Supervisors: Noel Castree and Tony Bebbington. - Tomas Frederiksen
- The spatial politics of mining on the Zambian copperbelt 1900 – 2008.
Supervisors: Gavin Bridge and Noel Castree. - Claire Goulsbra
- Dynamic channel-hillslope connectivity due to drainage density variation.
Supervisor: Martin Evans. - Katharine Jones
- The role of temporary staffing agencies in facilitating the migration of workers into the UK and the placement of them in employment.
Supervisors: Kevin Ward and Neil Coe. - Ross Jones
- Certified spaces in the coffee production network: The impacts of ‘Utz Certified’ standards on coffee farmers in Vietnam.
Supervisors: Neil Coe. - Joseph Kandeh
- Extension of GIS and remote sensing into the Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (REA) of disasters in the least developing countries: a case study of Afghanistan.
Supervisor: Chris Davies. - Andrew Kent
- Making human geography matter: Critical pedagogy ‘in here' as public pedagogy ‘out there'.
Supervisors: Noel Castree and Paul Cammack. - Laura Liddaman
- The use of pattern analysis to assess connectivity of sediment systems and predict sediment flux in eroding blanket peat catchments.
Supervisors: Julia McMorrow and Martin Evans. - David Lier
- Social movement unionism as a strtergy to counter cost-recovery reforms in South Africa.
Supervisors: Noel Castree and Neil M. Coe. - Miranda Morgan
- The urban political ecology of hunger.
Supervisors: Erik Swyngedouw and Noel Castree. - Piotr Niewiadomski
- Interdependencies between the corporate growth and spatial expansion of international hotel groups.
Supervisors: Martin Hess and Neil Coe. - Jennifer O'Brien
- The contextual embeddedness of health; a multi scale comparative of two countries: Uganda and South Africa.
Supervisors: Dr. Sarah Atkinson and Maia Green (Anthropology). - Vincent Pattison
- Low wage labour markets and the potential of living wages in Greater Manchester.
Supervisors: Kevin Ward and Neil Coe. - Genevieve Potts
- Investigating late-holocene climatic fluctuations using palaeoecology in the Orkney Islands.
Supervisors: Jeff Blackford and Martin Evans. - Cynthia Skelhorn
- Evaluation of the impacts of urban greenspace on building energy consumption.
Supervisors: Sarah Lindley and Professor Geoff Levermore. - Briony Smith
- Placing communities in the post-conflict moment: relationships of peace, well being and citizenship.
Supervisors: Sam Hickey and Sara MacKian. - Andrew Speak
- Quantification of the urban microclimate modification properties of green roofs.
Supervisors: Claire Smith and Sarah Lindley. - Yin Min Tun
- Modelling evaporation fluxes in upland wetlands.
Supervisor: Clive Agnew. - Georgios Tzimas
- Understanding local geographies of retail development and retail regulation.
Supervisor: Martin Hess and Neil Coe. - Jennifer Watts
- The Institutional Context for Temporary Staffing: a European cross-national comparative study.
Supervisors: Neil Coe and Kevin Ward. - Rose Wilkinson
- Quaternary vegetation dynamics in Montenegro through multiple glacial-interglacial cycles.
Supervisors: Jeff Blackford, Jamie Woodward and Phil Hughes.
Institute for Development Policy and Management
- Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai
- The state and poverty reduction in Northern Ghana.
Supervisors: David Hulme and Anthony Bebbington. - Fredrick Agboma
- Exploring the relationship between strategy formulation and organisational effectiveness for small ICT enterprises in developing countries.
Supervisors: Richard Heeks and Richard Duncombe. - Robert Ahearne
- Understanding contemporary development: Tanzanian life narratives of intervention.
Supervisors: Uma Kothari and Sarah Bracking. - Hamood Al-Asmi
- The relationship between manager's selected traits and their performance: field study of Omain civil service managers.
Supervisors: Aminu Mamman and Chris Rees. - Shamel Al-Azmeh
- Chinese firms in the Middle East: Dragon multinationals reshaping the global economy?
Supervisors: Khalid Nadvi and Stephanie Barreintos. - Khalid Al-Jarradi
- The politics of development: investigating the impact of international migration on poverty.
Supervisors: Aminu Mamman and Farhad Hossain. - Khamis Al-Kulaiby
- The politics of development: investigating the impact of international migration on poverty.
Supervisors: Aminu Mamman and Chris Rees. - Rashid Althakhri
- Strategic implementation in the Abu Dhabi police.
Supervisor: Chris Rees. - Enya Mensa Ameza
- Corporate governance and institutions: a study of the banking sector of Ghana.
Supervisor: Thankom Arun and Yin-Fang Zhang. - Kwesi Asabir
- International migration of skilled health professionals from Ghana: impact and policy.
Supervisors: Derek Eldridge and Richard Duncombe. - Azgin Asabir
- Democratic transition and consolidation in contemporary Turkey.
Supervisors: Tim Jacoby and F.Turan(LLC). - Rhoda Bakuwa
- Challenges and opportunities facing organisations in Malawi to reduce the impace of HIV/AIDS: A human resource management perspective.
Supervisors: Aminu Mamman and Derek Eldridge. - Nicola Banks
- Overcoming the urban penalty in Bangladesh: The need for pro-poor policies and a better understanding of the extreme urban poor.
Supervisors: Michael Woolcock and Diana Mitlin. - Andrea Bardelli Danieli
- Policy-making and regulatory activities in the ICT sector in developing countries: diffusion of the web, the internet and other ICTs in Uganda.
Supervisor: Richard Heeks. - Daniel Bendix
- Tracing German maternal health policy in Tanzania.
Supervisors: Dr Uma Kothari and Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez. - Jorge Castro
- Regional development in Magdalena Medio (Colombia) - The PDPMM's Model of Integral Development.
Supervisors: Tony Bebbington and Philip Woodhouse. - Margaret Chebere
- Overcoming the urban penalty in Bangladesh: The need for pro-poor policies and a better understanding of the extreme urban poor.
Supervisors: Derek Eldridge and Richard Duncombe. - Jie Chen
- The challenges of modelling performance management system for effective human resource development in China.
Supervisors: Derek Eldridge and Willy McCourt. - John Childs
- Prospects for fair trade gold: A critical analysis of small-scale mining in Ghana.
Supervisors: Gavin Hilson and Admos Chimhowu. - Beth Chitekwe-Biti
- The impact of social movements on urban land policy in Southern Africa: Case studies of Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Supervisors: Diana Mitlin and Admos Chimhowu. - You A Chung
- Participatory governane and aid policy.
Supervisor: Jeff Henderson. - Marcin Chyczewski
- Critical success factors and stimuli that initiate, increase the pace and effectiveness and cement intentional, planned and managed changes in organisational culture.
Supervisors: Pete Mann and Chris Rees. - Kledia Dallto
- The impact of free trade on potential cross - Border and investment promotion.
Supervisors: Colin Kirkpatrick and Thankom Arun. - Diseye Dasimaka
- Social movements and the oil politics in the Niger region of Nigeria.
Supervisors: Admos Chimhowu and Tanja Mueller. - Jean Lynette David
- The Role of the agricultural sector in poverty reduction: identifying/developing sustainable diversification pathways for poverty reduction.
Supervisor: Wendy Olsen. - Richard Devey
- The role of the agricultural sector in poverty reduction: identifying/developing sustainable diversification pathways for poverty reduction.
Supervisors: Philip Woodhouse and J.May (UKN - external). - Maura Duffy
- Popular education and the empowerment of marginalised groups.
Supervisor: Tanja Mueller. - Christopher Foster
- Understanding locally emergent ICT micro-enterprises in the South.
Supervisors: Richard Heeks and Richard Duncombe. - Blanca Garcia
- E-Learning in a knowledge city. Manchester's universities' experience.
Supervisors: Derek Eldridge and Pete Mann. - Asad Kamran Ghalib
- The role of microfinance in poverty alleviation in developing economies: A study of the Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) of Pakistan.
Supervisors: Farhad Hossain and Thankom Arun. - Hilary Gilbert
- How has the creation of protected areas affected the economic status and aspirations of indigenous people in South Sinai.
Supervisors: Daniel Brockington and Philip Woodhouse. - Emanuela Girei
- Learning in NGO development - A case study in Kibaale District, West Uganda.
Supervisors: Pete Mann and A.Contu (external). - Brian Goulden
- Capacity building amongst regulatory institutions in developing economies in sub-Saharan Africa: measuring the effectiveness of capacity building interventions amongst ICT regulators in Southern Africa.
Supervisors: Derek Eldridge and Paul Cook. - Panom Gunawong
- E-government in Thailand: A study of an adoption of E-government from 2001-2005 and its effects on the knowledge-based society in Thailand.
Supervisors: Ping Gao and Richard Heeks. - Natalie Gupta
- Market competition, industrial restructuring, and working class livelihoods in India: A case study of selected industrial districts.
Supervisors: Willy McCourt and Michael Woolcock. - Jeremy Heald
- Elaboration of a socioeconomic evaluation methodology and impact assessments for rural development and poverty reduction projects in poor, Prima, Mexico.
Supervisor: Philip Woodhouse. - George Holmes
- Political ecology, power, conservation and social and environmental change in Armando Berudez National Park, Dominican Republic.
Supervisors: Dan Brockington and Tony Bebbington. - Ye Hou
- Managing information system security in institutions.
Supervisors: Ping Gao and Richard Heeks. - Kirsten Howarth
- A liberal or illiberal peace: A critical analysis of post-conflict reconstruction in Lebanon and El Salvador.
Supervisors: Tim Jacoby and Richard Jackson. - Ya-Wen Hsiao
- Management development in rapid change organisations.
Supervisor: Chris Rees. - Denise Humphreys-Bebbington
- Conflicts in the Countryside: The Political Ecology of Natural Gas Extraction in Southern Bolivia.
Supervisors: Diana Mitlin and Gavin Bridge. - Tomasz Iwanow
- Openness, growth and poverty: Case study of an episode of trade liberalization in Moldova.
Supervisors: Colin Kirkpatrick and Kunal Sen. - Rossilah Jamil
- In search of excellence: The roles of management development in achieving corporate success.
Supervisor: Chris Rees. - Patamawadee Jongruck
- The new public management and decentralisation: A contradiction of Thai administrative reforms.
Supervisors: Willy McCourt and Derek Eldridge. - Yohanes Berenika Kadarusman
- The ultimate design of industrial development for Indonesia: To gain the most advantages of trade liberalisation.
Supervisors: Khalid Nadvi and Jeffrey Henderson. - Abdul Kanu
- Capacity building for small and medium enterprises development in rural Sierra Leone.
Supervisors: Aminu Mamman and Farhad Hossain. - Ambrose Kessy
- Local Government Reform Programme (LGRP) and the challenges of local governance in Tanzania.
Supervisors: Willy McCourt and Sam Hickey. - Hanan Khazragui
- Labour Markets in Developing Countries: Evaluating the net employment effect of foreign direct investments in the labour market in Egypt during the 1990s - Greenfield investments versus acquisitions.
Supervisor: Paul Cook. - Malathy Knight-John
- The political economy of telecommunications reforms and regulation in developing countries: A case study of Sri Lanka.
Supervisors: Martin Minogue and Paul Cook. - Marianna Koli
- The effect of institutions on economic stability and financial crises in emerging markets.
Supervisors: Thankom Arun and Prof Kunal Sen. - Annapaola Letizia
- Listening to the voices of the poor?.
Supervisors: Sam Hickey and Uma Kothari. - Sojin Lim
- New mode of aid: Efficient and effective approaches to end poverty in east Africa.
Supervisors: Sarah Bracking and Farhad Hossain. - Joon-Ho Maeng
- Migration, remittances and low-income household strategies in Thailand.
Supervisors: Sarah Bracking and Hulya Ulku. - Shireen Mahdi
- Fostering rural market institutional arrangements for pro-poor growth: Case of Tanzania.
Supervisors: Kunal Sen and Katsushi Imai. - Lance Mambondiani
- Corporate governance and bank reforms: The case of Zimbabwe.
Supervisor: Yin-Fang Zhang. - Julia Mase
- Old age poverty in South Africa: Household responses to social transfer receipts.
Supervisor: Armando Barrientos - Didier Matamba
- Aid effectiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of mismatches between donors and recipients.
Supervisors: Richard Duncombe and Derek Eldridge. - Siobhan McGrath
- The political economy of forced labour in Brazil.
Supervisors: Wendy Olsen and Stephanie Barrientos. - Sadia Mohammed Banchirigah
- Alternative livelihoods: An effective strategy for poverty alleviation in ghana's artisanal mining communities?.
Supervisor: Gavin Hilson. - Sharon Morgan
- Gender & development informatics: Women in the ICT professions.
Supervisor: Richard Heeks. - Sarah Mosedale
- Women's empowerment in development theory and practice: A case study of an international development agency.
Supervisors: Uma Kothari and Sarah Bracking. - Sithembiso Myeni
- An examination of women participation in local governance in post apartheid South Africa.
Supervisor: Sarah Bracking and Tanja Mueller - Andrew Ogbuigwe
- Quo vadis? Assessing the impact of chinese aid on promoting globalisation in SSA, and its effect on poverty reduction strategies in SSA.
Supervisor: Yin-Fang Zhang. - William Amos Pallangyo
- Local government reform and human resources capacity building in Tanzania.
Supervisors: Chris Rees and Derek Eldridge. - Sabbir Patel
- Assessing the impact of microinsurance products on the livelihoods of the poor.
Supervisor: Thankom Arun. - Anurag Priyardarshee
- Political economy of microfinance - A feasibility study on employing postal network (India Post) to broaden and deepen microfinance in India.
Supervisor: Farhad Hossain. - Adnan Rafiq
- The politics of E-government: An actor-network perspective from Pakistan.
Supervisors: Ping Gao and Richard Heeks. - Luigi Pietro Ragno
- Linking protection and promotion in poor households: Social pension scheme and poverty reduction in urban Bangladesh
Supervisors: Armando Barrientos and David Hulme - Farzana Ramzan
- Redefining success: Local participation and poverty reduction in Tanzania.
Supervisors: Michael Woolcock and Tony Addison - Richard Record
- The poverty impact of reforming the private sector enabling environment in Vietnam .
Supervisors: Kunal Senand Khalid Nadvi. - Gale Raj Reichert
- International trade and the environment in developing countries: Environmental justice in the international context.
Supervisors: Khalid Nadvi and Erik Swyngedouw. - Nicha Sathornkich
- Development and implementation a performance management system that efficiently drives the Thai public sector development.
Supervisors: Derek Eldridge and Willy McCourt. - Lucy Scott
- Asset transfer: Can it enable escape from poverty by the chronically and extreme poor in a remote rural area of Bangladesh.
Supervisors: Tony Addison and David Hulme - Margaret Sengwaketse
- The impact of trade liberalisation on industry level productivity in Botswana and South Africa.
Supervisors: Kunal Sen and Hulya Ulku. - Shishir Shahnawaz
- How significant is the resource curse in the west african gold mining economy?.
Supervisors: Gavin Hilson and Gavin Bridge. - Briony Smith
- Placing post-conflict societies: relationships of peace, well being and citizenship.
Supervisors: Sam Hickey and Sara MacKian. - Violeta Spasova
- Human Resource Management and Organisational Change: Implications of European Union Accession for Organisations in Bulgaria.
Supervisor: Chris Rees - Goran Sumkoski
- Correlation between decentralisation, institutions and regional and national economic growth.
Supervisors: Kunal Sen and Yin-Fang Zhang. - Veronica Tejerina
- The understanding of the concept of development by indigenous groups in Bolivia..
Supervisor: Paul Barry. - Margo Thomas
- Institutional frameworks for regulatory governance: Transition and devloping country capacity requirements and implementation.
Supervisor: Paul Cook. - Ganga Tilakaratna
- Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study of Samurdhi, SANASA and SEEDS.
Supervisors: David Hulme and Tony Addison. - Georgios Tsopanakis
- The Japanese Paradigm: JICA’s Development Projects in Health and Education in Ghana.
Supervisors: Hulya Ulku and Sarah Bracking. - Ximena Warnaars
- Identity, conflict and communication: indigenous perspectives on their conflicts with extractive industries.
Supervisors: Tony Bebbington and Penelope Harvey (SOSS) - Chris Webber
- Establish a framework for energy privatisation in developing countries.
Supervisors: Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick. - Yu Zheng
- The applicability of HRM in joint ventures organisations within the chinese context.
Supervisors: Chris Rees and Paul Barry.
Planning & Landscape
- Ali Al-Sulbi
- Ecological Impact Prediction of the Damman Metropolitan Area's Coastal Reclamation.
Supervisor: Carys Jones. - Faiza Baksh
- Identifying 'at risk' Neighbourhoods: exploring the scope for an index of vulnerability.
Supervisors: Iain Deas and Ed Fieldhouse. - Walid Bayoumi
- The Role of Urban Consolidation Policy in Maximizing the Human Resettlement in New Towns as a Base to Develop the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Urban Region.
Supervisors: Dr Jon Coaffee and Prof. Michael Hebbert. - Rocco Luigi Bubbico
- Effectiveness and Key Drivers of Local Partnerships for Innovation: The Case of Objective 1 Regions of EU.
Supervisors: Michael Hebbert and Mark Baker. - Julie Crawshaw
- Beyond Targets: articulating the role of public art in support of sustainable communities.
Supervisors: Joanne Tippett and Albena Yaneva. - Lee Hoon Ruth Foo
- The Institutional Structure of Residential Development in Malaysia: A Developers' Perspective.
Supervisors: Prof. Cecilia Wong and Adam Barker. - Anna Gilchrist
- Climate Changes, Species Migration and the Institutional Response.
Supervisors: Professor John Handley and Adam Barker. - Jennifer Hall
- Developing Techniques to Measure the Social Consequences of Brownfield Regeneration..
Supervisors:Iain Deas, Paul Syms and Cecilia Wong. - Justine Hall
- The Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure in Urban Areas.
Supervisors: Professor John Handley and Richard Kingston. - Nichola Headlam
- Rescaling the State: Local Area Agreements and Sustainable Communities.
Supervisors: Jon Coaffee and Iain Deas. - James Hopkins
- Between Researchers and Users - the Regional Studies Association as a Learned Society, 1965-2005.
Supervisors: Prof. Michael Hebbert and Cecilia Wong. - Eunkyoung Kim
- Research on Urban Planning Future in South Korea: Focus on Landscape Planning and Governance.
Supervisors: Mark Baker and Philip Bell. - Ann Louise Kolodziejski
- Connecting People and Nature: The Role of Envisioning and Local Action in the Support of Biodiversity.
Supervisors: Mark Baker and Joanne Tippett. - Ting-I Lee
- Smart Growth Management of Contemporary Urbanism: Learning European Experience of Spatial Planning System.
Supervisors: Cecilia Wong and Philip Bell. - Yueh-e (Ally) Lu
- The Historical and Cultural Study of Urban Waterfronts in Taiwan - the Case Study of Taipei Metropolis Area.
Supervisors: Michael Hebbert and Adam Barker. - Michal Miedzinski
- Regional and Urban Foresight - Towards Sustainable Policy Making. Comparative Analysis of Selected Foresight Exercices in Europe.
Supervisors: Joe Ravetz and Michael Keenan (MBS). - Jessica Soraya Pineda Zumaran
- A Spatial Planning Framework for Including the Environmental Perspective in the Context of the Free Market Economy Policy in Peruvian Middle-sized Cities. Case Study: Arequipa, Peru.
Supervisors: Cecilia Wong and Iain White. - Hui Qian
- Regional Spatial Planning Response to Urban-Rural Interaction in China.
Supervisors: Cecilia Wong and Mark Baker. - Wan-yu Shih
- The Thresholds of Ecological Networks in Urban Areas - Planning Urban Green Space System from a Species' Perspective.
Supervisors: John Handley and Iain White. - Khitam Shraim
- Intergrating the Geographic Information System (ais) with the Educational Management Information System (emis) for Design Support System.
Supervisors: Richard Kingston and Cecilia Wong. - Graham Squires
- Understanding the Dynamics of Neighbourhood Change: Exploring the Diffusion of Demand in a Housing Market Renewal Area.
Supervisors: Iain Deas and Richard Kingston. - Daniel Strosnider
- Developing Frameworks to Navigate Social and Political Implementation Barriers to Sustainable Transport: A US to UK comparison.
Supervisors: Iain White and Philip Bell. - Jenni Viitanen
- Citizenship in the Electronically Networked City.
Supervisors: Richard Kingston and Jon Coaffee. - Brian Webb
- Spatial Policy Coordination in Decentralised Nations: The Benefits and Barriers to the Implementation of National Planning in Canada.
Supervisors: Cecilia Wong and Iain Deas. - Zhenbo Yu
- Local Identity in the Contemporary City: Urban Design for Local Character in Modern China
Supervisors: Michael Hebbert and Andrew Crompton. - Kai Zhou
- Transportation System Accessibility Analysis and its Relationship with Regional Development.
Supervisors: Mark Baker and Richard Kingston.