I've had the pleasure to supervise a range of doctoral researches in the area of urban studies as well as economic and political geography.


Applicants interested in the area of urban and cultural regeneration, sustainable development, creative cities and planning, temporary urbanism can contact me directly or or visit FindAPhD page for available opportunities.

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Current Doctoral Researchers

  • Paul Mouawad (2018-) Borders studies and transient spaces (starting in Sept. with Paul Richardson)
  • Haixia Hu (2017-)  UK/China relationships in the internationalisation of private secondary education (with John Bryson)
  • Hikmah Kamarudin (2015-) Physical Access for Disabled People to the City Centre Public Realm: The Case of Kuala Lumpur (Sponsored by the Malaysian Government) (with Rosie Day)
 
Completed PhDs
  • Deyala Altarawneh (2013-2017) Therapeutic landscape & temporary uses in derelict spaces in Jordan (Sponsored by the University of Jordan) (with Phil Jones & Jessica Pykett)
  • Bin Lin (2012-) Property rights and multiple accessibilities in institutional and spatial changes of chinese urban village’s regeneration (Li Siguang Scholarship) (with Phil Jones and Vlad Mykhnenko) 
  • Nuruljanna Zhaina Albidin (2012-2016) Urban design and social sustainability in city-centre regeneration: the case of Kuala Lumpur (Sponsored by the Malaysian Government) (with Phil Jones)
  • Chloe Billing (2013-2016) Satellites, rockets and services: a place for Space in geography? (1+3 ESRC Studentship) (with John Bryson)
  • Collins Adjei Mensah (2012-2015) Sustaining urban green spaces in Africa: a case study of Kumasi metropolis, Ghana (Sponsored by Ghanaian Government) (with Mike Beazley)
  • Daniel Smith (2009-2014) Planning for sustainable neighbourhoods in European cities (EPSRC Scholarship) (with Austin Barber)
  • Pei-Ling Liao (2009 -2014) Cultural and creative clusters in Asian cities – the case of Taipei (Taiwan) (with Caroline Chapain)
  • Tihomir Topuzovski  (2009-2013) Territorialisation and geopolitics in the Western Balkans (School Studentship and Overseas College Studentship) (with Stefan Bouzarovski & Dominique Moran)