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, urban transformations, sustainable development, creative cities and planning, temporary urbanism can contact me directly for available opportunities.

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Current Doctoral Researchers

1. Ritu George Kaliade (2020-) Place attachment among new skilled international migrants in German peripheral cities (Second supervisor with Robbert Knippschild, TU Dresden)
2. Paul Moawad (2018-) Deconstructing the Lebanese-Syrian borderscape through waiting and temporality. A comparative study on Syrian refugee informal settlements in Lebanon along the borderline  (Primary Supervisor with Mike Raco)
3. Haixia Hu (2017-)  The internationalisation of British independent schools (Second Supervisor with John Bryson, University of Birmingham)
4. Hikmah Kamarudin (2015-2019) Physical Access for Disabled People to the City Centre Public Realm: The Case of Kuala Lumpur (Sponsored by the Malaysian Government) (Second Supervisor with Rosie Day) – viva completed – thesis being revised (13 February 2020)

 
Completed PhDs

1. Deyala Altarawneh(2013-2017) Therapeutic landscape & temporary uses in derelict spaces in Jordan (Sponsored by the University of Jordan) (with Phil Jones & Jessica Pykett). 

• Deyala subsequently secured a tenured Assistant Professorship at the University of Jordan.
• Bin Lin(2012-2017) Urban Regeneration in Guangzhou, China(Li Siguang Scholarship) (with Phil Jones and Vlad Mykhnenko). 
  • Bin subsequently secured a post-doctoral position at Peking University Shenzhen Campus
• Nuruljanna Zhaina Albidin(2012-2016) Sustainable cities in Malaysia (Sponsored by the Malaysian Government) (with Phil Jones).
  • Janna subsequently secured a temporary teaching post at the University of Birmingham.
• Chloe Billing(2013-2016) Satellites, rockets and services: a place for Space in geography? (1+3 ESRC Studentship) (with John Bryson)
  • Chloe subsequently secured a research fellow post at the University of Birmingham.
• 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)
  • Collins subsequently secured a permanent lectureship at the University of Cape Coast (Ghana)
• Daniel Smith(2009-2014) Planning for sustainable neighbourhoods in European cities (EPSRC Scholarship) (with Austin Barber)
  • Daniel set up his own consultancy business
• Pei-Ling Liao(2009 -2014) Cultural and creative clusters in Asian cities – the case of Taipei (Taiwan) (with Caroline Chapain)
  • Pei Ling subsequently secured a research fellow post at the University of the West of England
• Tihomir Topuzovski (2009-2013) Territorialisation and geopolitics in the Western Balkans (School Studentship and Overseas College Studentship) (with Stefan Bouzarovski & Dominique Moran) 
  • Tihomir subsequently secured a visiting researcher position at the University of Stockholm