Postgraduate Research Students

Rammohan is a doctoral researcher at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES), supported by MGS ESRC DTP. He is exploring intergenerational transition of educational and rehabilitation spaces and its entangled materialities with the memories of East Bengal Partition refugees. Broadly, his interdisciplinary and intersectional research interests interact with historical ...

Diletta Accardo is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Prof. Dominique Moran on a project focussed on Carceral Geography. 

Maryam Al Obaid is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Prof. Jon Oldfield on a project that explores the  design of a transformational policy appraisal model that would uplift the capacity in developing robust public policies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Somaia Alhaso is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Fraser Sugden on a project that explores migration in Indonesia

Abdullah Faisal A Alturki is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Rakib Akhtar on a project titled: "Urban Regeneration Policies for Slums in Madinah, Saudi Arabia"

Maya is a doctoral candidate in human geography. Her project examines the impact of military checkpoints on the civilian population’s perception of security in Lebanon. Her research interests include checkpoints, urban and political geography, militarism, and civil-military relations in post-conflict societies, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.

Naya is a PhD student at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her research project focuses on urban subjective wellbeing and its relations to urban planning, active travel, and public transport use in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Cyril is a doctoral student at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science (GEES), University of Birmingham, supported by the Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship. He has established collaborative networks, both locally and internationally, aimed at enhancing decision-making processes concerning climate change adaptation and the holistic management of the physical environment.

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Jiajie Fan is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, his main research interests are input-output analysis, foreign direct investment and  sustainable development pathway.

Yuxin Gao is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Prof Peter Kraftl on a project titled: "Rethinking the children-nature-technology assemblages: engaging young people in the construction of sustainable eco-communities"

Safiya Hamis is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Natasha Cornea on a project titled: "Breaking Barriers: Muslim Women and the Fight for Women's Rights and Gender Equality in Northern Nigeria."

Yihang Huang is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr David Jaroszweski on a project titled: "The impact of weather on transport system and individual's travel behavior in a temporal and geographic context."

Lihui Ji is an urban geographer with wide-ranging interests in issues related to urban transformation. Her research focuses on gentrification, neighbourhood change, socio-spatial inequality, and urban tourism, particularly how changing urban spaces are experienced, influenced, and imagined in the digital age.

Terence Johnson is a successful Passenger Transport Manager with extensive experience in business transformation. He has embarked on a cutting-edge PhD research project with the University of Birmingham, examining energy transitions in the road passenger transport industry

Arooj is a Children's Geographer and community arts practitioner interested in how children and young people's civic participation is affected by contemporary regeneration practices. Through an artistic alias (Artem et Populis) she is conducting research which uses the large-scale regeneration within Thurrock, Essex to understand how changes in the physical, social and cultural landscape in ...

Sudarshan's PhD research investigates the multifaceted nature of energy poverty in Nepal, focusing on variations across rural and urban contexts and its interaction with external shocks, including climate change impacts.

His research interests broadly include energy justice, renewable energy, the capability approach, human development, and climate change.

He has experience working with private, ...

Tom Lewis is a PhD Candidate in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. His research focuses on the interactions between counter-terrorism and pandemic urbanism, and on questions of the affective and atmospheric dimensions of emergency governance and post-disaster urban environments.

Jianchang Li is a PhD Candidate in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Birmingham. He focuses on and stay interested in research projects related to Global Key Industry Emission, Emission Accounting, Decarbonisation and Net-Zero.

Yanzhi is a PhD Candidate in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. His research interest is the intersection of urban geography, planning, and environmental science. Specifically, he is focusing on the environmental benefits and impacts of urban green infrastructure.

Ruby, currently a PhD Candidate at the Department of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, is dedicated to investigating the intersection of political economy and spatial geography in relation to air pollution exposure within low-income communities in Nepal's Kathmandu valley. 

Priyanka Mokale is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Surindar Dhesi on a project titled: "Understanding the Infrastructure accessing challenges of Homeless people – Study of Homeless Scheduled Caste communities of The Mumbai City."

Nooreeza Nabi is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Adam Ramadan on a project titled: "Return & Reintegration: Exploring the experiences of refused  Pakistani asylum seekers."

Pablo Rivas Castillo is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Rosie Day on a project titled: "Generation of energy poverty, social and environmental inequalities caused by the implementation of the public decontamination plan in the city of Coyhaique, southern Chile."

Charlene Rose is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Prof Patricia Noxolo on a project titled: "How post-war immigration has shaped the Linguistic Landscape of Erdington, Birmingham through independent commercial business signage and window displays in the area."

Title of PhD: Another New Regionalism? Landscapes of economic governance in the coalition era

Supervisors: Professor John Bryson, Dr Julian Clark

Jacob Salder is conducting research in relation to economic governance and approaches to the implementation and delivery of economic policy in the light of the changing environment under the Coalition Government.

The governance of economic ...

Jessy is interested in the intersection of human geography, neuroscience, and mental health. Her PhD research explores how the technological promise of neuroscience is advanced through young people’s encounters with eMental health services and smartphone applications (apps) that are designed to assist users in moderating and managing symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress. The research ...

Kritika Singh is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Natasha Cornea on a project titled: "Water access by marginalised populations in India."

Nushrat Tashmin is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Fraser Sugden on a project titled 'Climate Change Induced Migration; Sustainable Crisis Management and Resilience of Vulnerable Climate Migrant Communities'

William Thurbin is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Prof Dominique Moran on a project focussed around Carceral Geography.

Jinghang Xu is a PhD Candidate in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her project focuses on accounting for carbon emissions in developing countries and cities.

Xiaofan Yang is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Yuli Shan on a project titled "High-resolution accounting of carbon emission and applications."

Jingting Yao is a PhD student in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her project focuses on the intersection of 3D reconstruction and affective computing. Broadly, she is interested in understanding how multimodal pre-training based on affective computing can be applied to reconstruct and optimise virtual scenarios.

Jamila Musa Wakawa Zanna is a PhD candidate in Human Geography, supervised by Dr Surindar Dhesi on a project titled: "Navigating uncertainty : A phenomenological exploration of the lived experiences of internally displaced women in Nigeria."