Our PhD candidates

The Department of Geography is at the forefront of human and physical geography research, with our internationally excellent and world-leading contribution being recognised in the most recent Research Excellence Framework. Find out more about the issues some of our PhD researchers are tackling.

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Name Contact Thesis title
Ana Laura Zavala Guillén alzavalaguillen1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Barry Hunter bwhunter1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Charlotte Curry cscurry1@sheffield.ac.uk The Impacts of Climate Change and Mining on Glaciers in the Andes
Ollie Chesworth

ochesworth1@sheffield.ac.uk 

Interrogating the nature of foodscapes and alternative food-economies through alternative food spaces
Ella Hubbard erchubbard1@sheffield.ac.uk Democratic Politics for Community Economies
Felipe Tornquist fatornquist1@sheffield.ac.uk Examining the causes of phytoplankton variation along the Chilean coast
Greg Rushby gtrushby1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Hannah Mottram  hfmottram1@sheffield.ac.uk Minigrids for Rural Electrification in Tanzania
Hassan Onimisi Abu hoabu1@sheffield.ac.uk Life-Course Approach to Understanding the Relationships Between Forced Migration Trajectories and Food Insecurity/security Path in Central Nigeria
Ingun Borg iborg1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Jennifer Ross jbross1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Joe Molloy jlmolloy1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Josephine Hornsey jhornsey1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Katie Sumner k.sumner@sheffield.ac.uk  
Naomi Oates nemoates1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Nico Dewald ndewald1@sheffield.ac.uk

Subglacial drainage networks of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet.

Pete Tuckett patuckett1@sheffield.ac.uk Investigating the impact of surface melt on the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Rafaella Simas Lima r.lima@sheffield.ac.uk Transnational real estate investment in a semi-periphery: Uneven housing development in post-crisis Lisbon
Remy Veness r.veness@sheffield.ac.uk Exploring sediment transfer beneath ice sheets from model-data comparisons encompassing changing ice flow geometries
Rowan Jaines rvjaines1@sheffield.ac.uk

Geographies of discontent: uncanny materiality and the Cambridgeshire Fens

Rosie Archer rarcher4@sheffield.ac.uk Emulating the last Eurasian Ice Sheet
Sakariya Haji shaji2@sheffield.ac.uk The role of diaspora in state building
Sandra Jazmin Barragan Contreras sjbarragancontreras1@sheffield.ac.uk Towards a people-led energy transition. Exploring energy justice in Yucatan Mexico
Sean Gilgannon smgilgannon1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Sihui Wen Swen7@sheffield.ac.uk Understanding of dust emission in the Gonghe basin in China
Stephen Langford smlangford1@sheffield.ac.uk   
Tavengwa Chitata tchitata1@sheffield.ac.uk Understanding how irrigation water infrastructure works for sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems
Teresa (Tete') Mausse tfmausse1@sheffield.ac.uk Informal Water Provision: Enabling or Constraining -Sustainable- Development?
William Haynes wrhaynes1@sheffield.ac.uk Seen and unseen: homeless migrants at Stazione Termini in Rome
Will Higson wjhigson1@sheffield.ac.uk  
Will Wenban wwenban1@sheffield.ac.uk Deciphering the Influence of Glacial Erosion on Alpine Landscape Evolution Through a Novel Application of Thermoluminescence Thermochronometry
Zulhan A. Harahap zaharahap1@sheffield.ac.uk  

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