PhD student profiles

Find out more about our current and former PhD students.

Changes in Inter-State Authority Relations in Contemporary Metropolitan Governance

Cihan Talha Cagil Environment, infrastructure and sustainability; Planning, people and place

The Case Study of Istanbul

Making Sense of Socio-Spatial Inequality: A Qualitative Study of Geographical Proximity and Social Distance in Buenos Aires

Agustina Vazquez Urban inequalities and social justice

Exploring the lived experience of socio-spatial inequality in Buenos Aires.

Out-of-area displacement: Exploring how England’s housing system is shaping new forms of urban marginalisation

James Beaumont Housing and real estate, Urban inequalities and social justice

PhD student James's research will focus on households lived experience of out-of-area displacement...

Schools as sites for integrated community food action

Catherine Malpass Environment, infrastructure and sustainability, Urban inequalities and social justice

PhD student Catherine is focusing on how community food action in schools can move towards more sustainable futures...

Safeguarding the Past, Embracing the Future An Examination of Alternative Development Strategies for Chinese Historic Urban Quarters

Xinyu Jin Environment, infrastructure and sustainability, Planning, people and place

PhD student Xinyu, aims to assess development strategies for historic urban quarters.

Redefining Socio-Spatial Inequalities through Comparative Urban Policy Analysis in London and Berlin

Enes Aydin Housing and real estate, Urban inequalities and social justice

PhD student Enes, aims to understand whether the current housing inequality patterns in London and Berlin have a path dependency regarding the policymaker’s approach.

Political Ecologies of Caste, Class and Precarious Labour in Indian Cities

Rahul Raj Environment, infrastructure and sustainability, Urban inequalities and social justice

PhD student Rahul's research aims to document and examine how normative discourses and material practices around urban environmentalism are (re)producing uneven and unjust dalit ecologies in Patna.

Migration, Cities and Inequality

Holly Rooke Urban inequalities and social justice

My project is part of the University of Sheffield Centre for Doctoral Training in Emerging Urban Inequalities.

Migrant youth activisms: de-bordering practices and urban solidarities in re-imagining the city

Charly Morris Planning, people and place, Urban inequalities and social justice

Working with urban young people with migration experiences in understanding how the activisms and collectives they assemble around them disrupt everyday bordering practices and policy.

Governing forced migration in Colombia's peace transition

Stephany Mercedes Vargas - Rojas Urban inequalities and social justice

Stephany is a PhD student, currently examining Colombia’s recent efforts to govern internal armed conflict-induced displacement through urban resettlement in massive state-led housing projects.

Department of Urban Studies and Planning