PhD student profiles

Find out more about our current and former PhD students.

Alumni Xin Feng standing in front of a tree and a building

I try to make a difference using tools of participatory governance, to bring different interest groups into discussion

Xin (Cissy) Feng PhD in Urban Studies and Planning

After completing her PhD in Sheffield, Xin Feng became a lecturer in Urban and Rural Planning at Suzhou University of Science and Technology.
Portrait of PhD student Wanying Li

Residential Redevelopment: Eviction and the reconstruction of space in the lower half of Chongqing, China

Wanying Li Planning, people and place

Wanying's research examines urban development in China and its social challenges.
Jiaxi Yang portrait

Rural development and Governance

Jiaxi Yang Planning, people and place, Urban inequalities and social justice

The Implementation of the Rural Revitalization Strategy (RRS) and Its Impact to the Sustainable Development (SD) of Rural Villages in China.
Yu-Tung Wu portrait

Housing and intergenerational inequality in the Taipei metropolitan area

Yu-Tung Wu Housing and real estate, Urban inequalities and social justice

Exploring the differences in housing environment in the Taipei metropolitan area.
PhD student Martyna Piliszewska

Why do they stay? Exploring the reasons why homeless Polish migrant workers remain in a state of prolonged destitution in post-Brexit Britain

Martyna Piliszewska Housing and real estate, Urban inequalities

Martyna's research aims to explore why homeless Polish migrant workers remain in a state of prolonged destitution in Brexit Britain.
Carl Lee

The purpose built student housing (PBSA) development nexus and its impact on inner-urban Sheffield

Carl Lee Housing and real estate, Planning, people and place

Carl's research aims to measure, describe and explain the PBSA dynamic in Sheffield.
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The impact of Neighbourhood Development Plans on planning decisions

Hakjin Lee Planning, people and place

Hakjin's research aims to understand how Neighbourhood Development Plans interact with Local Development Plans.
Katherine Blaker

Cooperation for survival: residents’ perspectives on mutual aid to meet their basic needs in two low-income, post-industrial British neighbourhoods

Katherine Blaker Planning, people and place, Urban inequalities and social justice

Katherine's research explores responses to austerity through cooperation and collaboration in low-income, working-class post-industrial neighbourhoods.
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Crisis and the Common(s): Understanding Urban Community Land Trust Activism

Martha Mingay Planning, people and place, Urban inequalities and social justice

Martha's research explores urban Community Land Trust activism as a political response to the housing affordability crisis.
Ryan Bellinson

Doing Things Differently? The Promise & Pitfalls of Co-Productive Urban Climate Policy Development in Greater Manchester, UK

Ryan Bellinson Environment, infrastructure and sustainability

Ryan's research investigates the concept of co-production in an urban climate policy development process in Greater Manchester.