PhD student profiles

Find out more about our current and former PhD students.

Portrait of Abraham Mariech

Housing experiences of People with Disabilities (PwDs) in rapidly changing informal settlements of Eldoret, Kenya

Abraham Mariech Urban inequalities and social justice

Abraham's research explores a focus on disability within urban informality in order to lead to holistic housing improvement initiatives.

PhD student Juliet De Little portrait

Climate Justice and Flooding in England

Juliet de Little Environment, infrastructure and sustainability; Urban inequalities and social justice

Juliet is exploring the potential of a 'flood justice' framework for analysing flood risk management in England.

PhD student Carlo Chan against a colourful background

Growing up in a bustling city like Hong Kong, I have a keen interest in how city inhabitants interact with the urban space they live in

Carlo Chan A Comparative Study on the Age-friendly policy in Manchester and Hong Kong

My PhD study is a qualitative study on how age-friendliness is translated and manifested in different political, social, economic and cultural contexts, with a neo-institutionalist lens.

PhD student Divine sits in his PhD office

My research specifically focuses on lands acquisition processes, land conflict, and housing production in peri-urban Accra, Ghana

Divine Asafo Peri-urban development

Divine is a PhD student from Ghana who is researching about land acquisition, land conflicts and its effect on housing production in peri-urban Accra.

PhD student Sarah Linn smiles at camera while holding child

My research is a comparative project which examines the relationship between space, gender, refugee status and security

Sarah Linn Intersectional identities of urban refugee women

Focused on Syrian refugee women living in the cities of Amman and Beirut, Sarah's research examines the role of identity and refugee status,

Melting polar ice caps, indicating the theme of climate change.

My PhD proposal developed from work over three years to engage trade unions around climate change

Jenny Patient Exploring the responses of UK trade unions to climate change

As a PhD student within the Realising Just Cities programme funded by Mistra Urban Futures  I am focused on developing knowledge that can help trade unions play their full role towards an energy transition that brings both sustainability and justice, at a time when action on climate at a city level has never been so important.

PhD student Helen looks at camera against river backdrop

A home for life? Understanding the housing aspirations of older homeowners

Helen Brown Housing and real estate; Urban inequalities and social justice

Helen is a PhD student at the University of Sheffield. Her research aims to understand attitudes and perceptions amongst older people of housing and housing processes in an era of rising demand.