Current PhD students
Funded PhD students and their research areas and supervisors.

Our students receive financial support to undertake their studies from a variety of sources. These include UK Research Councils (particularly ESRC and EPSRC), University funding (both fee waivers and scholarships offering maintenance funding), and overseas governments and funding organisations (for example, CONACYT for students from Mexico).
Name | Research area | Primary supervisor | |
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Fatima Ajia | fajia1@sheffield.ac.uk | Public communications in the adaptive water utility | Liz Sharp |
Ryan Bellinson | r.bellinson@sheffield.ac.uk | Coproducing urban climate change and environmental governance: A case study of Greater Manchester | Beth Perry |
Simon Benten | swbenten1@sheffield.ac.uk | Spatially sensitive measures of health inequality in England | Alasdair Rae |
Katherine Blaker | keblaker1@sheffield.ac.uk | Reconnecting planning, people and place in former industrial communities | Andy Inch |
Helen Brown | hlbrown2@sheffield.ac.uk | Understanding attitudes and perceptions amongst older people of housing and housing processes in an era of rising demand | Malcolm Tait |
Rachael Bust | trp10rab@sheffield.ac.uk | Minerals planning - new government, new opportunity? | Aidan While |
Cihan Cagil | trp11ctc@sheffield.ac.uk | The Istanbul International Financial Center and World City Planning in Istanbul | John Henneberry |
Fiona Calder | f.calder@sheffield.ac.uk | Involving customers in directing water supply and sewerage outcomes | Liz Sharp |
Carlo Chan | kycchan1@sheffield.ac.uk | Urban planning and ageing | Malcolm Tait |
Juliet de Little | jmdelittle1@sheffield.ac.uk | Planning for resilience under multi-stakeholder risk management | Liz Sharp |
Abdulla Difalla | adifalla1@sheffield.ac.uk | Toward a relational understanding of informal areas in Saudi Arabia | Ryan Powell |
Hoda Elhalaby | haelhalaby1@sheffield.ac.uk | The effect of NGOs interventions on urban villages in Egypt | Steve Connelly |
John Erskine | john.erskine@sheffield.ac.uk | The informal economy in Yorkshire coalfield communities | John Flint |
Dario Ferrazzi | dferrazzi1@sheffield.ac.uk | Housing, crime and the city: re-addressing the urban crime question | Rowland Atkinson |
Manuel Heckel | mheckel1@sheffield.ac.uk | Urban governance and finance in sub-Saharan Africa | Glyn Williams |
Philippa Hughes | phughes4@sheffield.ac.uk | Community land trusts | John Flint |
Minki Jeong | mjeong7@sheffield.ac.uk | The relationship between urban digitisation and creativity in cities | Ryan Powell |
George Jewitt | g.jewitt@sheffield.ac.uk | A better tomorrow: paternalism, totalitarianism, democracy | Peter Bibby |
Chan-Woo Kim | cwkim1@sheffield.ac.uk | Commercial real estate rental markets in Europe | Craig Watkins |
Stephanie Lacey | svlacey1@sheffield.ac.uk | The impact of female homelessness on children's educational experiences in inner-city schools | Michele Lancione |
Carl Lee | clee37@sheffield.ac.uk | Purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) development nexus in Sheffield 2000-2019. | Sarah Payne |
Hakjin Lee | hlee58@sheffield.ac.uk | Neighbourhood planning: localism, community participation and conflicts | Andy Inch |
Wanying Li | WLi94@sheffield.ac.uk | Residential Redevelopment: Eviction and the reconstruction of space in the lower half of Chongqing, China | Amparo Tarazona Vento |
Yixin Liu | yliu155@sheffield.ac.uk | Gated communities in China | Rowland Atkinson |
Vanessa Lo | cvlo1@sheffield.ac.uk | Understanding the housing decision-making processes of elderly people | Malcolm Tait |
Ruth Lucas | rmlucas2@sheffield.ac.uk | The housing crisis and the changing role of th housing professional in England | John Flint |
Emmanuel Maiyanga | eimaiyanga1@sheffield.ac.uk | Household water practices in a rapidly urbanising city | Liz Sharp |
Abraham Mariech | AMMariech1@sheffield.ac.uk | Housing and disability within urban informality in Eldoret, Kenya | Paula Meth |
Jonathan Marsden | jcmarsden1@sheffield.ac.uk | Making space for coproduction | Andy Inch |
Martha Mingay | mmingay1@sheffield.ac.uk | Community land trusts and the housing crisis | John Flint |
Fatima Mohammed | fzmohammed1@sheffield.ac.uk | Resettlement and rehabilitation initiatives in Nigeria | Tom Goodfellow |
Naomi Oates | nemoates1@sheffield.ac.uk | Water service provision practices in Malawi | Steve Connelly |
Inken Oldsen-thor Straten | ioldsen-thorstraten1@sheffield.ac.uk | Property development towards more just cities | Paula Meth |
Marion Oveson | m.a.oveson@sheffield.ac.uk | Civic universities and social justice | Lee Crookes |
Jenny Patient | jspatient1@sheffield.ac.uk | Trade Unions and a 'just' transition to low carbon | Beth Perry |
Alexandra Payling | apayling1@sheffield.ac.uk | Gendering the economic imaginary of the 'Northern Powerhouse' city-regions | Tim May |
Martyna Piliszewska | mppiliszewska1@sheffield.ac.uk | Why do they stay? Exploring the reasons why homeless Polish migrant workers remain in a state of prolonged destitution in post-Brexit Britain | Michele Lancione |
Selam Robi | swrobi1@sheffield.ac.uk | Industrial park cities in Ethiopia | Tom Goodfellow |
Hayyan Rozi | hrozi1@sheffield.ac.uk | Low carbon city planning in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia | Liz Sharp |
Patricia Schappo | pschappo1@sheffield.ac.uk | Street markets as multi-purpose development strategies for urban environments | Melanie Lombard |
Rami Shamseen | rshamseen1@sheffield.ac.uk | Decentralisation and the growth of core cities | Craig Watkins |
Taekyung Song | trp12ts@sheffield.ac.uk | Economic and social development in South Korea | Aidan While |
Emma Stevens | estevens4@sheffield.ac.uk | Collective action and discourse coalitions of energy and climate change | Steve Connelly |
Sri Suryani | ssuryani1@sheffield.ac.uk | Displacements and urban water infrastructure in Jakarta, Indonesia | Michele Lancione |
Charlotte van der Lijn | cjcvanderlijn1@sheffield.ac.uk | Understanding spatial housing choice and demand | Sarah Payne |
Jeni Vine | javine1@sheffield.ac.uk | Building cohesive neighbourhoods: conflict and rank awareness | Ryan Powell |
Chao Wang | cwang47@sheffield.ac.uk | The involvement of Chinese civil society in environmental planning | Steve Connelly |
Yu-Tung Wu | YWu165@sheffield.ac.uk | Housing and intergenerational inequality in the Taipei metropolitan area | Ryan Powell |
Jiaxi Yang | JYang68@sheffield.ac.uk | Rural development and Governance in China | Aidan While |
Said Zaaneen | SYSZaaneen1@sheffield.ac.uk | Urban refugee camps in the Gaza Strip | Tom Goodfellow |
Noranida Zainal | n.zainal@sheffield.ac.uk | Public participation in regeneration in Kuala Lumpur | Tom Goodfellow |