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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatima Ajia | fajia1@sheffield.ac.uk | Public communications in the adaptive water utility | Liz Sharp |
| Salman Aldalbahi | smaldalbahi@sheffield.ac.uk | The housing market in Saudi Arabia | Steve Connelly |
| Divine Asafo | dmasafo1@sheffield.ac.uk | Land acquisition, land conflicts and its effect on housing production in peri-urban Accra, Ghana | Paula Meth |
| 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 |
| Debjani Dasgupta | ddasgupta1@sheffield.ac.uk | State-responsiveness, decentralisation and poverty reduction in West Bengal, India | Glyn Williams |
| 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 |
| Sally Faulkner | slfaulkner1@sheffield.ac.uk | Vulnerable communities, collective bargaining and climate change adaptation | Tom Goodfellow |
| Dario Ferrazzi | dferrazzi1@sheffield.ac.uk | Housing, crime and the city: re-addressing the urban crime question | Rowland Atkinson |
| Farah Haji Mustafa | f.mustafa@sheffield.ac.uk | Tourism planning: “Building Marvel” as the main urban tourism product in attracting visitors | Aidan While |
| 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 |
| Han Jiang | hjiang3@sheffield.ac.uk | Zero carbon housing in China | Sarah Payne |
| 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 |
| Sarah Linn | slinn1@sheffield.ac.uk | Intersectional identities of urban refugee women and their negotiation of space and security in Amman and Beirut | Steve Connelly |
| 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 |
| Zhen Lu | zlu11@sheffield.ac.uk | Housing and schools - social justice in China | Glyn Williams |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Pu Niu | pniu1@sheffield.ac.uk | ‘Deliberative democracy’ and the integration of the urban village into the city | Glyn Williams |
| Elvis Nyanzu | enyanzu1@sheffield.ac.uk | Assessing neighbourhood deprivation: understanding local spatial context | Alasdair Rae |
| Marion Oveson | m.a.oveson@sheffield.ac.uk | Civic universities and social justice | Lee Crookes |
| Vidya Pancholi | vspancholi1@sheffield.ac.uk | Towards substantive public participation in urban governance | Glyn Williams |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Radmila Schelle | rschelle2@sheffield.ac.uk | A critical analysis of indigenous rights discourses in Brazil | Steve Connelly |
| 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 |
| Michael Taster | mktaster1@sheffield.ac.uk | The creation and reproduction of policy-relevant spatial knowledge and new publishing models | Alasdair Rae |
| Charlotte van der Lijn | cjcvanderlijn1@sheffield.ac.uk | Understanding spatial housing choice and demand | Alasdair Rae |
| 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 |
| Noranida Zainal | n.zainal@sheffield.ac.uk | Public participation in regeneration in Kuala Lumpur | Tom Goodfellow |
| Kushtrim Zeqiri | kzeqiri1@sheffield.ac.uk | Foreign direct investments and economic growth in Kosovo | Aidan While |