Current PhD researchers

The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College has more than 70 PhD researchers.

Adel Almalki

Supervisors: Mohammad Farhad Hossain, Aminu Mamman


Alanoud Alqasem

Supervisors: Tim Jacoby, Sadia Habib


Alejandra Ortiz Garcia

Supervisors: Antonio Savoia, David Ouattara

Thesis title: Inequality and Growth in Mexico, a Regional Approach


Amir Bagwanje

Supervisors: David Ouattara, Lawrence Ado-Koffie


Andreina Carrillo Espinoza

Supervisors: Tanja Bastia, Uma Kothari

Thesis title: Lejos Pero no Ausente: Exploring Homeland-Oriented Political Mobilisation of Venezuelan Migrants in Spain.


Anifat Ibrahim

Supervisors: Nicola Banks, Maria Rusca


Anna Thurlbeck

Supervisors: Tom Lavers, David Fielding


Anuradha Ganapathy

Supervisors: Richard Heeks, Gianlucia Iazzolino


Arfan Winasis

Supervisors: David Ouattara, Admos Chimhowu


Armando Caroca Fernandez

Supervisors: Tomas Frederiksen, Erik Swyngydouw


Astria Nabila

Supervisors: Tim Jacoby, Gindo Tampoboulon


Avinash Rao

Supervisors: Kate Rowlands, Christopher Rees

Thesis title: Employee Value Proposition and Its Impact on Employee Attractiveness and Employee Retention – A Cross Industry Segment Analysis in the Indian Private


Azim Harun

Supervisors: Gindo Tampubolon, Asri Maharani


Beidi Wu

Supervisors: Farhad Hossain, Aminu Mamman


Bridgit Kabah

Supervisors: Mohammad Farhad Hossain, Kate Rowlands

Thesis title: Best Practices of OECD NGOs and Their Applicability to National NGOs in Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities from Management Perspective


Caroline Cornier

Supervisors: Sophie Van Huellen, Pritish Behuria


Claudio Navarro

Supervisors: David Fielding, Ralitza Dimova


Conghui Han

Supervisors: Osman Ouattara, Lawrence Ado-Koffie


Daniela Cocco Beltrame

Supervisors: Diana Mitlin, Nicola Banks


Dhanapal Govindar Rajulu

Supervisors: Johan Oldekop, Tim Foster (MACE)


Di Liu

Supervisors: Ping Gao, Rory Stanton


Dilek Celebi

Supervisors: Tim Jacoby, Tom Woerner - Powell


Edwin Rwigi

Supervisors: Diana Mitlin, Alice Sverdlik Maria Rusca


Epiphania Kimaro

Supervisors: Jaco Renken, Richard Heeks Natalie Cunningham

Thesis title: Influence of organizational practices and conditions on people performance and project outcomes in ICT4D organizations: Cases from Tanzania and Kenya


Erika Garcia

Supervisors: Seth Schindler

Thesis title: Land Readjustment, Slum Upgrading, and City Competitiveness: Case studies from Medellin, Colombia and San José, Costa Rica


Esteban Valle Riestra

Supervisors: Tomas Frederiksen, Charis Enns


Faiq Faiq

Supervisors: Rory Horner, Shamel Azmeh


Gerald Arhin

Supervisors: Samuel Hickey, Pritish Behuria


Gilead Teri

Supervisors: Seth Schindler, Nicholas Jepson


Gm Sharfaraz

Supervisors: Mohammad Farhad Hossain, David Ouattara


Hairui Liu

Supervisors: Christopher Foster, Ping Gao


Hamid Khalafallah

Supervisors: Tanja Mueller, Pritish Behuria


Isaac López-Moreno Flores

Supervisors: David Fielding, Upasak Das


Isata Massaquoi

Supervisors: Aminu Mamman, Rory Stanton


Isis Barei-Guyot

Supervisors: Diana Mitlin, Thomas Gillespie


Jeongseong Lee

Supervisors: Admos Chimhowu, Jamie Doucette

Thesis title: Hybrid donorship: Korean aid and the political economy of international development cooperation


Jia Li

Supervisors: Kate Rowlands, Christopher Rees


Jiacheng Liu

Supervisors: David Lawson, Yin-Fang Zhang


Jianing Song

Supervisors: Aminu Mamman, Rory Stanton

Thesis title: analyzing the factors affecting the motivation of university teachers in China


Jiaqi Chen

Supervisors: Aminu Mamman, Nafisatu Okhade


Judy Hofmeyr

Supervisors: Tomas Frederiksen, John Childs


Julin Liu

Supervisors: Ping Gao, Negar Monazam Tabrizi


Karrar Karrar

Supervisors: Rory Horner, Shamel Azmeh


Larry Amartey

Supervisors: Mohammad Farhad Hossain, Aminu Mamman


Laura Hirst

Supervisors: Tanja Mueller, Alfredo Stein Heinemann

Thesis title: Understanding fire risk in resource poor urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya


Louis Cyuzuzo

Supervisors: Seth Schindler, Kevin Ward


Luis Oyarzun Ibarra

Supervisors: Christopher Rees, Kate Rowlands


Mahtab Uddin

Supervisors: David Fielding, Katsushi Imai


Malte Skov

Supervisors: Tanja Bastia, Oliver Bakewell


Mansoor Alfageer

Supervisors: Mohammad Farhad Hossain, Aminu Mamman


Maria Jose Ayala Molina

Supervisors: Tanja Bastia, Caitlin Henry


Mariana Hernandez-Montilla

Supervisors: Johan Oldekop, Rose Pritchard, Timothy Foster


Mariyam Anaa Hassan

Supervisors: Uma Kothari


Matt Hanley

Supervisors: Tim Jacoby


Md Moslah Uddin

Supervisors: David Lawson, David Hulme

Thesis title: Impact of Community Mobilization interventions in Reducing Ultra Poverty: Evidence from Targeting the Ultra-Poor Programme (TUP), Bangladesh


Mengfei Zhou

Supervisors: Ping Gao, Negar Monazam Tabrizi

Thesis title: The innovation, strategies, and governance of the platform in China: a service ecosystem perspective


Meshari Alkulaib

Supervisors: Christopher Rees, Kate Rowlands


Minjung Park

Supervisors: Richard Heeks, Christopher Foster


Mohamad Sukma

Supervisors: Charis Enns, Rose Pritchard


Mohammad Alsaqabi

Supervisors: Christopher Rees, Aminu Mamman


Nabila Hasan

Supervisors: Johan Oldekop, Upasak Das


Namira Samir

Supervisors: David Lawson, David Hulme


Natalia Galvis Arias

Supervisors: Upasak Das, Johan Oldekop Ralitza Dimova


Natalie York

Supervisors: Johan Oldekop, Charis Enns


Nawal Alharbi

Supervisors: Aminu Mamman, David Ouattara

Thesis title: The impact of IT flexibility and IT capability in Business-IT strategic alignment: An empirical study in Saudi Arabia


Neil Mitchell

Supervisors: David Fielding, Tomas Frederiksen


Romasa Rashid

Supervisors: Admos Chimhowu, Mohammad Farhad Hossain

Thesis title: Ultimate and Proximate Determinants of Food Insecurity in Contemporary Zimbabwe


Sandy Nofyanza

Supervisors: Johan Oldekop, Rose Pritchard, Timothy Foster


Sha Lyu

Supervisors: Christopher Rees, Kate Rowlands


Shah Ehsan

Supervisors: Mohammad Farhad Hossain


Shuyu Pan

Supervisors: David Fielding, Vidhya Unnikrishnan, Upasak Das


Taiyuan Zeng

Supervisors: Ping Gao, Yin-Fang Zhang


Wei Yu

Supervisors: Christopher Rees, Lujia Feng


Weiyi Zhang

Supervisors: Jacobus Renken, Gindo Tampubolon


Whitney Banyai-Becker

Supervisors: Diana Mitlin, Nicola Banks

Thesis title: Movement in situ: an ethnographic exploration of gender relations and urban social movements in Nairobi, Manchester and Denver


Xinlun Jiang

Supervisors: Ping Gao, Yin-Fang Zhang

Thesis title: Analyzing national policy for China's Fin-tech development


Yanlu Huang

Supervisors: Yin-Fang Zhang, Upasak Das


Yi Zhou

Supervisors: Negar Monazam Tabrizi, Ping Gao


Yingqian Wang

Supervisors: Jacobus Renken, Natalie Cunningham


Yu Zhou

Supervisors: Yin-Fang Zhang, Vidhya Unnikrishnan


Yue Zhai

Supervisors: Ping Gao, Rory Stanton

Thesis title: The governance of smart city in China


Yuetong Wang

Supervisors: Kate Rowlands, Christopher Rees


Yuhao Ren

Supervisors: Oliver Bakewell, Yawei Zhao


Yunhao Sun

Supervisors: Christopher Rees, Lujia Feng


Yuosif Alkaabi

Supervisors: Christopher Rees, Kate Rowlands


Zhiqiang Zheng

Supervisors: Charis Enns, Rose Pritchard Johan Oldekop