Completed PhDs

Awards list of PhD graduates in the School of Geography and Planning from 2020 to present day.

MSE PhD Graduates 2019
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Geography

YearNameThesis title
2024W WenbanDeciphering the Influence of Glacial Erosion on Alpine Landscape Evolution Through a Novel Application of Thermoluminescence Thermochronometry
2024E HubbardDemocratic Politics for Community Economies
2024R ArcherEmulating the last Eurasian Ice Sheet
2024AM HawkinsServing Up Standards; An Institutional Ethnography of School Food Work in UK Primary Schools
2024S WenUnderstanding Controls on Dust Emission in the Gonghe Basin, China using Integrated Remote Sensing Data
2024RLJ VenessChanging ice flow geometries of the British and Irish Ice Sheet: Applications of model-data comparisons
2024MK MemonClimate Change and Arctic Browning: Understanding the Role of Extreme Winter Weather Events
2024WR HaynesThe in/visibility of homeless people at Termini railway station in Rome
2023GT RushbyMultimethodological approaches to reconstructing storms, sea level, coastal evolution, and their driving factors.
2023FA TornquistExamining the causes of phytoplankton variation along the Chilean coast
2023JB RossThe melting Greenland Ice Sheet and the implications for the ocean
2023Y ZhangUnderstanding the dynamics of the Indonesian Throughflow and its global significance, both today and in the Late Quaternary
2023J CromwellUnderstanding Food Loss and Waste in Tanzania's Avocado Production Systems: A Case study of Domestic and Export Avocado Supply Chains.
2023O AbuA Life-Course Approach to Understanding the Relationships Between Forced Migration Trajectories and Food Insecurity Paths in Central Nigeria
2023N DewaldSubglacial Drainage Networks of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
2023RV JainesLandscapes of Discontent: Petrified Unrest in the Fens of Eastern England
2023RN Simas LimaSubordinate Housing Financialization: Institutional Investors and Urban Development in Lisbon
2023T ChitataLiving with flows of groundwater and infrastructure governance: the case of Rufaro Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe
2023S Ahmadi GolsazMy place is placeless: Exploring belonging among second generation "Iranians" in Sweden
2023SM LangfordExtinction Rebellion: The dynamics of contemporary radical British environmental activism
2023PA TuckettThe distribution and evolution of Antarctic surface meltwater
2023HF MottramExamining justice issues in minigrids for rural electrification: A participatory and interdisciplinary study
2022SW AshuaImpact of Climate variability on Maize production in the Agroclimates of Cross River State, Nigeria
2022TMM WeimerRelationships Between Fire and Protected Areas: A Mixed Methods Approach for Mozambique
2022JL MolloyInvestigating variability in the diet, distribution and demographics of Barents Sea cod, 1991-2017: A combined statistical modelling approach
2022PAN MuchadaAn exploration of Zimbabwean and British Chickenscapes to Understand Food Safety and Supply
2022K WeberWhy is the atmosphere over land becoming drier? Exploring the roles of atmospheric and land-surface processes on relative humidity
2022AL DorganPrivate Sector Investment and the Green Economy: The Local Consequences of Tree Plantations in Southern Tanzania
2022A Ethur DiasAssessing the Urban Metabolism of Informal Settlements: Understanding Infrastructure Configurations and Measuring Resource Use
2022I San Roman PinedaA tourism from below: An approach for the realisation of community life projects
2022JL VeenstraAssessing the potential of no-tillage farming across contrasting European soils
2022BB AmosEstimated Protected Areas Impact on Multidimensional Poverty Outcomes and Assessments of PAs Management and Governance Inputs in Nigeria
2022NA Okong'oPolitics of Progress: An Analysis of Gender in the Extractive Sector in Kenya
2022SM GilgannonOrigin of overdeepened bedrock basins and valleys in ice sheet settings
2022WJ HigsonEffect of a Terminal Overdeepening on Glacier Hydrology and Flow
2022SJ Barragan ContrerasTowards a people-centred sustainable energy transition: Exploring energy justice in Yucatan, Mexico
2021AP McCarronThe late Quaternary Northwest Pacific: A marine investigation of glacial change in NE Siberia, terrestrialsediment flux and regional palaeoclimatology
2021MA Cruz MercadoAlternative Food Markets in Mexico City: Agoecological perspectives toward sustainable food systems
2021BB BlytonFood, Place, Memory | Production, Plot, Story
2021H StaplesInsurgent Territories: Peace, Politics and DDR in Colombia
2021ELM LewingtonNew insights into subglacial meltwater drainage pathways from the ArcticDEM
2021HI DolekBetween Patriarchy and Occupation: Joyful Encounters, Intimate Politics and Endurance in Hebron
2021A DayalSeasonal Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Snow during Spring and Summer Melt in Svalbard
2021CK DongurumSexual Behaviour and the Social Epidemiology of HIV in Nigeria: the Case of Plateau State and Nasarawa State
2020BGB KitchenerReinterpreting turbidity: new methodologies for suspended-sedmiment research
2020R HardiePublic-Private Partnerships in Sustainability in Low and Middle Income Country Contexts: Case Studies From Nigeria
2020GL IvesA history of the monsoon in southern India between 1730 and 1920 and its impact on society: with a particular focus on Tamil Nadu
2020DJ CaseyEvaluating the Role of Public-Private Partnerships for the Delivery of Ecosystem Services in UK Agriculture: The case of Local Nature Partnerships (LNPs)
2020F CannellWhy (or Do) We Build with Brick? Exploring the dependence on the fired clay brick in the building of residential homes for private sale
2020EL JonesThe Biogeochemistry of the Active Layer and the Shallow Permafrost in a High Arctic Fjord Valley, Svalbard

Urban studies and planning 

YearNameThesis title
2025L O'Farrell
Luxury State Capture and the Elite City: Wealth, Space and the State in Three Offshore Financial Centres
2024N WangUnderstanding the role of peer-to-peer accommodation in distrupting the neighbourhood: A new form of gentrification
2024S SuryaniDisplacements and urban water infrastructure in Jakarta, Indonesia
2024C CagilChanges in Inter-State Authority Relations in Contemporary Metropolitan Governance
2024Y WuHousing Transformations and Financialised Urbanism: The Case of Military Dependents' Villages in Taipei
2024HA ElhalabyNGO-led village development in Egypt: An enduring discourse
2024MA OvesonCommunity-University Partnerships in the Neoliberal University Through an Ethics of Care and Slow Scholarship Lens
2024JS PatientUnderstanding UK trade union responses to climate change: a multi-level case study of union concerns and capacities in Yorkshire and the Humber, 2008-2019
2024AM MariechThe nexus between disability and urban informality: disabled voices from Eldoret¿s informal settlements
2024JM De LittleOperationalising climate justice: a case study of experiences of flooding and flood governance in Rochdale Borough
2024M MarshallFinancialisation, regulation and the ¿social and moral mission¿ of English housing associations
2024T TalithaBeyond a 'Space of Exception': The Multi-Scalar Politics of Megaproject Development in Indonesia
2023GH JewittNarrative and the development of Scunthorpe
2023C LeeThe private sector, purpose built, student accommodation development nexus and its impact on central 91Ö±²¥.
2023D FerrazziCrime, housing tenure, and urban space: A study of 91Ö±²¥
2023H LeeThe Work and Impact of Neighbourhood Development Plans post-adoption
2023M HeckelWater service providers and debt emitters: Kenya's transformation of public water and sanitation utilities' financing
2023M MingayCrisis and the Common(s): Understanding Urban Community Land Trust Activism
2023P SchappoPublic Markets and Social Justice in Cities: A South-North comparative study of markets¿ social justice potential and the role of urban governance
2023PM HughesEnabling Community-Led Housing
2023S RobiIndustrial park cities in Ethiopia
2023Y LiuGated communities in Chinese cities: social networks, mobilities and segregation
2023D FerrazziCrime, housing tenure, and urban space: A study of 91Ö±²¥
2023SW RobiThe Politics of Urban Industrialization: Integrating the Urban Industrial Nexus in Ethiopia's Disintegrating Ethno-Federal Party State
2023C LeeThe making of a market: the private sector, purpose built, student accommodation development nexus and its impact on central 91Ö±²¥ 2000-2019
2023M HeckelWater service providers and debt emitters: Kenya's transformation of public water and sanitation utilities' financing
2022C Chan¿Silver linings Graybook¿: A Comparative Study of Age-friendly Development in Hong Kong and Manchester
2022P SchappoPublic Markets and Social Justice in Cities: A South-North comparative study of markets social justice potential and the role of urban governance
2022ASA DifallaTowards a Relational-Processual Understanding of Informal Settlements in Saudi Arabia: Informality, Collectives, and Urbanization.
2022V Lo Understanding People in their 50s and 60¿s Housing Decision Making Process for Later Life
2022RM Lucas  The Housing Crisis and Redefining the Role of the Housing Professional
2022EI MaiyangaHousehold Water Practices in a Rapidly Urbanising City: Implications for the Future of Potable Water in African Lower-Middle Income Countries
2022F MohammedDisplacement to the camp vs Displacement to the city: A comparative study of Internally Displaced Persons' capabilities in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria.
2022R ShamseenThe Application of Municipal Bonds to fund Local authorities projects in England; Barriers and Solutions
2022JA VineSocial cohesion and local leadership in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: encounters, urban trauma and complexity
2021JLH ErskineHousehold Strategies in a Yorkshire Mining Village
2021VO OkoyeChildren's community space experiences in Nima: Tracing racializing assemblages of the human
2021CJC Van der LijnUnderstanding Spatial Housing Choice and Demand: A comparative study of London, Liverpool, and 91Ö±²¥
2021RA BustSafeguarding and conflicts in local minerals planning
2021M JeongRefractive Spatialisation: The Digital Picturesque, the Online-Reality Gap and Gentrification in Seoul
2021FO Ajia Water efficiency engagement in the UK: barriers and opportunities
2021RG Bellinson  Doing things differently? The promise and pitfalls of co-productive urban climate policy development in Greater Manchester, UK
2020KA WardStrategic spatial planning in a devolving governance context: A study of 91Ö±²¥ City Region
2020VS PancholiPlanned Ambitions Versus Lived Realities: An Examination of the BSUP Scheme in the Periphery of Mumbai
2020E NyanzuAssessing neighbourhood deprivation: understanding local spatial context
2020P NiuPolicy-making and Deliberation in Urban Village Regeneration in China
2020Z LuThe Implementation of China's New-Type Urbanisation Plan to Reduce Educational Inequality of Migrant Children in Changsha
2020SL LinnIntersectional identities, space and security: Syrian refugee women's experiences and negotiations of Amman and Beirut
2020H JiangGreen Housing Transitions in the Chinese housing market: an institutional analysis from the developers' perspective
2020SL FaulknerFrom Andes to Amazon: Translocal Livelihoods in the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Sector
2020D DasguptaParticipatory Governance Reform In West Bengal: Policy Agendas and Local Responses
2020DM AsafoPeri-urban Development: Land conflict and its effect on housing development in peri-urban Accra, Ghana
2020SMM AldalbahiThe Structure of the Current Housing Provision in Saudi Arabia: an institutional perspective

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