RESEARCH DEGREE AREAS at Portsmouth.
There are many potential areas of research you could explore, from economics and architecture to health informatics and earth sciences.
On the following pages, you can check Once you have identified a possible out our areas of expertise and see if we supervisor or a pre-defined research offer supervision in the field you are project, see our‘ how to apply’ guidance interested in. When you’ ve found one on pages 30 – 33 to make your research that matches your interests, get in touch proposal stand out. with the named contact for a chat about your proposed project idea. Explore our research areas at:
PORT. AC. UK / POSTGRADUATE-RESEARCH
‘ A good supervisor can really make all the difference. My supervisors at Portsmouth are exceptional people, and I would not have made it this far without them. Someone who is passionate about you, your work, as well as your topic, is a good supervisor.’
Kris Nolan
Accounting
Key contact: Dr Konstantinos Kallias konstantinos. kallias @ port. ac. uk
Supervision is available in the following areas of expertise: Applied accounting and financial management; accounting history; forensic accounting, management control and governance; accounting education.
Architecture, Interiors and Urbanism
Key contact: Dr Oliver Gruner oliver. gruner @ port. ac. uk
Supervision is available in the following areas of expertise: Sustainable urbanism; green infrastructures; digital design and new technologies; environmental analysis and design; architectural and urban history and theory; historic environments and conservation; interior design theory and practice; design education; heritage preservation and community engagement; spatial practices; computational / analogue design intersections.
Area Studies
Key contact: Dr Nora Siklodi nora. siklodi @ port. ac. uk
Supervision is available in the following areas of expertise: African studies; East Asian studies; European studies; French studies, including francophone Africa.
Art and Design: History, Theory and Practice
Key contact: Dr Oliver Gruner oliver. gruner @ port. ac. uk
Supervision is available in the following areas of expertise: Fashion and textiles; history and theory of art and design; graphic and communication design; visual and material culture; illustration and art of the book; photography.
Biological Sciences
Key contact: Dr Alejandro Roman-Gonzalez alejandro. roman-gonzalez @ port. ac. uk
Supervision is available in the following areas of expertise: Biodiversity and evolution; epigenetics and developmental biology; ecotoxicology and environmental monitoring; marine sciences; environmental microbiology and biotechnology; molecular biophysics.
Business and Management
Key contact: Dr Emre Cinar emre. cinar @ port. ac. uk
Supervision is available in the following areas of expertise: Innovation management; small business and entrepreneurship; sustainability and business; risk and security management.
Civil Engineering
Key contact: Professor Fay Couceiro fay. couceiro @ port. ac. uk
Supervision is available in the following areas of expertise: Building design, construction management and surveying; environmental technology and management.
PhD in History
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