PhD doctoral researchers In 'PhD doctoral researchers' PhD doctoral researchersDoctoral research degreesStaff in the School A research degree is a unique opportunity to develop new skills, develop problem-solving abilities and make a valuable contribution to new knowledge. Current PhD profiles from across the School: International Development Department (IDD) Adnan Saif DescriptionService delivery, hybridity and boundary spanning after civil conflict in Tunisia Arie Ruhyanto DescriptionStatebuilding through Territorial Reform: Pemekaran and State-Society Relation in Papua Indonesia. Claire Bracegirdle DescriptionLearning from community conservation in Ghana Daniel Munday DescriptionA History of Autocracy Promotion, 1963 - 2018 Daniel Munday Doctoral Researcher Deo Zihindula Namwira DescriptionRethinking post-conflict statebuilding through the impact of traditional healers in the Mozambican traditional justice system Ellen Bomasang DescriptionEllen's research aims to understand the perceptions of women of colour working in the international development sector who are experiencing or experienced obstacles. Gareth Wall DescriptionExploring values and development priorities at the individual and local levels Hana Mosavie DescriptionResearch exploring the impact gender has during cultural formation due to economic decisions and structures. Harriet Croome DescriptionInvestigating how changing interactions between humans and elephants affect forest socio-ecological systems in drylands: A case study of Mukogodo Forest, Kenya Hermawan DescriptionHermawan is undertaking doctoral research on the relationship between multi-dimensions of decentralised system in Indonesia and corruption of local bureaucrats. Holly Liebl DescriptionIs Social Control through Menstrual Untouchability Changing in Urban Nepal? Isidore Henry Edet DescriptionContextualising the 'Conceptual-contextual' divide: A Case Study of the Political Culture Influence on Nigeria's Security Sector Reforms Jasmine Burnley DescriptionJasmine's PhD research project examines the role played by economies of conflict in Myanmar's political transition, a process interrupted by the sudden military coup in February 2021. Jeannette Francesca Rodgers DescriptionLost in Transition: making a case for the meaningful participation of children in transitional justice. Jingwen Jiang DescriptionThe Dual Logic of Chinese Transnationalism Joseph Bell DescriptionSpecial Economic Zones and State-Capital Relations: The Importance of Politics in the Genesis and Evolution of Economic Policy Justin Williams DescriptionExploring the effects of a development intervention: the Merhabete Integrated Rural Development Project, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Kirstin Wagner DescriptionPeace-keeper fathered children in Haiti and DRC Krisna Puji Rahmayanti DescriptionCollaborative Network of Health Services in Disaster Management Marco Guglielmo DescriptionFloating (On) Platforms? European Left Parties and the Digital Revolution. A Gramscian Analysis. Many scholars argue that European Left Parties were facing major ideological and electoral crises during the 2010s. Matt Mirecki DescriptionMatt's research project draws upon his extensive and varied experience of working in the fields of international development and local government. Mayumi Fuchi DescriptionNGO Downward Accountability in Preventing Exploitation and Abuse within Aid Sector. Mia Hyun DescriptionThe nexus between women in decision-making and leadership and gender responsive development outcomes. Molly Atkins DescriptionWomen in Small-scale Fisheries: Tackling Gender Inequality for Livelihoods and Empowerment Nicola Heaton DescriptionMore donors, more choice? "Traditional" donors, "New" donors and African agency: The case of Zambia Ouborr Kutando DescriptionThe Economics of Politics in Ghana: The cost and impact of vote buying on outcomes of parliamentary primaries Owen Frazer DescriptionSequencing in peace negotiations Paul Rogers DescriptionPaul's research focuses on how institutions mediate the capabilities of disabled people when confronted by extreme droughts and floods. Rehnuma Ferdous DescriptionPatron-Client relations in Fisheries Co-management: Their influence on practices and outcomes Sumedh Rao DescriptionTrust and Cooperation as Social Identity in Northern Ireland Tafadzwa Kudakwashe Kamidza DescriptionTafadzwa's PhD research project through nominated cases of Thokozani Khupe's political ambitions. More information: International Development Department (IDD) Course information: International Development PhD/MPhil Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) Adam Payler DescriptionAdam Payler is undertaking doctoral research on the relationship between democratic performance and organizational performance. Adriana Algarin C. DescriptionAdriana Algarin is starting a doctoral research about social accountability and its relation to local government performance and citizen engagement. Bryony Rudkin DescriptionDramaturgy of political decision making in English local government. Camila Ramos DescriptionCamila Ramos-Fuenzalida is a first-year student of the Ph.D. in Local Government and Public Policy with integrated studies at the University of Birmingham. Eileen Masters DescriptionAudit and Accountability in English Local Councils Jason Lowther DescriptionJason is a doctoral researcher looking at how evidence is used in policy making in particular contexts, using the creation of the West Midlands Combined Authority as a case study. Kevin Harris DescriptionKevin Harris Doctoral Researcher in School of Government (INLOGOV) profile. Local councils and accessible democracy: stimulating reciprocal citizenship at the local level. Laurie Duncan DescriptionInterdisciplinary analysis of energy systems, considering technical, economic, social, environmental and policy aspects of small community systems, focussing on reduction of carbon emissions. Matthew McKenna DescriptionPolicy learning in times of failure: How English local government responds at times of central government intervention. Mega Hendra Waty DescriptionMega Hendra Waty, Doctoral Researcher in School of Government (INLOGOV) profile. Coexistence of multiple governmental traditions: understanding dilemmas and practices of street-level bureaucrats. Minkyu Jin DescriptionMinkyu Jin Local Government Studies in School of Government Doctoral Researcher profile. Study on Impact of the Korean Public Institution Management Evaluation System on the Accountability of Korean Public Institutions. Pak Wan Major Pau DescriptionDisaster risk management and community self-organization in the Asia-Pacific Philip Swann DescriptionThe Rules of the game: understanding the relationship between politicians in central and local government Sally Ward DescriptionSally Ward is undertaking doctoral research investigating temporal patterns of self-organising active citizenship based on the case of an urban neighbourhood in the UK. Tangang Andrew Tangang DescriptionCollaborative localism: Community governments in the decentralisation process in Cameroon Vitaly Voytenko DescriptionVitaly is researching commercialisation in the English Local Government More information: Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) Course information: Local Government Studies PhD/MPhil Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) Abdiweli Garad DescriptionAbdi Garad is undertaking doctoral research into state-building and interventions using a case study approach and process-tracing method to unstructured interviews. Alejandra Garcia Diaz Villamil DescriptionFeminist Political Transformational Leadership: Evaluating the impact of Bolivian women leaders in advancing the social justice agenda. Alex Brown DescriptionRethinking the GDR Opposition: Reform, Resistance and Revolution in the Other Germany. Alexander Samuel Popowich DescriptionSam Popowich is investigating the role of artificial intelligence in the financial sector through the lens of 'Italian Theory'. Alice Spilman DescriptionAlice joined the ICCS at the University of Birmingham on the MSc Global Cooperation and Security, graduating with a Distinction in 2017. André Vella DescriptionThe Limits of Parliamentary Privilege: Transparency and Accountability Anja Benedikt DescriptionImaginings of Identity: The Construction of National Identity in the Immigrant Integration Discourse in Germany. Bruno de Seixas Carvalho DescriptionBruno de Seixas Carvalho is examining the fantasy of Global Britain: Ontological security, maritime security, and the UK's foreign policy after Brexit. Chiara Cervasio DescriptionThe security dilemma in Sino-Indian Relations Chris Featherstone DescriptionWhy did the US and the UK decide to invade Iraq in 2003? A Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis Darcy Luke DescriptionFrom 'funny money' to 'hard cash': Cash limit reforms to Treasury control of public expenditure in the context of the global crisis of capital in the 1970s D'arcy Ritchie DescriptionD'arcy Ritchie is a doctoral researchers in the Department of Political Science and International Studies. D'arcy is researching the feminist politics of shame. Darren Murphy DescriptionMaking peace with the public: Can public discourses on human needs for security, identity, recognition and equal participation encourage support for peace processes ending intractable conflicts? David J. Zell DescriptionMajor cultural commemorations and the construction of cultural & political identity in the GDR, 1959-1983. Donatella Bonansinga DescriptionThe Role of (In)security in Populist Narratives Edward Affainie DescriptionDoes (Income) Inequality Predict Conflict Between Ethnic and Religious Groups in Africa? Elio Di Muccio DescriptionState management of technological and economic performance in industry: The Ministry of Technology in Britain, 1964-1970 Emanuel Bourges DescriptionEmanuel Bourges holds a BA in History and a Master's in Government and Public Affairs from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Emily Burn DescriptionEmily Burn is undertaking doctoral research on the links between acknowledged political interest, perceptions of politics, and political engagement. Francisco Figueiredo de Souza DescriptionSouth-South Cooperation Hana Mosavie DescriptionResearch exploring the impact gender has during cultural formation due to economic decisions and structures. Henry Price DescriptionMapping neoliberal depolicitisation via the discursive relations of contemporary feminist activism Ivor Bolton DescriptionThe implementation of German heritage policy and the representation of the German Democratic Republic through memorials and museums. Jake Scott DescriptionJake Scott is undertaking doctoral research into the phenomenon of populism and its theoretical relationship to democracy. Jaroslava Barbieri DescriptionJaroslava Barbieri research into Russian foreign policy and post-Soviet affairs to European studies and political philosophy. José Pascal da Rocha DescriptionJosé Pascal da Rocha is investigating the role of mediators in mediated ceasefires in the Sudan negotiations Joseph Ward DescriptionWhy risk a referendum? Reassessing the politics of the referendum in the UK Karma Lama Tamang DescriptionKarma's doctoral research is about ethics of nonviolent political actions. The project seeks to demonstrate how methods of nonviolent politics share similar morally troubling features with violent political methods. Koffi Henry Sawyer DescriptionEnhancing Electoral Democracy in Africa: The Impact of Intergovernmental Organisations in Promoting Credible Elections Marco Guglielmo DescriptionFloating (On) Platforms? European Left Parties and the Digital Revolution. A Gramscian Analysis. Many scholars argue that European Left Parties were facing major ideological and electoral crises during the 2010s. Marlene Schrijnders DescriptionFrom London to Leipzig and back: Goth scenes in the GDR between Endzeit and Revolution. Nicolò Fasola DescriptionNicolò's doctoral research aims at providing a theoretical account of Russia's distinctive approach to war-fighting and its interrelation with the country's self-perception and worldview. Olga Aymerich Franch DescriptionCommunity responses to the return and reintegration of ISIL affiliated families in Iraq. Patrick Vernon DescriptionPatrick is undertaking research on the heteronormative character of mass violence and responses to mass violence Paul Betts DescriptionA critical review of 'evidence-based' policy in British policing. Paul Michael Graystone DescriptionFrom 'Bridge of Cooperation' to Russia's Baltic Bastion: Exploring the Role of State Identity in Contemporary Russian Security Policy in Kaliningrad, 2000-2018. Paul Rogers DescriptionPaul's research focuses on how institutions mediate the capabilities of disabled people when confronted by extreme droughts and floods. Pourya Nabipour DescriptionPourya Nabipour is undertaking doctoral research into the role of national identity in Iran's nuclear policy Shardia Briscoe-Palmer Description(De) Construction of Masculinity and the Discrimination of the 'Other': An analysis into the masculinitie(s) performed by black men in the Caribbean Solomon Bunting Caulker DescriptionSolomon Bunting Caulker is undertaking doctoral research focused on Post-Conflict security sector governance in Sierra Leone: Deficits as Inhibitors of National Development Szymon Parzniewski DescriptionThe role of migrants in building city resilience for emergency response and disaster disk reduction (DRR): a case study of Birmingham (UK) and Sendai (Japan). Thais Bessa DescriptionCan girl brides choose? Discourses on child and early marriage and representations of female agency Umer Karim DescriptionSaudi Foreign Policy William Horncastle DescriptionAn investigation into the relationships between Political Finance Systems and Financial Inequality Yishu Ren DescriptionYishu Ren's research focusses on the impact of foreign investments from emerging economies on the norms of global environmental governance and considers the resulting political affects. More information: Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) Course information: Political Science and International Studies PhD/MPhil Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security (ICCS) Alice Spilman DescriptionAlice joined the ICCS at the University of Birmingham on the MSc Global Cooperation and Security, graduating with a Distinction in 2017. Chiara Cervasio DescriptionThe security dilemma in Sino-Indian Relations Donatella Bonansinga DescriptionThe Role of (In)security in Populist Narratives Sumedh Rao DescriptionTrust and Cooperation as Social Identity in Northern Ireland More Information: Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security (ICCS) Institute for German and European Studies (IGES) Alex Brown DescriptionRethinking the GDR Opposition: Reform, Resistance and Revolution in the Other Germany. Anja Benedikt DescriptionImaginings of Identity: The Construction of National Identity in the Immigrant Integration Discourse in Germany. David J. Zell DescriptionMajor cultural commemorations and the construction of cultural & political identity in the GDR, 1959-1983. Ivor Bolton DescriptionThe implementation of German heritage policy and the representation of the German Democratic Republic through memorials and museums. Marlene Schrijnders DescriptionFrom London to Leipzig and back: Goth scenes in the GDR between Endzeit and Revolution. More information: Institute for German and European Studies (IGES) Course information: German Studies (Social Sciences) PhD/MPhil Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) Paul Michael Graystone DescriptionFrom 'Bridge of Cooperation' to Russia's Baltic Bastion: Exploring the Role of State Identity in Contemporary Russian Security Policy in Kaliningrad, 2000-2018. More information: Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) Course information: Russian and East European Studies PhD/MPhil