Business and management PhD

• Open Innovation
• User innovation communities
• Online community mapping
• Digital entrepreneurship
• Emerging technolgies

My doctorate is in online learning and I continue to develop work in this area of the impact of digital learning technologies on learning design and community building in HE and organisational contexts. I currently supervise 5 PhD students at Brighton in related fields of social media and education, women and leadership, digital divide and the impact of dyslexia on learning in innovative SMEs. I have supervised two successful completions of PhD thesis, one in the field of women's learning environments in Saudi Arabian HE, the other the use of school teachers' acceptance and use of e-learning technologies. 

In summary, the fields of supervisory interest are:

Online and blended learning design in HE and in organisational contexts

Social media in relation to learning and community-building

Human Resource Development

Problem-based learning

Action learning

Graduate employability

Professor Gregoriou is keen to supervise PhD students in the following research areas. 

Market Microstructure. 

Stock Marlet Liquidity. 

Financial Stability. 

Financial Econometrics. 

Service-Dominant Logic

Co-creation

Services Marketing

I currently supervise students in the fields of renewable energy, sustainable production and technology innovation. I am interested in supervising students in the fields of environmental economics, natural resource management, the extractive industries and the material implications of low-carbon development. 

Gillian has experience supervising graduate and post-graduate students in Human Resouces related subjects. She is able to supervise students on similiar projects.

My research interests are in the area of economics of labour migration, agency work and regional development, comparative international research, and with extensive expertise in research methodologies and advanced econometric and statistical skills in the analysis of primary and secondary survey data. 

I have four PhD completions:

• Christopher Monks,'Stakeholder involvement in the selection of biodiversity - focused voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) standards within the food / agri-business industry'. PhD to be awarded in July 2019 (lead supervisor)

• George Szamuely, PhD by Prior Output,'Bombs for Peace: the war in Yugoslavia'. PhD awarded in December 2016 (lead supervisor)

• Eda Gemi, 'Socio-economic Integration of Immigrants in Greece: The Case of the Greater Athens Area'. PhD awarded in July 2015 (lead supervisor)           

• Maria Elfani, ‘The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on the Non-Wage Benefits of Labour Migrants – Evidence from the UK’. PhD awarded in July 2014 (lead supervisor)

I supervise PhD students in the areas of international trade and sustainable international development. I welcome students that wish to work on topics such as trade policy, trade barriers, environmental economics (low carbon economy), migration and development, ethical trading (e.g. Fairtrade, organics, CSR, and other social standards).    

I have a rich experience in the PhD process and helping students in successful completion of PhD and pursuing their career goals. My most recent and current PhD researchers include topics in the area of trade and economic growth, climate change, global oil market, Islamic business, CSR, exchange rate regimes, and areas related to international development.    

My most recent doctoral student successfully passed her viva in January 2019. Her doctorate assesses the impact of cuts to Legal Aid on the administration of immigration law and asylum cases.

I am now supervising a student examining issues around anonymity for both complainants and defendants in rape trials.

I would be interested in supervising other doctoral students with interests in Legal Aid, or in research areas covering crime, criminal justice, restorative justice, or youth offending.

I am interested in supervising PhD students who want to do research in accounting, auditing, finance, and corporate governance.

She is currently supervising three PhD students.

She would like to hear from potential postgraduate students interested in legal corporate accountability 

I am interested to supervise projects in the area of public economics and international economics, specifically environmental policies/ externalities/ international cooperation on environment and trade issues. 

Antonios would be delighted to supervise students in the areas of his research interests, namely Comparative Law, International Law, Commercial Law, European Law and Legal Theory.  He holds experience in supervising PhD projects to completion in the MPhil/PhD register, whilst he has also examined PhD work externally.

Interested in Supervising PhD students in the field of human rights law in particular those with an interest in social and economic rights

George has supervised several PhD students on a variery of topics including among others:

• SMEs acquiring innovation capabilities through learning networks,
• innovation in small enteprises through the lens of personal and organisational change,
• the contribution of people with learning conditions to the innovation activities of small businesses;
• innovation skills and behaviors of employees in high-growth SMEs in the digital technology sector 
• the  develoment of technology-based start-ups in a developing economy
• learning networks in a less developed economy

George has an interest to supervise PhD students that explore the development of innovation activities and innovation capabilities within SMEs. All types of SMEs (technology-based, high-growth, low-and-medium tech etc.) are of interest. Both challenges of managing the innovation activities and their support are of interest.  

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD students in the areas of sustainable supply chain and operations with a particular interest in innovative empirical methodologies.