Business and management PhD

Jose supervises PhD students in the following areas: Open innovation, digital entrepreneurship, emerging digital technologies, open source innovation, online communities, and user innovation.Jose has an interest to supervise PhD students focusing on alternative forms of digital innovation. Of particular interest are those that explore the evolution of digital technologies and their development and propagation through informal innovation group.

Aline has the interest to supervise PhD students that explore entrepreneurial ecosystems builders (EEB) design, role, business models and impacts. All types of EEBs are of interest: business incubators, science and technology parks, accelerators, innovation hubs.

The innovation journey and the management of open innovation in startups and scaleups are also of interest.

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 three 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

I am very interested in supervising students in the fields of liquidity, financial modelling, SMEs and cryptocurrencies. In particular, I am keen on developing new measures of financial stability that can be applied to the impacts of Brexit and the Coronavirus on financial markets.

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 labour migration, remittances and socio-economic development, comparative international research, and with extensive expertise in research methodologies and advanced econometric and statistical skills in the analysis of 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 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)

My supervisory interests include: Cultural studies, Paradox Theory, Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Governance

I welcome students' research projects in the following areas: Consumer psychology and behaviour; Customer relationship marketing; Marketing for families; Gender and sexuality in marketing

Sushil is an active PhD supervisor and welcomes students that wish to work in the areas of trade and international development such as trade policy, trade barriers, global commodity markets, environmental economics, migration, FDI, ethical trading (e.g. Fairtrade, organics, CSR, social enterprises), SMEs and international macroeconomics.

He has a rich experience in the PhD process and helping students in successful completion of PhD and pursuing their career goals. His most recent and current PhD researchers include topics in the area of trade and economic growth, environment, 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.

I would be very interested in supervising PhD students on research projects related to the following topics:  (Digitial)  Branding, (Digital) Marketing Communications, FMCG retail & online retailing, Impact of technology including mobile devices and social media on sales and marketing, Strategic Markeiting, Marketing management decision making.

Steve is an active supervisor and currently supervises 3 PGR students. He has supervised 10 students to completion and provides mentoring support to supervisory staff based on a wealth of experience as a School Director of Postgraduate Studies; Social Sciences Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies, and Postgraduate Student Research Coordinator. He has extensive experience as Examiner and Chair at viva examiination stage. Although specifically interested in the field of Change Management and Leadership, Steve is keen to collaborate with other supervisors on areas including partnership more generally defined; arts-commerce-public arena; and the politics of governance and assurance.

I am interested to supervise students with research topics in welfare policies, education and the labour market, and effectiveness of policy and programmes.  Here, I have a specific interest in computationally efficient algorithms to improve econometric designs, which improve robustness of applied econometric analysis.  Related to this is the use of innovative, large data sources (“Big Data”) in econometrics, where I can support students gaining proficiency using relevant methodical and technical approaches.

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 topics including among others: Building innovation capabilities in SMEs through learning networks; 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 role of innovation coaching for innovative SMEs; and the  develoment of technology-based start-ups in a developing 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 have successfully supervised six doctoral students as their Lead Supervisor till completion.