Research students

Martin Cox

Doctoral researcher

Working with industry partners, Martin's research will explore alternative resourcing models for arts activity in urban environments, critically examining the effects of cultural mediation on practice and outcomes.

Christian Moerken

Doctoral researcher

Christian's research focuses on the cultural value of the printed book in the age of digitization. Most research considering the book in the digital age focusses on the digitization of texts and on reading digital texts (Baron, 2017) or the economic consequences of the digitization of the book trade (Thompson 2013) but not...

Vincent Obia

Doctoral researcher

Vincent is an academic and Commonwealth Scholar whose research explores the policy attempt to regulate social media in Nigeria. He is also interested in emerging debates on privacy and data concerns, algorithmic regulation, and the governance of artificial intelligence. He is the Lead Communication Officer for the Media,...

Jill Robinson

Doctoral researcher

Jill's research is framed by knowledge and experiences gained over the course of a portfolio career including teaching, funding (ERDF and Lottery bids), policy development, transnational project management in European, cultural and urban affairs and parallel long-term involvement in the arts as performer, trustee, strategist...

Nataliya Rozhin

Doctoral researcher

Nataliya Rozhin is a designer and PhD student focussing on design-led research and experimental fashion. She studied at the leading national school of fashion design, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, graduating with distinction and winning national and international awards for her collections. Nataliya has...

Ian Sergeant

Doctoral researcher

Visual Representations and Cultural (Re) constructions of Black British Masculinities in 21st Century Birmingham, is a practice-based enquiry utilising a “cut and mix” methodology, to investigate notions of masculinities identities, sexualities, race, place, and representation

Kateryna Sivak

Doctoral researcher

Kateryna (Kate) Sivak is a full-time doctoral researcher in Media and Cultural Studies. Her PhD project is a virtual ethnographic study that looks at unofficial ways audiovisual content is translated and distributed in Ukraine. Specifically, she is exploring such practices as file-sharing, ‘pirate’ streaming, and unofficial...