PhD profiles
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Hassan Hussain
Doctoral researcher
Hassan completed his first class BA (Hons) in English at Birmingham City University (2015) before securing a scholarship to complete a Master of Arts at the University of Warwick (2016). He soon returned to Birmingham City University to begin his STEAM-funded PhD project, researching the de/construction of gay men in...
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Heba Iskandarani
Doctoral researcher
A PhD researcher in planning at the school of Built Environment at Birmingham City University, Heba's research focus is in post-conflict reconstruction of the Middle East specifically housing projects.
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Md Shantanu Islam
Doctoral researcher
Md's research is focused on improving the channel efficiency by multiplexing data from multiple sources for same user and send them using a single traffic channel.
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Dr Colette Jeffrey
Associate Professor of Wayfinding & Inclusive Design
Dr Colette Jeffrey is an Associate Professor of Wayfinding and Inclusive Design at Birmingham City University where she teaches wayfinding and graphic design on the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course, supervises PhDs, and researches real-world wayfinding behaviour. Her PhD investigated why people get lost in buildings and the...
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Jacqueline Jenkins
Doctoral researcher
The aim of Jacqueline’s research is to understand the factors that support architecture and photography students' career and entrepreneurship formation. The role that creative higher education plays in shaping entrepreneurial outcomes in supporting students’ preparation for obtaining work in their chosen industry.
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James Jinazali
Doctoral researcher
The aim of this research is to examine small and medium size farmers’ use of technology. The second aim is to examine access to finance to acquire technology and whether crowdfunding has the potential to enable acquisition and adaptation of technology.
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Eliza Kalika
Doctoral researcher
Following a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Health Psychology, Eliza decided to continue her academic journey by undertaking a PhD. Previous research projects have explored constructs including personality, eating behaviours, mindfulness and self-compassion all underpinned by a passionate interest in eating disorders.
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Gemini Katwa
Doctoral researcher
Gemini completed a Masters in Psychology at Birmingham City University, which was accredited by the British Psychological Society and allowed Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership status. Gemini has worked with traumatised children for many years gaining excellent knowledge and skills in this industry. This interest...
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Farkhandah Komal
Doctoral researcher
The goal of Farkhandah's research is to provide motor impaired people a web browsing environment with improved performance, usability and reduced workload so that they become more socially integrated.
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Roxanne Korda
Doctoral researcher
Roxanne's research explores an interdisciplinary approach to creating new opera through the study and knowledge of science and performance. Within this performance practice-based research, she is situated as librettist and performer.