I have led 11 PhD students to successful completion. Research investigations have been conducted globally, in the UK, Israel, Germany, Lebanon, China, Malaysia, Jordan, Ghana, Spain and Taiwan. 

​Current Doctoral Researchers
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  • Ritu George Kaliade (2020-) Place attachment among new skilled international migrants in German peripheral cities (Second supervisor with Robbert Knippschild, TU Dresden)
  • Matthew Bailey (2021-) Implementing Sport England’s Active Design guidance in English residential developments: opportunities and obstacles (Second Supervisor with Helen Pineo, IEDE)
  • Rotem Shevchenko (2021-) The Curated City (First Supervisor with Mike Raco and Max Nathan, CASA, as 3rd supervisor)
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Completed PhDs
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  • ​Paul Moawad (2018-2022) Deconstructing the Lebanese-Syrian borderscape through modalities of waiting and spatio-temporality: an investigative study on informal tented settlements (ITSs) in Lebanon along the borderline (Primary Supervisor with Mike Raco) 
  • Haixia Hu (2017-2022)  The internationalisation of British independent schools (Second Supervisor with John Bryson, University of Birmingham)
  • Hikmah Kamarudin (2015-2019) Physical Access for Disabled People to the City Centre Public Realm: The Case of Kuala Lumpur (Sponsored by the Malaysian Government) (Second Supervisor with Rosie Day)
  • Deyala Altarawneh (2013-2017) Therapeutic landscape & temporary uses in derelict spaces in Jordan (Sponsored by the University of Jordan) (Second Supervisor with Phil Jones). 
  • Bin Lin (2012-2017) Urban Regeneration in Guangzhou, China (Li Siguang Scholarship) (Primary Supervisor with Phil Jones). 
  • Nuruljanna Zhaina Albidin (2012-2016) Sustainable cities in Malaysia (Sponsored by the Malaysian Government) (Primary Supervisor with Phil Jones).
  • Chloe Billing (2013-2016) Satellites, rockets and services: a place for Space in geography? (1+3 ESRC Studentship) (Second Supervisor with John Bryson)
  • Collins Adjei Mensah (2012-2015) Sustaining urban green spaces in Africa: a case study of Kumasi metropolis, Ghana (Primary Supervisor Sponsored by Ghanaian Government) (with Mike Beazley)
  • Daniel Smith (2009-2014) Planning for sustainable neighbourhoods in European cities (EPSRC Scholarship) (Second Supervisor with Austin Barber) 
  • Pei-Ling Liao (2009 -2014) Cultural and creative clusters in Asian cities – the case of Taipei (Taiwan) (Second Supervisor with Caroline Chapain)
  • Tihomir Topuzovski  (2009-2013) Territorialisation and geopolitics in the Western Balkans (School Studentship and Overseas College Studentship) (Second Supervisor with Stefan Bouzarovski)