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Current Graduate Research
| Ariell Ahearn-Ligham | Economic IDPs in Mongolia: the disintegration of the rural pastoral economy and the rise of the informal mining sector Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Dr Troy Sternberg; Prof. Dawn Chatty (QEH, Oxford) Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Samin Ahmad | Green walls: microbiology of algae growing on sandstone walls and implications for the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Nihan Akyelken | Capital and development in social and cultural contexts Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Dr Dariusz Wójcik; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Said Al Sarmi | The mechanisms of Oman / Arabia climate variability Supervisor(s): Professor Richard Washington; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Malek Al-Chalabi | Socio/technical research of personal transport use Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Dr Christian Brand; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Christopher Allen | Atmospheric mechanisms of mineral aerosol emission and transport over the central Sahara desert Supervisor(s): Professor Richard Washington; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Karen Anderton | Sub-national government responses to reducing the climate impact of cars Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Dr Heike Schroeder; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Rodrigo Arce | Certified forest industry diversification in the Bolivian Northern Amazon: escaping the staple trap in the forest carbon era Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Dr Tom Thornton; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Carolyn Armstrong | Natural disasters and poverty Supervisor(s): Dr Rob Hope; Professor David S.G. Thomas; |
| Victoria Arnold | Religiosity and religious culture in post-Soviet Russia: the role of sacred spaces Supervisor(s): Professor Judith Pallot; Dr C. Kelly (Modern Languages, Oxford) Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Juan Arredondo | Policy-making and adaptation to climate change in Mexico: reducing the barriers and maximizing
the benefits of government and corporate responses in the context of uncertainty Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Chris West; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Ian Ashpole | Towards a more accurate simulation of the effects of small-scale variability on large-scale dust emissions Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Professor Richard Washington; Dr Giles Wiggs Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Oliver Atkinson | A multi-proxy analysis of climate-induced environmental change in south-east Arabia Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Professor Andrew Goudie; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Janet Banfield | The creative co-construction of person and place Supervisor(s): Dr Derek McCormack; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Maan Barua | The political ecology of human-elephant interactions in India Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Dr Paul Jepson; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Eda Beyazit | Fair distribution of socio-economic benefits of transport investments Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Dr Moshe Givoni; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Jennifer Booth | 'Back to Nature'? Geologically informed consolidation techniques for conserving stone artefacts in museum collections Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Jeremy Brice | Knowing wine: (dis)connections in knowledges and markets Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Kathleen Buckingham | Managing green gold: reconfiguring bamboo management for sustainability and to what extent certification creates an arena for change Supervisor(s): Dr Paul Jepson; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Michelle Buckley | Building the global Gulf city: tracing urban geographies of labour and capital in Dubai, UAE Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Vanessa Burns | A new global commons: posthumanist assemblages in the context of environmental change Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Cristina Cabello Briones | Preventative conservation of archaeological sites. Strategies to reduce the impact of climate change on exposed archaeological remains: reburial and shelters Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Yonique Campbell | Security sector reform in a developing country context: the case of Jamaica Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Professor Colin Clarke; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Abrar Chaudhury | Costing community based adaptation to climate change Supervisor(s): Dr Tom Thornton; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Cecilia Chavana-Bryant | Understanding the relationship between the leaf life cycle and Earth Observation-derived indices in Amazonian rainforests Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Pin-Hsien Chen | The reform of pension systems in Taiwan Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Kathryn Clark | The role of landslides in the Peruvian Andes in determining forest ecology and carbon transport Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Professor Mark New; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Alvar Closas | Burning water: institutions, technology, statecraft and the production of scarcity in the Las Tablas de Daimiel Wetland, Spain Supervisor(s): Dr Rob Hope; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Emily Coffey | A novel multi-proxy approach for investigating 'Doubtful Natives': a case study of the Galápagos Islands Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; Dr Cynthia Froyd; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Christopher Coghlan | Gender, ownership rights and food security in the Indian Himalayan districts Supervisor(s): Dr Shonil Bhagwat; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Daniel Cooper | Under Mount Roraima: the conservation and development of a sacred landscape
Supervisor(s): Dr Tom Thornton; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Eden Cottee-Jones | The role of Ficus trees in tropical countryside conservation biogeography Supervisor(s): Professor Robert J. Whittaker; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Daniel Curtis | Smart buildings – a possibility for energy demand reduction Supervisor(s): Dr Nick Eyre; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Cecilia Dahlsjo | Unravelling the role of termites in ecosystem functioning in tropical Amazonia Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Dr Kate Parr; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Justin Dargin | A carbon market for the Gulf - the development of an optimal carbon trading platform to regulate carbon emissions in the Gulf cooperation council Supervisor(s): Dr Dariusz Wójcik; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Tahia Devisscher | Sustainable management under changing conditions: enhancing the adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems in tropical forest landscapes Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Christian Ellermann | Climate change policy in China: tracing successful sustainable development policies and measures Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Jimin Zhao; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Zoë Enstone | The globalization of (un)popular culture Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Dr Derek McCormack; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Dorothee Franzen | Impact of regulation on the asset investment of defined benefit pension funds Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Erin Freeland-Ballantyne | Sustainability's paradox: petro-capitalism, climate change and indigenous resistance in northern Canada: the case for indigenous environmental governance Supervisor(s): Professor Andrew Barry; Dr Tom Thornton; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Joe Gerlach | Vernacular mappings: affect, virtuality, performance Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Dr Derek McCormack; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Alexandra Girard | Socio-economic implications of traditional and non-traditional water storage systems in Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, India
Supervisor(s): Dr Rob Hope; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Alexis Gutierrez | Market based incentives and fisheries management - are we targeting the right stakeholders to make them work? Supervisor(s): Dr Tom Thornton; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Kate Halladay | Climate and Andean montane forests: the role of clouds Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Professor Mark New; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Amrita Hari | Migration of Indian immigrants in Canada Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Shuaishuai He | Historic preservation and urban revitalisation in China Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Dominique Henri | The integration of Inuit traditional ecological knowledge and western science in wildlife and resource management in Nunavut, Canada Supervisor(s): Professor Andrew Barry; Dr Tom Thornton; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Nicholas Howarth | The economics and politics of energy and climate change Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Dr Dariusz Wójcik; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Yi-Yang (Jeff) Hung | The production and consumption of affective environments: a case study of music and fashion Supervisor(s): Dr Derek McCormack; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Rachel James | Implications of global mean temperature increase for African precipitation Supervisor(s): Professor Richard Washington; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Darren Jeffers | The location of tree refugia in north-western Europe during the full glacial Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Thomas Jellis | Spaces of aesthetic experiment Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Dr Derek McCormack; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Kärg Kama | Unconventional futures: anticipatory knowledge, politics and the market in Estonian oil shale industry Supervisor(s): Professor Andrew Barry; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Leander Kandilige | Transnationalism and the African diaspora: a case study of the Ghanaian diaspora in the UK Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Ting-Yu Kang | Internet transnational communication and diasporic nationalism: imaging China in online community Supervisor(s): Dr Andrew Currah; Dr Ali Rogers; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Jagadishwor Karmacharya | Study of recent climate trends and projections in the Nepal Himalaya, using observations and climate model Supervisor(s): Professor Mark New; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Lip Khoon Kho | Carbon cycling in Bornean tropical forests Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Caroline King | Oasis ecosystems and global change Supervisor(s): Dr Rob Hope; Professor David S.G. Thomas; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Andrea Koelbel | Potentials and limitations of urban migration, in the context of education. Investigations on the case of Nepal Supervisor(s): Dr Craig Jeffrey; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Eelke Kraak | Dams of Damocles: between rivers, states and geopolitics Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Professor Judith Pallot; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Aaron Krolikowski | Mobile-enabled payments for water service in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: innovations, impacts, and implications Supervisor(s): Dr Rob Hope; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Nina Kruglikova | Environmental NGOs and eco-media technologies: an ethnographic study Supervisor(s): Professor Andrew Barry; Dr Paul Jepson; Prof. N. Thrift Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Tanya Kumar | Privatising Mumbai: a study of the impact of privatization on the residents of Mumbai's airport Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; Dr Craig Jeffrey; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Laurent Lambert | Water management, water governance, and regional energy integration - the special case of the Arab Gulf Cooperative Countries Supervisor(s): Dr Rachael McDonnell; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Christopher Lander | The social and environmental impact of foreign direct investment on modern farming and agriculture in post-Soviet regions Supervisor(s): Professor Judith Pallot; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Carly Leighton | Desert dune system sensitivity to Quaternary climate change Supervisor(s): Dr Richard Bailey; Professor David S.G. Thomas; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Debora Ley | Sustainable development and climate change integration in rural Central America Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Chris West; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Jian Liu | Decarbonizing the Chinese road transport sector: policy options and potential effects of hybrid and electric pathways Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Dr Georgina Santos; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Eveliina Lyytinen | The politics of space in the governance of urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Prof. Roger Zetter (Refugees Studies Centre) Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Ewan Macdonald | How can we maximise the contribution of carbon finance mechanisms to deliver biodiversity co-benefits to species and ecosystem conservation? Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Lucy Mahoney | Investigating the changes and effects in travel behaviour in response to physical interventions for walking and cycling Supervisor(s): Dr Christian Brand; Dr Tim Jones; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Philip Mann | Medium / long-term holistic energy planning for oil importing in developing countries Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Brenda Boardman; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Victoria Mason | Corridors of conservation: fluidity, recombinant ecologies and energetic materiality Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Ashley Massey | Resilience and adaptive capacity of customary conservation practices in Malaysian Borneo Supervisor(s): Dr Shonil Bhagwat; Professor Kathy Willis (Dept. of Zoology) Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Thomas Matthews | Adapting the species-area relationship to provide a practical model for analysing the effects of terrestrial habitat fragmentation Supervisor(s): Professor Robert J. Whittaker; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Arnoldo Matus Kramer | Adaptation to climate change in a rapidly urbanizing coast: the opportunities and barriers for adaptation in the Yucatan Caribbean coast Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Caitlin McElroy | Corporate social responsibility in the extractive and energy industries: effects on resource use and indigenous development Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Professor Andrew Barry; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Alex Money | Corporate water risk: a concept in search of consensus
Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Dr Rob Hope; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Mari Mulyani | The interplay between the REDD+ mechanism and forest-related institutions in Indonesia Supervisor(s): Dr Paul Jepson; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Amber Murrey-Ndewa | An analysis of spatial and structural violence along the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Andre Neves | Evaluating change in travel and carbon following implementation of physical infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists: a case study of Cardiff Connect2 Supervisor(s): Dr Christian Brand; Dr Tim Jones; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Leticia Ochoa Ochoa | The amphibian meta-community structure in three Mexican landscapes and its relationship with ecological and geographical space Supervisor(s): Professor Robert J. Whittaker; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster |
| Laura Pereira | Private sector adaptive capacity to climate change impacts in the food system: food security implications for southern Africa and Latin America Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Dr Mick Blowfield (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford) Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Robert Fleming Puckett | The strange case of the landed poor: a decade of continued poverty, community divisions, and frustrated attempts by outsiders to mobilise San Bushman communities to establish long-term livelihoods on their new lands in South Africa Supervisor(s): Dr Tony Lemon; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Muhammad Rahiz | Droughts in future climate change in the United Kingdom Supervisor(s): Professor Mark New; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Tanzil Rahman | Maintaining competitiveness in the global market for skilled migrants Supervisor(s): Professor Ceri Peach; Prof. Stephen Castles (Refugees Studies Centre, Oxford) Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Kiran Rajashekariah | Challenges of Change: exploring conservation based on neoliberal principles (A case study of lake conservation based on Public-Private Partnership in Bangalore) Supervisor(s): Dr Dariusz Wójcik; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Sahar Romani | Youth post-NGO: development and experiments in growing up in India Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; Dr Craig Jeffrey; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Dane Rook | Behavioural strategy and geographic reckoning in environmental investments: managing heuristic bias in sustainability decision dynamics Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Dr Nick Eyre; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Esther Rootham | The social organisation of the labour market experiences of youth in the Banlieues in Paris - three years after the 2005 uprisings Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Jan Rosenow | Turning a blind eye? Climate change and the non-energy intensive sector Supervisor(s): Dr Nick Eyre; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Sharad Saxena | Urban transport investment decisions: balancing efficiency, environment and equity Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Dr Brenda Boardman; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Caroline Schmidt | Avoiding deforestation and the geography of law in the Brazilian Amazon Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Connie McDermott; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Rajiv Sharma | The role of private institutional investors in developing urban infrastructure assets Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Chris Stearn | The role of moisture in rock weathering and lichen growth in extreme arid environments Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Sarah Stillman | Mapping the 'Missing White Girl Syndrome': a gendered geography of peril Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Scott Thacker | Reducing the risk of failure in interdependent national infrastructure network systems Supervisor(s): Professor Jim Hall; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Marina Topouzi | Modelling energy behaviour in UK homes Supervisor(s): Dr Nick Eyre; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Martino Tran | A systems analysis of vehicle electrification for climate and energy security policy in the UK Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Dr Christian Brand; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
| Rocio Urrutia | Assessment of forest ecosystem services under climate and land use change scenarios in Chile Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Dr Pam Berry; Member: Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation research cluster Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Justin van der Merwe | African attitudes towards South Africa: understanding South Africa's soft power in sub-Saharan Africa Supervisor(s): Dr Tony Lemon; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Marcus Wachtmeister | Modal changes in environmental policy instruments of China's transport sector Supervisor(s): Dr Dariusz Wójcik; Prof. V. Shue (Dept. of Politics, Oxford) Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Christiane Wirth Forsberg | Access to employment and housing for new migrants: exploring the limits of local governance Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; Dr. B. Anderson (COMPAS, Oxford) Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Yin Yang | A comparative study of low-carbon paradigm for local-scale economy between London and Beijing Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Katherine Young | Long term planning of options for sustainable national infrastructure provision Supervisor(s): Professor Jim Hall; Member: Climate Systems and Policy research cluster |
| Haiyan (Helen) Yu | Sustainable water management for water and food security in a changing world: a comparative study between arid rural communities of China and India Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Professor W. Mike Edmunds; Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster Member: Transformations: Economy, Society and Place research cluster |
| Noreen Zaman | The role of soil as a method for conserving cultural stone ruins: effects of physical and chemical characteristics on stone weathering Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; Member: Landscape Dynamics research cluster |
| Zichen Zhang | Impact assessment of different utilization scenarios for Pure Electric Vehicles (PEV) on China's transport system and power grid Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Member: Technological Natures: Materials, Cities, Politics research cluster |
Recent Graduate Research (2000 to date)
| Sebastian Abrahamsson Completed in 2011 | Invasive science and inventive arts: towards a cartography of bodily inner spaces Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Dr Derek McCormack; |
| Csaba Burger Completed in 2011 | Occupational pensions in Germany - an economic geography Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Dr Dariusz Wójcik; |
| Drew Foxall Completed in 2011 | Mapping ethnic relations: cartography, geopolitics, and security in the North Caucasus Supervisor(s): Professor Judith Pallot; |
| Cecile Girardin Completed in 2011 | Tropical montane forest ecosystem responses to mean temperature change Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Professor Robert J. Whittaker; |
| Taylor Gray Completed in 2011 | A corporate geography of Canada: governance and networks Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Elizabeth S. Jeffers Completed in 2011 | The dynamics of ecosystem processes over successional time scales: plant population responses to environmental change and their feedback effects on ecosystem functioning Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; Dr Mike Bonsall (Dept. of Zoology, Oxford) |
| Gavin Killip Completed in 2011 | The role of SME building tradespeople in transforming the UK housing stock to meet the climate change agenda Supervisor(s): Dr Brenda Boardman; |
| Stephen Lew Completed in 2011 | Meaningful ESG impact measurement and integration Supervisor(s): Dr Dariusz Wójcik; |
| Danae Maniatis Completed in 2011 | Methodologies for measuring aboveground biomass in the Congo basin forest in a UNFCCC REDD+ context Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; |
| Lisa Mol Completed in 2011 | Sandstone weathering, electrical resistivity tomography, and the deterioration of San rock art in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; |
| Kamakshi Mubarak Completed in 2011 | Everyday networks, politics and inequalities in post-tsunami recovery: fisher livelihoods in south Sri Lanka Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Dr Craig Jeffrey; |
| Goranji Nonejuie Completed in 2011 | An analysis of the role of dynamic Participatory Geographical Information Systems in supporting water stakeholders in decision-making processes in Rayong Basin Thailand Supervisor(s): Dr Rachael McDonnell; |
| Bernardo Peredo Completed in 2011 | Forest governance and development: meandering paradigms in the Bolivian lowlands Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Tom Thornton; |
| Maria Price Completed in 2011 | The Trans-European Networks – transport cohesion in south-west Europe Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Prof. John Preston (Southampton University) |
| Ameyali Ramos Castillo Completed in 2011 | Governance, indigenous rights, and water in Chiapas, Mexico Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; |
| Joel Scriven Completed in 2011 | Markets and payments for ecosystem services: engaging REDD+ on Peru's Amazonian frontier Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Professor Yadvinder Malhi; |
| Erika Trigoso Completed in 2011 | Dynamic vulnerability in Andean landscapes: the case of Puno, Peru Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; |
| Royd Vinya Completed in 2011 | Stem hydraulic architecture and xylem vulnerability to cavitation for Miombo woodland canopy tree species Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Dr N. Brown (Plant Sciences, Oxford) |
| Claire Woods Completed in 2011 | Legal frameworks for sustainable investment Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Liana Anderson Completed in 2010 | Multitemporal analysis of the evergreen forest dynamics in Amazonia Supervisor(s): Dr Richard Ladle; Professor Yadvinder Malhi; |
| Atif Syed Ansar Completed in 2010 | 'New departures' in infrastructure provision: an ongoing evolution away from physical assets to user needs Supervisor(s): Dr Dariusz Wójcik; Dr E. Thun (Brasenose College, Oxford) |
| Jennifer Barth Completed in 2010 | Taste, ethics and the market in Guatemalan coffee: an ethnographic study
Supervisor(s): Professor Andrew Barry; Prof. Vikki Bell (Dept. of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London) |
| Elinor Breman Completed in 2010 | Pattern and processes in grass-dominated ecosystems: vegetation dynamics at the grassland-savannah ecotone in South Africa during the Holocene Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; Dr L. Gillson (University of Cape Town) |
| Michael Ekers Completed in 2010 | Working the landscape: cultures of labour in the British Columbia tree planting sector Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; |
| Katie Fenn Completed in 2010 | Carbon cycling in a British deciduous woodland: processes, budgets, climate and phenology Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Dr M. Morecroft (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, |
| Alan Gamlen Completed in 2010 | The emigration state system: New Zealand and its diaspora in comparative context Supervisor(s): Dr Ali Rogers; Prof. S. Vertovec (COMPAS, Oxford) |
| Alex Guerra Noriega Completed in 2010 | Climate-related disaster risk in mountain areas: the Guatemalan highlands at the start of the 21st Century Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; |
| Eric Knight Completed in 2010 | The finance of climate change: transitioning to a low carbon economy Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Natasha Kuruppu Completed in 2010 | Confronting climate change and variability: enhancing adaptive capacity of water resource management in Kirabaii Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Professor Mark New; |
| Leng Lee Completed in 2010 | Rural-urban migration in China Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Antony Millner Completed in 2010 | Information, decisions, and behaviour: theoretical essays on the value of climate predictions Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Professor Richard Washington; |
| Alexandra Morel Completed in 2010 | Environmental monitoring of oil palm expansion in Malaysian Borneo and analysis of two international governance initiatives relating to palm oil production Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; |
| Anders Munk Completed in 2010 | Risking the flood: cartographies of things to come Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; |
| Yuko Onishi Completed in 2010 | Climate change and conservation of Japanese flora: the potential impacts and the effects on protected areas Supervisor(s): Dr Pam Berry; |
| Mike Riddell Completed in 2010 | Hunting, livelihoods and conservation in northern republic of Congo Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Dr Anna Lawrence (Forestry Commission) |
| Alistair Seddon Completed in 2010 | Palaeoecology, biogeography and evolution of benthic littoral diatoms from the Galapagos Islands Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; Dr Cynthia Froyd; |
| Allen Shaw Completed in 2010 | India's electricity system: power for the states Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Brenda Boardman; |
| Stephanie Sodero Completed in 2010 | Policy in motion: reassembling carbon pricing policy development in the personal transport sector in British Columbia Supervisor(s): Professor David Banister; Dr Karen Lucas; |
| Ville-Pekka Sorsa Completed in 2010 | Pension fund capitalism in Europe: institutional organisation and governance of investment in Finnish pension insurance companies Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| David Stainforth Completed in 2010 | Uncertainty and confidence in predictions of climate change Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Professor Mark New; |
| Rebecca White Completed in 2010 | Carbon governance in UK liquid milk systems Supervisor(s): Dr Brenda Boardman; Dr J. Park (University of Reading) |
| Katherine Wilkinson Completed in 2010 | God-created Heaven and Earth... man-made climate change: American evangelical discourses on global climate change Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Dave Frame; Dr M. Boykoff |
| Prezemyslaw Zelazowski Completed in 2010 | Contemporary and future extent of evergreen tropical forests: insights from remote sensing and climate change simulations Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; |
| Alison Ashlin Completed in 2009 | Biodiversity and natural disasters: opportunities for change in post-tsunami Sri Lanka Supervisor(s): Dr Richard Ladle; Dr Emily Boyd; |
| Adam Bumpus Completed in 2009 | Carbon development: a political ecology analysis of the use of carbon offset projects local and global Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Professor Yadvinder Malhi; |
| Nathalie Butt Completed in 2009 | Tropical climatology and biodiversity. Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Professor Mark New; |
| John Cole Completed in 2009 | Clean development mechanism: foreign investment in sustainable infrastructure in developing countries Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Dr Dave Frame; |
| Alexandra Conliffe Completed in 2009 | The combined impacts of political and environmental change on rural livelihoods in the Aral Sea region of Uzbekistan Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Dr H. Osbahr (University of Reading) |
| Adam Dixon Completed in 2009 | The geography of European financial integration and long-term asset management Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Paul Domjan Completed in 2009 | Political, economic and social externalities of energy investment in comparative perspective. Supervisor(s): Professor Judith Pallot; Dr P. Oppenheimer (Chris Church, Oxford) |
| Roberto Duran-Fernandez Completed in 2009 | Assessing the impact of transport infrastructure on economic development in Mexico: An empirical approach. Supervisor(s): Dr Georgina Santos; |
| David Graham Completed in 2009 | Structural and behavioural change in British Jewry. Supervisor(s): Professor Ceri Peach; Dr Stefan Buzar; |
| Nynke Hofstra Completed in 2009 | Changes in daily climate and runoff trends in Europe. Supervisor(s): Professor Mark New; Professor Richard Washington; |
| Owen Horwood Completed in 2009 | The challenge of change: a study of water governance in the Olifants river basin, South Africa Supervisor(s): Professor W. Mike Edmunds; Dr Rachael McDonnell; |
| Georgia Jettinger Completed in 2009 | Unravelling gender and participation in migrant associations. An ethnographic study of a Senegalese village community in Paris, Dakar and Sinthiane Supervisor(s): Dr Ali Rogers; Prof. S. Vertovec (COMPAS, Oxford) |
| Janelle Knox-Hayes Completed in 2009 | Constructing an international market for carbon trading: an institutional perspective. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Katja Lehmann Completed in 2009 | Seasonal and diurnal hydrological patterns along a Cloud Forest gradient in the Peruvian Andes. Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Professor Mark New; |
| Ana Malhado Completed in 2009 | The functional biogeography of the Amazon forest canopy. Supervisor(s): Professor Yadvinder Malhi; Professor Robert J. Whittaker; |
| Luba Mandzy Herring Completed in 2009 | Vegetation dynamics and environmental change in Mongolia. Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; Dr D. Brockington (University of Manchester) |
| Daniel McGahey Completed in 2009 | Impact of veterinary fences on environment and society in northern Botswana. Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Professor David S.G. Thomas; |
| Emmanuel Nuesiri Completed in 2009 | Cameroon: case study of the Bimbia-Bonadikombo community forest Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Dr Dan Brockington (Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester) |
| James Paterson Completed in 2009 | The effects of climate change on structure and function of ash woodlands in the UK Supervisor(s): Dr Pam Berry; Dr G. Masters |
| Sarah Peers Completed in 2009 | Power and protest: geographies of power and resistance in two cotton mill communities in England and New England: Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire and the Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham, Massachusetts c. 1790-1860 Supervisor(s): Dr John Langton; |
| Adam Ramadan Completed in 2009 | Violent geographies of exile: Palestinian refugees and refugee camps in Lebanon Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; Dr Ali Rogers; |
| Pamela Richardson-Ngwenya Completed in 2009 | The ethical geographies of Caribbean sugar Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Professor Colin Clarke; |
| Hassan Sachedina Completed in 2009 | Conservation and livelihood transformation: drivers of land use change and pastoral livelihoods in Simanjiro District, Tanzania. Supervisor(s): Dr Patricia Daley; Prof. W. Beinart (Politics, Oxford); Dr Dan Brockington (Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester) |
| Troy Sternberg Completed in 2009 | Effect of water and land use change on the Mongolian environment. Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Dr Nick Middleton; |
| Abigail Stone Completed in 2009 | Multi-proxy reconstruction of late Quaternary climate dynamics in western Southern Africa. Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Professor Heather Viles; |
| Malika Virah-Sawmy Completed in 2009 | Using palaeoecology to address conservation-mining conflicts in south-east Madagascar. Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; Dr Lindsey Gillson (Dept. of Botany, University of Cape Town) |
| Corinne Weaver Completed in 2009 | Turbulent flow systems and dune dynamics. Supervisor(s): Dr Giles Wiggs; |
| Nadia Abu-Zahra Completed in 2008 | The role of identity documentation in legal geographies and daily life in Palestine Supervisor(s): Dr Tony Lemon; |
| Alex Arnall Completed in 2008 | Development interventions in Mozambique: processes of NGO-community interaction in two flood-affected resettlement communities Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Dr Chasca Twyman, University of Sheffield. |
| Louise Ashley Completed in 2008 | The new economy of inequality: the reproduction of disadvantage in the UK's legal sector Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; |
| Sallie Burrough Completed in 2008 | Late Quarternary paleolacustrine environments in the Middle Kalahari, Botswana. Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; |
| Caroline Cheeseman Completed in 2008 | Geography and modernity: changing land, law, and life on Cranborne Chase in the Nineteenth Century Supervisor(s): Dr John Langton; |
| Florence Crick Completed in 2008 | Exposure to drought: adaptive strategies among rural societies in Africa Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Dr H. Osbahr (University of Reading) |
| Kristina Duffin Completed in 2008 | Spatial and temporal vegetation patterns in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; |
| Hang Gao Completed in 2008 | Chinese dust storms: origins and mechanisms - a TOMS based research Supervisor(s): Professor Richard Washington; |
| Janice Golding Completed in 2008 | Change in plant biodiversity of the Flora Zambesiaca region of south-central Africa. Supervisor(s): Professor Robert J. Whittaker; Dr T. Dawson (University of Edinburgh); Dr P. Smith (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) |
| Lisa Hagerman Completed in 2008 | Public pension fund investment in urban revitalization. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Dorothy John Completed in 2008 | Caribbean migration to Britain: economic integration, social assimilation, and beating the political and social odds? Supervisor(s): Dr Tony Lemon; (from Michaelmas Term 2006 to completion in 2008) Professor Ceri Peach; (to Trinity Term 2006) |
| Gillian Kay Completed in 2008 | Mechanisms of southern African rainfall variability in coupled climate models. Supervisor(s): Professor Mark New; Professor Richard Washington; |
| Ashby Monk Completed in 2008 | The burden of corporate pension liabilities in the emerging global economy. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Jennifer Morrissey Completed in 2008 | Life on the outside: negotiating school to work transitions Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; |
| Tom Simchak Completed in 2008 | Changing cultures and identities in Shetland's oil era Supervisor(s): Professor Andrew Barry; |
| Murray Simpson Completed in 2008 | The impacts of community benefit tourism on rural livelihoods and poverty reduction. Supervisor(s): Dr Tony Lemon; |
| Kendra Strauss Completed in 2008 | Choice, risk and the context of decision making in UK pensions. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Emiko Caerlewy-Smith Completed in 2007 | Investment decision-making: attitudes and actions of UK defined benefit pension fund trustees. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Ben Champion Completed in 2007 | Applied hybrid geographies: complexity and sustainability in eastern Kansas Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; |
| Bethany Ehlmann Completed in 2007 | Developing quantitative techniques for evaluating rock breakdown morphology: a case study of basalt boulders in the channelled scablands, Washington, USA Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; |
| Sebastian Engelstaedter Completed in 2007 | An analysis of the role of the atmosphere in modulating desert dust variability: controls on emission and atmospheric transport Supervisor(s): Professor Richard Washington; |
| Blanca Figueroa Rangel Completed in 2007 | Long-term forest dynamics in high altitude mountains of west-central Mexico: The human and the climate dimension in the Holocene. Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; |
| John Gates Completed in 2007 | Groundwater recharge and paleohydrology of the Badain Jaran, north-western China. Supervisor(s): Professor Diana Liverman; Professor W. Mike Edmunds; |
| Oleg Golubchikov Completed in 2007 | Cities of the Russian northwest in a new space economy: global forces, local context. Supervisor(s): Professor Judith Pallot; |
| Lynne Jones Completed in 2007 | The impact of HIV/AIDS on children in Swaziland: opportunities and constraints for scaling up interventions. Supervisor(s): Dr Tony Lemon; |
| Rashid Mbaziira Completed in 2007 | The Nile basin initiative: towards a regime of cooperation. Supervisor(s): Dr Rachael McDonnell; |
| Susannah Sallu Completed in 2007 | Biodiversity dynamics, knowledges and livelihoods in Kalahari dryland biomes. Supervisor(s): Professor Sarah Whatmore; Professor David S.G. Thomas; Dr Chasca Twyman (University of Sheffield) |
| Mandar Trivedi Completed in 2007 | Conservation under climate change: the potential role of microclimatic heterogeneity. Supervisor(s): Dr Pam Berry; Dr T. Dawson (University of Edinburgh); Dr Mike Morecroft (CEH, Oxford) |
| Steve Ward Completed in 2007 | Habitat reconstruction of cave sites in the western Mediterranean during the demise of Neanderthals. Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; |
| Christian Brand Completed in 2006 | Exploring climate change emissions from personal travel activity of individuals and households Supervisor(s): Dr Brenda Boardman; Dr J. Preston |
| Laura James Completed in 2006 | Working women: gender, class and place. Supervisor(s): Professor Linda McDowell; |
| James Kierstead Completed in 2006 | Behavioural responses to photovoltaic systems in the UK domestic sector. Supervisor(s): Dr Brenda Boardman; |
| Myung-Hee (Anna) Kim Completed in 2006 | China-to-Korea: Ethnic labour migration: A human geographical perspective. Supervisor(s): Professor Ceri Peach; Dr S. Castles |
| Wai-ki (Elvis) Luk Completed in 2006 | British new wave Chinese immigration: subethnicity, concentrations, diffusions, and diffused concentrations. Supervisor(s): Professor Ceri Peach; Dr S. Castles |
| James Salo Completed in 2006 | Corporate environmental performance: governance, intangible assets, and financial markets. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Alexander Shaw Completed in 2006 | The characterisation of calcrete based on its environmental settings within selected regions of the Kalahari, Southern Africa. Supervisor(s): Professor Andrew Goudie; |
| Graham Sinden Completed in 2006 | Renewable electricity generation: resource characteristics and implications of wind, wave and tidal stream power in the UK Supervisor(s): Dr Brenda Boardman; |
| Thomas Stevens Completed in 2006 | Late Quaternary climate recorded in Chinese loess: OSL analysis of record continuity and preservation. Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; Dr S. Stokes |
| Morag Torrance Completed in 2006 | The financialisation of the urban infrastructure landscape: unravelling financial flows into urban geographies. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; Dr E. Swyngedouw; Prof. N. Brenner |
| Federico Caprotti Completed in 2005 | Nature and the city: spectacle and film propaganda in new towns in fascist Italy, 1930-1939 Supervisor(s): Dr Maria Kaika; |
| Brian Chase Completed in 2005 | Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments of the west coast of South Africa: The aeolian record. Supervisor(s): Professor David S.G. Thomas; |
| Charlotte Lemanski Completed in 2005 | The nature of integration in post-apartheid South Africa. Supervisor(s): Dr Tony Lemon; |
| Alex Loftus Completed in 2005 | The political ecology of water struggles in Durban, South Africa. Supervisor(s): Dr Tony Lemon; Dr E. Swyngedouw |
| Christine McCulloch Completed in 2005 | Dam decisions and pipe dreams: the political ecology of reservoir schemes (Teesdale, Farndale and the Keilder water scheme) in north-east England. Supervisor(s): Dr E. Swyngedouw |
| Niall O'Dea Completed in 2005 | A contribution to the conservation biogeography of the tropical Andean avifauna. Supervisor(s): Professor Robert J. Whittaker; |
| Mary Thornbush Completed in 2005 | Traffic pollution and urban limestone weathering: central Oxford, England. Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; |
| Terry Babcock-Lumish Completed in 2004 | Communities of trust: decision making and innovation Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Tessa Hebb Completed in 2004 | Pension fund corporate engagement: causes and consequences. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Carter Ingram Completed in 2004 | An exploration of forest change, condition and composition with implications for conservation in Madagascar. Supervisor(s): Professor Robert J. Whittaker; Dr T. Dawson |
| James Watson Completed in 2004 | Bird responses to habitat fragmentation at different spatial scales: illustrations from Madagascan and Australian case studies. Supervisor(s): Professor Robert J. Whittaker; Dr T. Dawson |
| Stefan Buzarovski Completed in 2003 | The institutional and spatial aspects of energy poverty in transformation. Supervisor(s): Professor Judith Pallot; Dr Brenda Boardman; |
| Sarah Darby Completed in 2003 | Making consumption visible: Feedback on domestic energy use. Supervisor(s): Dr Ali Rogers; Dr Brenda Boardman; |
| David Dodman Completed in 2003 | Nature, power and participation: An exploration of ecology and equity in Kingston, Jamaica. Supervisor(s): Professor Colin Clarke; |
| Nicholas Carter Completed in 2002 | Bioprotection, species richness and landscape aesthetics: On the contribution of lichens to architectural heritage conservation. Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; |
| Lindsey Gillson Completed in 2002 | Vegetation change in East African Elephant habitat. Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; |
| Dariusz Wójcik Completed in 2002 | Corporate governance and capital market integration in Europe: an economic geography perspective. Supervisor(s): Professor Gordon L. Clark; |
| Maja Andric Completed in 2001 | Transition to farming and human impact on the Slovenian landscape Supervisor(s): Professor Katherine J. Willis; |
| Morteza Fattahi Completed in 2001 | Luminescence dating of volcanic sediments. Supervisor(s): Dr S. Stokes |
| Paul Jepson Completed in 2001 | The potential of bio-regional management models to create a more effective and equitable biodiversity conservation policy in Indonesia. Supervisor(s): Professor Robert J. Whittaker; Dr T. Downing |
| Larissa Naylor Completed in 2001 | Biogeomorphological responses of rocky coasts in South Wales, UK and Western Crete, Greece. Supervisor(s): Professor Heather Viles; |