PGRs

Emma Collett

Doctoral researcher

Emma is a p racticing chartered landscape architect with an interest in how we inhabit space and can be cognisant of space and time . B uilt upon a foundation of art practice and e ducated in architecture, landscape and urban design . A p rimaril y visual communicato r , applying abstract ...
Wenbo DENG

Doctoral Researcher

Wenbo is a UK-based artist and doctoral candidate researcher at the School of Architecture and Design, Birmingham City University. She received my master’s degree in Ceramic Design from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) 2018 and bachelor’s degree in Three-Dimensional Design from the University for the Creative Arts...
Michael Dring

Doctoral researcher

Michael Dring is an architect, educator, research scholar and artist, working across the fields of architecture, landscape, and art. Educated at the Manchester School of Architecture, Michael has worked in Birmingham for over 20 years in award-winning architectural practice and as course leader and tutor at Birmingham School...
Yifeng LIAO

Doctoral Researcher

Yifeng received his Bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Exeter in 2016 and completed a Master’s degree in Interior, Architecture and Design in 2019. He also worked as an interior designer and had experience in hospitality sector.
Samira Isabelle Müller

Doctoral researcher

Samira is an interior architect and designer . She studied Interior Architecture in Trier, Germany and graduated in 2015. In 2017, she graduated from her  “ Master in Interior Architecture , Research and Design ” in the Netherlands. Samira has working experience in interior architecture, retail...
Peter Douglas Osborn

Doctoral researcher

Peter first trained as a Mining Engineer on the Northumberland and Durham coalfield specialising in explosives and underground lighting. He ran a small lighting company in the City for 20 years, becoming a Lighting Engineer. Peter has also served on the West Midlands Police Authority as well as the Board...
Jenny Peevers

Doctoral researcher

Jenny is a curator and consultant working within the transdisciplinary space of socially engaged art practice and urbanism. She has an educational background in fine art and urban design, with most of her experience as a socially engaged art practitioner operating within the context of urban regeneration. ...
Ying SUN

Doctoral Researcher

Ying Sun is a doctoral researcher at Birmingham City University (BCU) and received a double Master's degree in Landscape Architecture Design from Nanjing University of the Art (China) and Birmingham City University (United Kingdom).
Rowan Tandiwe Watson

Doctoral researcher

Rowan is an architect with a long involvement in design- build; craft processes and dance. As a lecturer at ITSligo , he is interested in inspiring and immersing students in design through craft and direct, embodied responses to place. Rowan am currently reading for a practice PhD at BCU that uses movement to...
Yaohan Xing

Doctoral researcher

Yaohan Xing achieved a Bachelor of Engineering (Huaqiao University) in 2017 and a Master of Science (Loughborough University) in 2019. Her research concerns leveraging design to empower people with arthritis.

Mai Alhasawi: A comparative analysis of the urban and social transformation of three cities in UAE; the question of identity.
Martha Nunez Lopez: Promoting sustainable development within higher education through innovation in the area of product design, and in the context of Mexico.
Azam Meidangahi

Awarded PGRs

Dr. Soha Alzaid, thesis titled ‘Representation of Ka’ba as a Sacred Symbol in Islamic Art; the Case of Printmaking Practice’
Dr. Huichao Feng, thesis titled ‘The culture paradox of the Mosuo tribe presented through spatial form in contemporary China’
Dr. Maya Jaber, thesis titled ‘Integral Design Thinking: A Novel Cross-national Framework for Sustainability Management’
Dr. Tamadhar Alfahal, thesis titled ‘Curating and creating a practical approach for contemporary Islamic design pedagogy and practice’