Anna Louise Smith

Anna Louise Smith

Thesis title: Ecological Grief and Species Decline: Exploring Human Reactions to Nonhuman Loss through African Wild Dogs Abstract: As the environment continues to change, so do the ways in which humans relate and react to it. Anthropogenic causes accelerate such...

Chiara Libiseller

Thesis title: Tracing Ideational Change and Continuity in Concepts and Labels of War and Warfare in the North-Atlantic Area Since the End of the Cold War Abstract: The end of the Cold War has precipitated a shift in the Anglo-American field of Strategic Studies: it...

Margaret Hunnaball

Thesis title: Independent state school partnerships (ISSPs): a critical exploration of partnership enactment Abstract: In 1997 the Labour government charged independent schools with sharing their facilities and their teachers with local state maintained schools (DFEE,...

Matthew Barnfield

Thesis title: Assessing the differential effect of poll exposure on voting behaviour Abstract: Political polling has come under increased scrutiny in recent years following notable failures to predict the 2015 and 2017 election outcomes, as well as the result of the...

Jennifer Bates

Thesis title: Insurgent feminism: women’s agency and feminist politics in the context of transition from war to peace in Colombia Abstract: Extant literature on gender, conflict and peace has consistently pointed to the (re)-marginalisation and de-politicisation of...

Peter Burgess

Thesis title: Exploring the political engagement, learning and development of young Muslims in West London Abstract: Peter’s research will explore the social, political and ethical ideas and political engagement of socially progressive young Muslims and their...
Katherine Crofts-Gibbons

Katherine Crofts-Gibbons

Thesis title: The Response of Post-Soviet Central Asian Governments to Street Protest Abstract: My research seeks to understand how and why nondemocratic governments in former Soviet Central Asia respond to street protest, focusing on the choice to offer concessions,...

John Callaghan

Thesis title: Social entrepreneurship: Organisational change to increase social impacts Abstract: Social entrepreneurship can be seen as a mode of business that prioritises the solution of social and environmental problems over the maximisation of financial profits....

Emanuela Estera Boncea

Thesis title: Visualising infection transmission routes in order to identify, monitor and prevent antimicrobial resistant infection Abstract: Healthcare-associated infection (HCAI), and specifically antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing threats to...

Ceri Brooks

Thesis title: Homelessness in discourse, narrative and interaction Abstract: In England there are currently 78,000 families living in temporary housing and 9,000 rough sleepers. The growing homelessness problem has been recognised by charities and organisations, with...
Saurab Chhachhi

Saurab Chhachhi

Thesis title: Differentially Private Smart Meter Data Markets: An Interdisciplinary Approach Abstract: This project aims to investigate one of the most pertinent challenges facing retail electricity markets today. Smart metering for domestic consumers is seen as a key...

Paula Christen

Thesis title: The role of mathematical modelling for knowledge production in infectious disease outbreak responses: An evaluation of the extent of its application and the interaction between model producers and consumers (a CASE project with the GAVI Alliance and The...