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...

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...

Oliver Bartrum

Thesis title: An Investigation into the Effect of Organisational Culture on Behaviour & Preferences Abstract: Behavioural and experimental economics has been successful in bringing fresh insights to mainstream economic theory. The literature has identified the...

Jennie Doyle

Thesis title: Transmitting In/equality Across Borders: Shifting Inheritance Practices and Outcomes among Indian Migrants in London (a CASE project in collaboration with The Runnymede Trust) Abstract: Investigations of migrants’ inheritance practices and outcomes...

John Lindberg

Thesis title: Challenging dominant radiological and nuclear risk communication narratives in a post-trust and post-truth environment Abstract: While climate change has given nuclear power a new lease on life as a carbon neutral source of energy, it is the subject of...

Felix Kempf

Thesis title: Deep Learning architectures in macroeconomics and finance Abstract: Felix’s research focuses on now-casting and forecasting macroeconomic variables such as GDP, inflation or rate of unemployment in the United Kingdom and other developed economies...
Sarah Kakadellis

Sarah Kakadellis

Thesis title: Assessing the suitability of bioplastics in anaerobic digestion within the bioeconomy Abstract: Our Blue Planet – or Plastic Planet? The use of plastics is a contentious issue at the heart of our throw-away society. Packaging accounts for the largest...
Laura Mai

Laura Mai

Thesis title: Navigating Climate Transformations: The potential and limits of transnational climate governance and implications for international climate change law Abstract: Laura Mai joined the Dickson Poon School of Law in October 2017 and is currently working on a...

Andrew Hunter

Thesis title: External Sources of Instability: How Does Globalisation Affect Electoral Volatility? Abstract: The aim of this project is to use quantitative methods to understand how globalisation theory can be applied to electoral politics to explain recent trends of...

Clare Knox

Thesis title: Perinatal mental health and well-being among UK military spouses/partners (a CASE project with the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force Families Federations) Abstract: Clare’s PhD aims to understand perinatal mental health among the spouses and partners...

Leonie Haiden

Thesis title: How did containment become the dominant metaphor in Cold War U.S. Strategic Communications? Abstract: “Containment” came to be a guiding metaphor for understanding U.S.-Russia relations and consolidated itself as a dominant framework in the early Cold...