PhD profiles
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Federica Mirra
Doctoral researcher
Federica Mirra is a postgraduate research student at Birmingham City University (黑料吃瓜网) where she holds a Midlands3Cities AHRC Doctoral Studentship Award. In September 2018, she completed her MA Contemporary Arts China at Birmingham City University with distinction. Before joining 黑料吃瓜网, she obtained her BA in Chinese Studies...
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Christian Moerken
Doctoral researcher
Christian's research focuses on the cultural value of the printed book in the age of digitization.聽 Most research considering the book in the digital age focusses on the digitization of texts and on reading digital texts (Baron, 2017) or the economic consequences of the digitization of the book trade (Thompson 2013) but not...
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Bayley Morris
Doctoral researcher
Bayley is a full-time doctoral candidate under the supervision of Victoria Kinsella and Alex Kendall. Experimenting with post-qualitative, posthuman and artistic approaches, her research entangles and deterritorialises contemporary fine art practices and pedagogy to reimagine practitioner learning in higher education.
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Samira Isabelle Müller
Doctoral researcher
Samira鈥痠s an interior architect and designer . 聽 She 聽studied Interior Architecture in Trier, Germany and graduated in 2015. 聽 In 2017, she graduated from her鈥� 鈥� Master in Interior Architecture , Research and Design 鈥� 聽 in聽 the Netherlands. 聽聽 Samira has working experience in interior architecture, retail...
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Alan Musson
Doctoral researcher
Alan is a PhD student and DJ. From 2008 to 2021, he produced and presented the weekly jazz radio programs for both Black Country Radio and 102.5 The Bridge.
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Su Yin (Jennifer) Ng
Doctoral researcher
Jennifer Ng is an artist and art educator. Originally trained as a Chinese ink painter during her diploma education at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, she went on to receive both the Bachelor of Arts and the Masters in Art Education degrees at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her art practice...
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Vincent Obia
Doctoral researcher
Vincent is an academic and Commonwealth Scholar whose research explores the policy attempt to regulate social media in Nigeria. He is also interested in emerging debates on privacy and data concerns, algorithmic regulation, and the governance of artificial intelligence. He is the Lead Communication Officer for the Media,...
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John O'Gallagher
Doctoral researcher
John O鈥橤allagher is a professional saxophonist, educator, and researcher from Brooklyn, New York. During his performing career he has appeared at numerous international jazz venues and festivals.
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Melisa Oleschuk
Doctoral Researcher
Melisa graduated with First-Class Honours in 2020 and received a nomination for the BLSS Outstanding Student Award. She later pursued her LLM in International Human Rights, achieving a distinction and earning the Executive Dean's prize for Outstanding Postgraduate contribution to the School of Law. During her graduation in 2022...
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Nicholas Olsen
Doctoral researcher
Nicholas Olsen is a Welsh composer. He is currently a doctoral researcher at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Joe Cutler, Ed Bennett, and Christopher Dingle. His research explores the use of personally informed reference in compositional contexts.