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Here you'll find information about our current PhD students and the research projects they're working on.

Juma SJ Al Jaradi

Working project title: 'Oman's Foreign Policy and its Involvement in Conflict Mediation in the Middle East (1980–2015)'

Supervisors: Dr Adam Humphreys and Dr Rob Jubb

Email: j.s.j.aljaradi@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Gina Austin

Working project title: ‘Has the Evolving Bureaucratic Structure of Britain’s Defence Intelligence Function Facilitated or Hindered the Process of Producing Exploitable Intelligence?'

Supervisors: Dr Geoff Sloan and Professor Alan Cromartie

Email: georgina.austin@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Josep Ferret Mas

Working project title: 'Central Banks and Climate Justice: The Case of Green Quantitative Easing.'

Supervisors: Dr Alice Baderin and Dr Alexander Mihailov (Department of Economics)

Email: j.ferretmas@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Josep Ferret Mas's biography on Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholars page

Admiral Jeffrey Harley

Supervisors: Dr Geoff Sloan and Professor Alan Cromartie

Email: j.a.harley@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Neala Bernadette Hickey

Supervisors: Dr Andreas Behnke and Dr Adam Humphreys

Email: nealabernadette.hickey@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Luke Hoare

Supervisors: Dr Geoff Sloan and Dr Adam Humphreys

Email: l.hoare@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Eunjeong Jang

Working project title: 'Higher Education Expansion and Income Inequality; The Mediating Role of Welfare-State Regimes.'

Supervisors: Dr David Marshall and Professor Giovanni Razzu (Department of Economics)

Email: e.j.jang@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Livia E Luzzatto

Working project title: 'Climate Change and the Intergenerational Challenge: Why We Owe Justice to Future Generations.'

Supervisors: Dr Rob Jubb and Dr Luke Elson (Department of Philosophy)

Email: l.e.luzzatto@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Livia E Luzzatto's personal website (LinkedIn)

Asha Manikiza

Working project title: ‘The Impact of the Nordic States on the Internalization and Operationalization of International Norms.’

Supervisors: Professor Dominik Zaum and Dr Joseph O’Mahoney

Email: a.manikiza@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Tom Newton

Working project title: 'American LGBT+ Conservatives in the Donald Trump era.'

Supervisors: Dr Mark Shanahan and Dr Mara Oliva (Department of History)

Email: t.p.newton@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Adam Pearse

Supervisors: Dr Rob Jubb and Dr Luke Elson (Department of Philosophy)

Email: a.r.pearce@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Gavin Randell

Supervisors: Dr Geoff Sloan and Dr Adam Humphreys

Email: g.p.randell@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Jacek Stanislawski

Working project title: 'The Regional Distribution of the Phenomenon of Corruption in Contemporary Ukraine.'

Supervisors: Professor Dominik Zaum and Dr David Marshall

Email: j.m.stanislawski@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Jacek Stanislawski's person website (LinkedIn)

Adam Stokes

Working project title: 'The Left-Right Ideological Variance of European National Independence Political Parties.'

Supervisors: Dr David Marshall and Professor Daphne Halikiopoulou

Email: a.p.stokes@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Our research

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Why study with us?

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