Current PhD students
Meet and be inspired by our Architecture PhD students.
| Name | Thesis title | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Majd Atef Alnajem | Rethinking Conservation Practices of Heritage Buildings: The Case of Amman | Dr Leandro Minuchin (1st); Prof Stephen Walker (2nd) |
| Maria Alqahtani | Architecture and Identity: Pedagogy, Policy, and Media in Saudi Arabia (2005 to present) | Dr Léa-Catherine Szacka (1st); Dr Matthew Wells (2nd) |
| Felipe Aravena Tejo | On-site Modernities: transformations in the Chilean construction sector towards the industrialisation of the housing supply (1959-1976) | Dr Leandro Minuchin (1st); Prof Lukasz Stanek (2nd) |
| Rati Choudhari | Environmentally Sustainable Futures: the potential of modular city planning | Prof Deljana Iossifova (1st), Dr Joe Ravetz (2nd), Prof Ulysses Sengupta (3rd) |
| Purva Dewoolkar | The Politics of ‘Infrastructural limbo’: Community Infrastructures of Sanitation within the Informal Settlements of Mumbai | Prof Deljana Iossifova (1st), Prof Alison Browne (2nd), Dr Nate Millington (3rd) |
| David Johnson | Photo Encounters with my Personal Possessions: Explorations of Attachment and Care | Prof Stephen Walker (1st); Dr Leandro Minuchin (2nd) |
| Mariya Hamada | From Ruins to Ecosystems: Towards an Eco-cyclical Approach to Architectural Afterlives | Dr Kim Förster (1st); Prof Stephen Walker (2nd) |
| Ghaydaa Hemaidah | Towards Healing Environments in Healthcare Facilities: A Tool for Assessing the Ability of the Built Environment to Support Psychosocial Well-Being in Saudi Government Hospitals | Dr Alan Lewis (1st); Dr Kelly Watson (2nd) |
| Xin Li | Fair Shelter: Civic Infrastructures of Care for Bodies in Pain | Prof Deljana Iossifova (1st), Prof Sarah Marie Hall (2nd), Prof Alison Browne (3rd) |
| Ahmed Naguib | Capital City in the Making: Mapping the production process of the New Administrative Capital in Egypt. | Prof Albena Yaneva (1st); Dr Huda Tayob (2nd) |
| Nesfun Nahar | A Pragmatist Understanding of Campus Architecture-Making: The Case of BRAC University New Campus and the University of Manchester Engineering Building A and B | Prof Albena Yaneva (1st); Dr Benjamin Blackwell (2nd) Dr Kim Förster (2nd) |
| Diana Osmolska | Intuition in Site Analysis | Dr Alan Lewis (1st); Dr Christina Buse (2nd) |
| Qiwei Peng | Elevated Highways as Social Infrastructures Interrogating the Assemblage of Diasporic Pedestrians in Chongqing under-flyover Space | Prof. Stephen Walker (1st), Prof. Deljana Iossifova (2nd) |
| Ziqiu Ren | Filming multi-temporality: assemblages of Chinese food markets as socio-urban infrastructures | Prof Deljana Iossifova (1st); Dr Huda Tayob (2nd) |
| Mark Shtanov | Urban Integration of Waste Management Processes | Prof Deljana Iossifova (1st), Dr Jaise Kuriakose (2nd) |
| Joshua Silver | Architectural Processing: Rethinking the Material Medial Supports of Design Production Since 1983 | Prof Albena Yaneva (1st); Dr Kim Foerster (2nd) |
| Salma Soliman | The Making and Unmaking of Comfort: The Study of Mothers, Domestic Spaces, and Architectural Standards | Prof Stephen Walker (1st); |
| Rujin Wang | Effects of Perceived Outdoor Environmental Qualities on Residential and Life Satisfaction of Older People in Chinese Urban Neighbourhoods | Prof Deljana Iossifova (1st); Dr. Nan Zhang (2nd) |
| Junyan YE | Encountering nature in the everyday: A transcultural narrative from China to Manchester | Prof Deljana Iossifova (1st); Dr Matthew Dennis (2nd); Dr Alison Browne (2nd) |
| Yaran Zhang | Geopolitics On Display: Chinese Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale [2006-2023] | Dr Léa-Catherine Szacka (1st); Prof Albena Yaneva (2nd); Dr Ewan Harrison (2nd) |