PhD in Architecture + Design

Dr Renee Tobe

Doctoral research in architecture at UEL is as transdisciplinary as the practice of architecture itself. High level impact studies that examine smart cities, and intelligent design with contextual analysis mean that we work with both the Sustainable Research Institute and colleagues from humanities. International experts in city design, moving image, sensory perception, retrofit housing, natural environment, and philosophy guide students through individually developed research projects. The intent of the doctorate is to produce high quality researchers across the different strands of the built environment, that support students’ own concerns as well as funded research investigations.

Esra Alhamal Title: Significance of Islamic patterns in interior design Supervisory Team: Alan Chandler; Hassan Abdallah

Jack Clough Title: The feasibility of Wetland Agriculture in Lowland Britain Supervisory Team: Richard Lindsay; Stuart Connop; Darryl Newport

Chris Groothuizen Title: Resonant Objects Supervisory Team: Michael Pinsky; Gary Doherty

Christoph Hadrys Title: City Book and City Wall; an Exploration of Generative Urbanism Supervisory Team: Karen Rainey; Eric Great-Rex

Martyn Holmes Title: Towards a new housing paradigm; does community-led housing as a participatory pathway provide the framework for a radical new housing paradigm? Supervisory Team: Anna Minton; Alan Chandler

Jerushah Jardine Title: Evidence for surface-pattern change in peat bogs as a result of external pressures Supervisory Team: Richard Lindsay; Stuart Connop; Darryl Newport

Shaherah Jordon Title: Exploring the role of Behaviour Change Interventions in the Adoption of Electric Vehicles Supervisory Team: Paula Vandergert; Stephanie Sandland; Darryl Newport

Muhammed Umar Khalid Title: An Investigation into the treatment and modelling of municipal solid waste incineration air pollution control residues Supervisory Team: Darryl Newport; Chloe Molineux; Anca Ciupala

Charles Lawrence Title: How and why science influenced the founding and structure of modern Freemasonry and why it is a perfect microcosm of the same impact on the upper echelons of society at that critical time in British social history. Supervisory Team: Renée Tobe; Darryl Newport

Lukangaka Okende Title: A vision for a future without slums in the redevelopment of Sub-Saharan African cities; Case study: Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo Supervisory Team: Debra Shaw; Bridget Snaith; Roland Karthaus

Bertug Ozarisoy Title: Optimising Occupants’ Thermal Comfort in Post-war Housing Developments in Northern Cyprus: Passive Cooling Strategies for Retrofit Supervisory Team: Heba Elsharkawy; Maria Segantini; Darryl Newport

Fatemeh Rostami Title: A Place of Culture; a narrative-ethnographicgrounded approach for analysing traditional Iranian cities Case study: Yazd, Iran. Supervisory Team: Renée Tobe; Roland Karthaus

Wei Shi Title: An investigation into energy consumption and lifestyles in UK Social Housing; improving retrofit delivery and outcomes Supervisory Team: Heba Elsharkawy; Alan Chandler; Hassan Abdallah

Hashem Taher Title: Using Urban Green Systems as an Approach for Future Climate Change Adaptation in London. Supervisory Team: Heba Elsharkawy; Darryl Newport

Michael Wood Title: Perceptions of noise pollution on health and wellbeing in urban environments Supervisory Team: Paula Vandergert; Darryl Newport; Anca Ciupala

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