PhDs

14theses, University of Liverpool, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and University of Sheffield

• Beyond Beauty and Paternalism: Legacies of Company Stewardship, Bureaucracy, and Heritage Practice at Port Sunlight from 1889–1999PhD thesis. Heather Alcock. Funded by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), 2026. Co-supervised with Ataa Alsalloum
• Nation-Building and Tropical Modernism: University Architecture in Post-Colonial Nigeria (1950–1967)PhD thesis. Adefolatomiwa Toye. In collaboration with The National Archives, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), 2026. Co-supervised with Juliette Desplat (The National Archives) and Patrick Zamarian (University of Liverpool)
• Jeddah ‘Slum’ Demolition: An Investigation into Recent Urban Development in Saudi Arabia, 2020–2025PhD thesis. Razan Simbawa, 2026. Co-supervised with Ataa Alsalloum
• The Dynamic Nature of Privacy in Jeddah Homes: A Socio-Behavioural ExplorationPhD thesis. Nour Raggaban, 2024. Co-supervised with Ataa Alsalloum
• Voices of Rabat’s Medina during the City of Lights Era (2014–2018): A Holistic Exploration of Institutional and Communities’ RepresentationsPhD thesis. Rim Yassine Kassab, 2024. Co-supervised with Soumyen Bandyopadhyay
• Kuwaiti Schools: Building the Nation through Modernist and Welfare Architecture (1952–1989)PhD thesis. Zainab Murtadhawi. University of Sheffield, 2024. Co-supervised with Catalina Mejia Moreno and Luis Hernan
• The Power of Architectural Criticism: Reviewing the People’s Daily and the Architectural Journal and their Role in Establishing the New Chinese Socialist Identity during the 1950sPhD thesis. Xiaohan Chen. Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2023
• Little Streets and Hidden Routes: A Study on Alleys of Kuala Lumpur City CentrePhD thesis. Wan Iffah Wan Ahmad Nizar, 2020
• R. Seifert & Partners: Architecture for Profit and the Post-War StatePhD thesis. Ewan Harrison, 2020. Co-supervised with Barnabas Calder
• Ship Versus Shore: British Naval Actions in the Age of Sail against Atlantic and Channel French Coastal Fortifications and their ConsequencesPhD thesis. David Nixon, 2020. Co-supervised with Simon Pepper
• Un-Silencing the Space of Eisenstein: A Contemporary Visual Analysis of the Use of Space in Sergei Eisenstein’s Early Silent FilmsPhD thesis. Niek Turner, 2018. Co-supervised with Richard Koeck
• River-menting: Envisioning the Ganges in and around Colonial Calcutta from 1757 to c.1855PhD thesis. Cleo Roberts, 2018. Co-supervised with Nandini Das and Ian Magedera
• The Architecture of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Nigeria during the Early to Mid Twentieth CenturyPhD thesis. Ibiyemi (Yemi) Omotayo Salami, 2016. Co-supervised with Simon Pepper
• The Co-operative Model Town Society: History, Planning, Architecture and Social Character of an Indigenous Garden Suburb in Colonial LahorePhD thesis. Shama Anbrine, 2014. Co-supervised with Simon Pepper