PhD Programmes

Many Winchester Business School academics are available to supervise PhD projects and welcome enquiries for supervision in the following areas

Dr Karen Blakeley

Leadership; Spirituality in the workplace; Management learning and development

Mike Davies

Small business strategy; International and global strategy 

Dr Mark Gannon

Public-private partnerships; Financing models for public sector investment; Procurement and knowledge management in projects

Dr Denise Hewlett

Tourism, event and recreation management; Civic governance and public engagement; Strategic planning and partnership development (amongst the public, private and community sectors) in rural economies; SMEs and corporate resonsibilities in rural contexts; Strategic planning, development and destination management

Dr Beverley Hill

Corporate/Business communications; Consumer research & consumer culture; Marketisation of education; Marketing, social marketing and marketing communications

Dr Mark Lowman

Innovation management; Marketing and new product development; Knowledge management; Strategic change management

Professor Neil Marriott

Accounting education; Small business financial management; NHS financial management

Dr Pru Marriott

Accounting education; SME’s in developing countries

Dr Adam Palmer

Leadership development; Ethical issues in Human Resource Management (HRM); Resilience in teams within organisations; Small-business management; Higher Education management; Educational development

Dr Christine Ryan

Middle Eastern politics; Children and war; Security studies; Political sociology of war; Media and war; Conflict and development; War crimes; War veterans

Dr William Sheward

US domestic and foreign policy; International defence and security issues; Political ideologies, especially conservatism