Pathway Contacts
All DTP students follow a particular pathway depending on the subject of their research. Some pathways are based in a single department while others can be multi-disciplinary.
Details of the pathway academic leads in each institution that offers that pathway are listed below. Please select the name of the pathway in which you are interested in order to see the relevant contact.
Applied Linguistics
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Florent Perek,
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Dominic Thompson, dominic.thompson@nottingham.ac.uk
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Prof Stephanie Schnurr, s.schnurr@warwick.ac.uk
Area Studies
- Aston University Pathway Contact: Dr Patricia Correa Vila,
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Prof Nic Cheeseman, n.cheeseman@bham.ac.uk
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Prof Maiken Umbach Maiken.Umbach@nottingham.ac.uk for Semester 1 and Prof Nick Baron nick.baron@nottingham.ac.uk for Semester 2.
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Dr Madeleine Fagan, m.fagan@warwick.ac.uk
Communication & Media and Museum Studies
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Dr Stacy Boldrick, slb89@leicester.ac.uk and Dr Steph Hil, sh903@le.ac.uk
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Dr Brendan Lawson,
Cross-disciplinary Methodologies and Advanced Data Analysis
- Aston University Pathway Contact: Dr Patrycja Rozbicka, p.rozbicka@aston.ac.uk
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Yuanzhu Zhan ,
- De Montfort University Pathway Contact: Dr Sally Ruane, sruane@dmu.ac.uk
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Prof Ana Cristina Costa, acfdc1@leicester.ac.uk
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Prof Darren Smith, d.p.smith@lboro.ac.uk
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Prof Marek Korczynski, marek.korczynski@nottingham.ac.uk
- Nottingham Trent University Pathway Contact: Prof Steven King, steven.king@ntu.ac.uk
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Prof Ozlem Atikcan, O.Atikcan@warwick.ac.uk
Economic & Social History
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Prof Nicholas Crowson,
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Prof Roey Sweet,
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Mattia Bertazzini,
- Nottingham Trent University Pathway Contact: Prof Steven King, steven.king@ntu.ac.uk
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Dr James Poskett, J.Poskett@warwick.ac.uk
Economics
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Silvia Sonderegger,
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Dr Pablo Beker,
Education
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Professor Michael Hand,
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Dr Julia Bahnmuller,
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Prof Gary Winship, gary.winship@nottingham.ac.ukLink opens in a new window
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Dr Tom Perry educationdpgr@warwick.ac.uk
Health & Wellbeing
- Aston University Pathway Contact: Prof Joel Talcott, j.b.talcott@aston.ac.uk
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Laurence Lessard-Phillips, l.lessard-phillips@bham.ac.uk
- De Montfort Pathway Contact: Dr Tina Hamilton, tina.hamilton@dmu.ac.uk
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Dr Dalia Tsimpida,
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Prof Rebecca Hardy, R.J.Hardy@lboro.ac.uk
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Elena Nixon,
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Prof Felicity Boardman,
Human Geography
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Julian Clark,
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Dr Marco Antonsich, M.Antonsich@lboro.ac.uk
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Prof Sarah Jewitt, sarah.jewitt@nottingham.ac.uk
Living in a Digital Society
- Aston University Pathway Contact: Dr Patrycja Rozbicka, p.rozbicka@aston.ac.uk
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Yuanzhu Zhan ,
- De Montfort University Pathway Contact: Dr Sally Ruane,
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Prof Ana Cristina Coasta,
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Prof Darren Smith, d.p.smith@lboro.ac.uk
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Martin Schuermann, martin.schuermann@nottingham.ac.uk
- Nottingham Trent University Pathway Contact: Prof Steven King, steven.king@ntu.ac.uk
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Prof Ozlem Atikcan, O.Atikcan@warwick.ac.uk
Management & Business Studies
- Aston University Pathway Contact: Dr Dalila Ribaudo,
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Robert Cluley,
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Prof Sara Connolly, sjc123@le.ac.uk
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Dr Morakinyo Adetutu,
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Jing Zhang,
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Prof Nick Lee,
Political Science & International Relations
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr George Kyris,
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Gulshan Khan (gulshan.khan@nottingham.ac.uk
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Dr Marit Hammond, Marit.Hammond@warwick.ac.uk
Psychology
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Lei Zhang, l.zhang.13@bham.ac.uk
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Dr Ascension Pagan , appc1@leicester.ac.uk
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Matias Ison,
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Dr Chiara Gambi,
Socio-Legal Studies
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Henok Asmelash,
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Nell Munro nell.munro@nottingham.ac.uk
- Nottingham Trent University Pathway Contact: Pamela Henderson, pamela.henderson@ntu.ac.uk
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Dr Amanda Wilson, and Dr Achas Burin
Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
- Aston University Pathway Contact: Dr Emily Christopher, e.christopher1@aston.ac.uk
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Laurence Lessard-Phillips, l.lessard-phillips@bham.ac.uk
- De Montfort University Pathway Contact: Prof Cathy Herbrand, cathy.herbrand@dmu.ac.uk
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Dr Jessica Urwin, jau4@leicester.ac.uk
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Dr Neema Trivedi-Bateman, N.Trivedi-bateman@lboro.ac.uk
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact:Prof Rachel Fyson rachel.fyson@nottingham.ac.uk (August 2026 to January 2027) Dr Melanie Jordan, melanie.jordan@nottingham.ac.uk (February 2027 onwards)
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Prof Hannah Jones, h.jones.1@warwick.ac.uk
Sport & Exercise Science
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Catarina Rendeiro,
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Dr Mark Doidge,
Sustainable Development, Net Zero and Climate Resilience
- Aston University Pathway Contact: Dr Patrycja Rozbicka, p.rozbicka@aston.ac.uk
- University of Birmingham Pathway Contact: Dr Yuanzhu Zhan ,
- De Montfort University Pathway Contact: Dr Sally Ruane, sruane@dmu.ac.uk
- University of Leicester Pathway Contact: Prof Ana Cristina Costa, acfdc1@leicester.ac.uk
- Loughborough University Pathway Contact: Prof Darren Smith, d.p.smith@lboro.ac.uk
- University of Nottingham Pathway Contact: Dr Virginia Panizzo, virginia.panizzo@nottingham.ac.uk
- Nottingham Trent University Pathway Contact: Prof Steven King, steven.king@ntu.ac.uk
- University of Warwick Pathway Contact: Prof Ozlem Atikcan, O.Atikcan@warwick.ac.uk