School directors of postgraduate research studies

About the project

School directors of postgraduate research studies have a key role within the Schools in which they operate. While the exact nature of this role depends on the context of the School, they oversee a range of areas relevant to doctoral students, including recruitment and admissions, induction and training and the monitoring of progress.

The core elements of the role are set out in the School directors of postgraduate research studies: generic job description (PDF, 0.04 MB) .

Our briefing document for new directors of postgraduate research studies (PDF, 0.2 MB) contains useful information on the main tasks of the role.

In some Schools, elements of the role are handled at a departmental level.

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

Arts and Communication Design: Professor Lucia Nagib ( l.nagib@reading.ac.uk )

Institute of Education: Professor Naomi Flynn ( n.flynn@reading.ac.uk ); Professor Rebecca Harris ( r.j.harris@reading.ac.uk ); EdD (Director of Programme) Dr Karen Jones ( karen.jones@reading.ac.uk )

Law: Professor Rosa Freedman ( r.a.freedman@reading.ac.uk ) Admissions: Professor Russell Buchan ( r.buchan@reading.ac.uk )

Humanities: Professor Mark Nixon ( m.nixon@reading.ac.uk ); Dr Richard Blakemore ( r.blakemore@reading.ac.uk ) in Semester 2, 2024-2025

Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Dr Joo Young Jeon ( j.jeon@reading.ac.uk )

• Reading School of Art: Dr Annabel Frearson ( a.frearson@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Film, Theatre and Television: Professor Lucia Nagib ( l.nagib@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Typography & Graphic Communication: Professor Gerry Leonidas ( g.leonidas@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of History: Dr Richard Blakemore ( r.blakemore@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Classics: Professor Tim Duff ( t.e.duff@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Languages and Cultures: Dr Sophie Heywood ( s.l.heywood@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of English Literature: Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein ( k.b.lesnik-oberstein@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics: Dr Rodney Jones ( r.h.jones@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Economics: Dr Joo Young Jeon ( j.jeon@reading.ac.uk ) - Current
• Department of Economics: Dr Neha Hui ( n.hui@reading.ac.uk ) - Admissions
• Department of Politics: Dr Joseph O'Mahoney ( j.p.a.omahoney@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Philosophy: Professor David Oderberg ( d.s.oderberg@reading.ac.uk )

Henley Business School

Head of Postgraduate Research Programmes: Dr Stephen Gulliver ( s.r.gulliver@henley.ac.uk )

Finance and Accounting: Dr Lisa Schopohl ( l.schopohl@henley.ac.uk )

International Business and Strategy: Dr Peder Greve ( peder.greve@henley.ac.uk )

Leadership, Organisations, Behaviour and Reputation: Professor Anastasiya Saraeva ( anastasiya.saraeva@henley.ac.uk)

Digitalisation, Marketing and Entrepreneurship: Dr Rodrigo Perez Vega ( r.perezvega@henley.ac.uk )

Real Estate and Planning: Professor Emma Street ( e.j.street@henley.ac.uk )

DBA (Director of Programme): Professor Ruth Sealy ( ruth.sealy@henley.ac.uk )

Life Sciences

Agriculture, Policy and Development: Dr Nick Bardsley ( n.o.bardsley@reading.ac.uk )

Biological Sciences: Dr Eva Kevei ( e.g.kevei@reading.ac.uk )

Chemistry Food and Pharmacy: Dr Graeme Cottrell ( g.s.cottrell@reading.ac.uk )

Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences: Dr Piril Hepsomali ( p.hepsomali@reading.ac.uk ) [Admissions]; Dr Dan Lamport ( daniel.lamport@reading.ac.uk ) [Current students]

• Department of Chemistry: Dr James Cooper ( james.cooper@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Food & Nutritional Sciences: Dr Anisha Wijeyesekera ( a.wijeyesekera@reading.ac.uk ); Dr Andreas Karatzas ( k.karatzas@reading.ac.uk )
• School of Pharmacy: Dr Maria Maiaru ( m.maiaru@reading.ac.uk ) [Admissions and Current students]

Science

Built Environment: (Construction Management and Architecture): Dr Florence Phua ( f.phua@reading.ac.uk )

Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science: Dr Jonathan Dale ( j.j.dale@reading.ac.uk )

Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences: Dr Sugata Mondal ( s.mondal@reading.ac.uk )

• Archaeology postgraduate research programme: Professor Rob Hosfield ( r.hosfield@reading.ac.uk )
• Environmental Science/Geography postgraduate research programme: Dr Jonathan Dale ( j.j.dale@reading.ac.uk )
• Human Geography postgraduate research programme: Dr Anna Jackman ( a.h.jackman@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Mathematics and Statistics:Dr Zuowei Wang ( zuowei.wang@reading.ac.uk )
• Department of Meteorology: Dr Keri Nicoll ( k.a.nicoll@reading.ac.uk ) [Admissions] and Professor Chris Scott ( chris.scott@reading.ac.uk ) [Current students]
• Department of Computer Science: Alan Guedes ( a.guedes@reading.ac.uk )

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