Dissertation supervision
Doctoral supervision
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Completed Doctoral Dissertations
Mr Youba Raj Luintel, "Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Rural Nepal: Market Relations, Inequality and Social Change in 'Mahesh Khola'", PhD in Sociology, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University (2006-), co-supervisor Nina Laurie.
Mr Ross Beveridge, PhD in Politics, "De-synchronizing water governance? Socio-economic change, regional water governance, and EU policy", School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University (2006-), co-supervisor Anthony Zito.
Ms Rosibel Víquez Abarca, PhD in Geography, "Knowledge based economy in Costa Rica: the role of the UNED (State University for Distance Learning) in promoting socio-economic development", School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University (2008-), co-supervisors Andy Gillespie and Andy Pike.
Ms Ana Paula Barbosa Vitor, PhD in Public Policy and Management on "The relationship between municipalities and service providers: the case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil", external co-supervisor (local supervisor, Prof. Léo Heller), Post-Graduate Programme in Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
Mr Juan Carlos Domínguez, DPhil in Development Studies, "Public policy and social movements. The Cases of the Project for a New Airport in Mexico City and the Cochabamba Water War", Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University (2004-2008), co-supervisor Laurence Whitehead.
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Masters supervision
Mr Julián Perez, "Water privatization and social resistance in Bolivia", MPhil in Geography, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University (2006-), co-supervisor Nina Laurie.
Completed Masters Dissertations
Mr Philip Nicholson, "Knowledge, development, and university spin-outs in Newcastle", MA in Applied Policy Research, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, 2006-2007.
2005-2006 Ms Victoria Holland, "The 'Racialised Others': Host Community Perceptions of Asylum Seekers and Refugees", MA in Applied Policy Research, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University.
2003-2004 Mr Nathaniel Amman-Blake (co-supervision), Thesis on "Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux (1880-2004): French water, globalization and the discourse of development", MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.
2003-2004 Ms Lorraine Coulter (co-supervision), Thesis on "Contesting the corporatization of water in Cape Town: state strategies of scale", MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.
2002-2004 Mr Juan Carlos Domínguez (co-supervision), MPhil in Development Studies, thesis on "Development Discourse and Civil Society Mobilisations. The Case of the Project for a New Airport in Mexico City", Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University.
2003-2004 Ms Claudia Campero Arana, Thesis on "Water governance, conflict and social justice in Mexico City", MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, Faculty of the Built Environment, Development Planning Unit, University College London.
2003-2004 Mr Arata Yamamoto, Thesis on "Political ecology of water privatization in Mexico City, Mexico", MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, Faculty of the Built Environment, Development Planning Unit, University College London.
2003-2004 Mr Vasilis Plemmenos, Thesis on "Economic instruments for a sustainable Europe?", MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, Faculty of the Built Environment, Development Planning Unit, University College London.
2003-2004 Ms Yun-Huan Chen, Thesis on "The EIA system and power relations in Taiwan", MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, Faculty of the Built Environment, Development Planning Unit, University College London.
2002-2003 Mr Gareth Morgan, MSc in Environmental Change and Management, thesis on "The prescriptive potential of virtual water theory: a case study of South Africa", Environment Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University.
2002-2003 Ms Hanna Day-Woodruff, MSc in Environmental Change and Management, thesis on "Water and oil, Texas", Environment Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University.
2002-2003 Mr Étienne von Bertrab, MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, thesis on "The development of river basin institutions in Mexico", Faculty of the Built Environment, Development Planning Unit, University College London.
2002-2003 Mr Evaristo San Miguel Navarro, MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, thesis on "Water Management in Spain", Faculty of the Built Environment, Development Planning Unit, University College London.
2002-2003 Ms Laurence Salmon, MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, thesis on "The right to water", Faculty of the Built Environment, Development Planning Unit, University College London.
2002-2003 Mr Mukuki Hante, MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, thesis on "Social and environmental outcomes of road and drainage inadequate delivery. Policies perspective in Dar es Salaam City", Faculty of the Built Environment, Development Planning Unit, University College London.
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Other graduate supervision
2004-2005 Miss Chiara Sorisi, Visiting Student from University of Milan, Law Faculty, spending one year working on a comparative study of the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive in the UK and Spain, Oxford Centre for Water Research.
2005-2005 Miss Aline Trigueiro, Visiting Student from the School of Sociology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), to spend 6 months working on the notions of public and private good in relation to water resources and water services, Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies.
2002-2003 Ms Sandrine Brisset (co-supervision as a visiting student), PhD in Health Geography, Université de Rouen, France, and Maison Française, Oxford. Thesis on the relationship between water supply and sanitation, the urban environment, and public health in the city of Chennai, India, being developed and to be submitted at the Université de Rouen, France.
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