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GRADUATE SCHOOL
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
FOREWORD.........................................................1
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL.......................................2
THE DOCTORAL RESEARCHER DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME......................................................3
RESEARCHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
1. FAYE BOWKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. ROBERT COWLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. DR NADYA M GABRIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. DIANA GARRISI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5. DR MARIA GRANADOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. GEORGE GYAMFI-BROBBEY . . . . . . . . . . 14
7. ALETHA M. HOLBOROUGH . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. THOMAS MILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. SARAH MILNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
10. DR ISIS PAOLA NUNEZ FERRERA . . . . . . 22
11. ANDREIA ALVES DE OLIVEIRA . . . . . . . . 24
12. MANISHA RATHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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INVESTIGATING
VETERINARY
MEDICINES AS
XENOESTROGENS
USING IN SILICO
TECHNIQUES
FAYE BOWKER
Department of Human and Health Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology
After graduating from Manchester
Metropolitan University with a BSc in
Ecology and Conservation and an MSc
in Environmental and Climate Change, I
developed a keen interest in ecotoxicology.
From my MSc I went on to work as an
ecotoxicology technician at CEMAS, a
chemical analytical company, where I decided
I was more interested in developing alternative
methods to conduct ecotoxicology tests.
This led me to pursue my PhD at the University
of Westminster, where I was awarded a
scholarship to study the environmental
impacts of veterinary medicines. My PhD has
led me to present at international conferences
in Krakow, Beijing and Vancouver, which has
allowed me to interact and publicise my work
with people within my field and beyond.
Image: MVRD
ECO-CITIES:
TECHNOLOGICAL
SHOWCASES
OR PUBLIC SPACES?
ROBERT COWLEY
Department of Politics
and International Relations,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
I first became curious about plans and visions
for eco-cities during my MA in Urban and
Regional Planning, also at Westminster.
Having left a full-time job in an unrelated
field, I was unfamiliar with the nature of
policy and planning documents generally
but my perspective as an outsider turned
out to be a productive one. I came to realise
that my nave questions were in fact closely
aligned with many of the concerns of social
and political theory. I was therefore thrilled
to receive funding from the Department of
Politics and International Relations to develop
my ideas into a PhD project.
Since starting in 2011, I have had endless
opportunities to further my academic and
professional development. As well as
teaching at the University, I have given
lectures and talks elsewhere in the UK and
beyond, spoken at conferences, travelled
abroad several times for fieldwork purposes,
convened high-profile events, and contributed
to collaborative international research
projects. I have only experienced enthusiastic
support from my supervisory team and other
staff, and warm comradeship from my fellow
doctoral researchers. If I had to do it all over
again, I would certainly choose Westminster.
THERMAL COMFORT
AND BUILDING
DESIGN STRATEGIES
FOR LOW-ENERGY
HOUSES IN LIBYA:
LESSONS FROM
THE VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
DR NADYA M GABRIL
Department of Architecture,
Faculty of Architecture and the
Built Environment
I am a Libyan architect, and I completed my
BSc in Architecture and Urban Planning at the
University of Tripoli in 1987, before obtaining
my Masters degree in Architecture from the
Mackintosh School of Architecture at the
University of Glasgow in 1995. I am currently
in the final stage of my PhD at the Faculty of
Architecture and the Built Environment. My
interest in this research subject is derived from
my previous work and study in Libya, and my
investigations into the key design elements of
Libyas vernacular housing.
The lessons to be learnt from the long-term
success of the vernacular architecture in
relation to environmental considerations has
been a driving factor in my research. It is
imperative to address the fact that vernacular
solutions are suitable for the modern
requirements of contemporary society, and
through my research I aim to investigate what
we can learn from this architecture, and how
that can be applied to the design of
modern houses.
SKIN IN PRINT:
VICTORIAN
NEWSPAPERS
COVERAGE
OF THE WOUNDED
BODY IN 1840s UK
DIANA GARRISI
Department of Journalism
and Mass Communication,
Faculty of Media, Arts and Design
In September 2009, as I was having
breakfast reading the South Wales Echo in
Cardiff, my attention was struck by the image
of a bare back of a pensioner whose skin
had peeled off as a result of a toxic substance
released from a sofa he was sitting on. I did
wonder then whether there might have been
any purpose, other than sensationalism,
in showing and talking about our largest
human organ, the skin, in the daily press.
Just a fleeting thought then. I was attending
an MA in International Journalism at Cardiff
University, having landed in the UK after
a degree in Romance Philology from the
University of Milano and had professional
experience in radio and print journalism.
I kept wondering: what does the news
portrayal of skin-related issues tell us about
the British history of newspapers? What
does it tell about British people? Does it
also say something about me? In order to
find out, I went back to the1800s, thanks to
newspapers digital archives, to see how two
areas both connected to the enhanced 19thcentury printing technologies, journalism and
dermatology, intersected, leaving traces still
visible in todays news stories.
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KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT
CAPABILITIES IN
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
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DR MARIA GRANADOS
Department of Business Information
Management and Operations,
Westminster Business School
I have more than ten years experience as
a researcher and knowledge manager in
the private, social economy and academic
sectors. My experience in the private sector
includes five years in human resources
management and knowledge management,
specifically in developing and training
management in my home country of
Colombia. My experience in the social
economy sector includes three years in
organisational development for non-profit
institutions in Colombia, and youth and civic
programmes with the European Commission
URB-AL. My academic experience also
includes five years as a research associate
and Lecturer on knowledge management,
socio-technology and social enterprises at the
University of Westminster. I finished my PhD
studies last year, and I am now a Lecturer in
information management at the University;
I am the Module Leader on knowledge
innovation management, and I also teach
knowledge management, information
management, business innovation, research
methods and business process management.
My research interests include knowledge
management, innovation and socio-technical
studies in SMEs and social enterprises.
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THE MICROBIOLOGY
OF DIABETIC FOOT
ULCERS: A
GHANAIAN
PERSPECTIVE
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GEORGE GYAMFI-BROBBEY
Department of Human and Health Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology
I have always been enthusiastic about
the science behind disease and disease
processes, and aspired to pursue further
studies after my Bachelors degree in
Ghana. My dreams and aspirations saw
the light of day when the University of
Westminster offered me a place to pursue a
Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences and
subsequently awarded me the prestigious
Cavendish Research Scholarship for my PhD.
My research journey has been tremendously
rewarding as I have gained invaluable
academic and professional skills through the
Universitys training and events. I have also
enjoyed a wonderful relationship with my
supervisory team and made good friends
across departments and faculties. Through
the University of Westminster my dream
of becoming a molecular microbiologist is
nearly achieved. On this premise I believe
that I shall be an ambassador for the
University who will champion research in
the area of diabetes microbiology which is
currently a global health crisis.
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ETHNICITY,
EDUCATION AND
TRANSITION
TO THE
CONSTRUCTION
LABOUR MARKET:
DEVELOPING
AN EQUALITY
FRAMEWORK
USING A CAPABILITY
APPROACH
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ALETHA M HOLBOROUGH
Department of Human
Resource Management,
Westminster Business School
I am coming to the end of my PhD journey,
which has been a fascinating one for a
number of reasons. The research area was
of immense interest due to the context, which
was the construction industry, the electrical
trade and the London 2012 Olympic site,
focusing on inequality. The driving force
behind the research was not only to look at a
problem but also to provide a framework to
create a possible solution.
The interest in my research subject is a result
of my background. Firstly, my role as a
magistrate working with young people in the
criminal justice system provides an insight
into how life choices can affect employment
outcomes. Second, as a Human Resources
(HR) professional, operating in generalist,
specialist and international roles and having
lectured on HR related modules, where
equality has been at the forefront. I have
seen, working in these roles, how different
ethnic groups have varying experiences in
education and employment. The plan for the
future is to combine my research interests
with my experience in HR.
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CO-ORDINATION
AND COMPLEXITY:
ISSUES ACROSS THE
DIABETES PATHWAY
THOMAS MILLS
Department of Politics
and International Relations,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
When I started my PhD, NHS reform was
in the news on a daily basis. I have always
been interested in political economy and while
working as a researcher for various think-tanks
I had become increasingly interested in what is
called evidence-based policy. In the case of
the NHS these interests coalesced: on the one
hand, the government was implementing one of
the biggest reorganisations of the service that
would construct it along market lines, claiming
its reforms to be evidence based; on the other
hand, unprecedented professional and public
protests greeted the proposals, claiming they
were anything but evidenced based. I wanted
to explore this apparent mismatch.
My reading led me to public sector reform
more broadly: recent years have witnessed
the adoption of novel forms of governance
in the public sector, including performance
management, marketisation and partnership
working. Yet there is a paucity of literature
on the evaluation of governance in political
science and I found quantitative approaches in
economics to be simplistic. Evaluations of the
NHS, for example, typically explore the effects
of one policy tool on one or two aspects of
performance, when the NHS is an incredibly
complex organisation with a complex set of
objectives. I realised that part of the problem
is the methods informing policy and wanted to
develop a form of evaluation that provides a
more comprehensive view of policy problems
and which contributes to, rather than detracts
from, democratic decision-making.
as an improvement on PCTs
because GPs have a central
role in commissioning and
smaller units should equate to
more responsive services.
overwhelmingly agree
that more investment
is required in public
health.
Financial pressures on
The governments
decision to ring-fence
public health budgets
is thus welcome
and the transfer of
responsibility to local
authorities could
improve coordination
across local services.
Some stakeholders
local authorities means argue that screening
that in reality public
through the NHS
health services is being Health Check
cut: the sell-off of school individualises the
playing fields was
problem of diabetes
widely criticised.
and does little to tackle
its causes.
CCGs
The decision to
Rising
demand:
Each time I go to my GP I
can see the dollar bills roll
in their eyes
Performance
management in
primary care appears
to have improved the
process of care.
Private
providers
GP practices
unhealthy
lifestyles, aging
population and an
increase in long-term
conditions.
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The governments
long-term conditions
and cardiovascular
agenda appears a
suitable response to
current challenges (see
bottom left).
Local Authorities
+ Stakeholders
NHS
Whether performance
management has improved
outcomes is disputed. Targets
for blood glucose control were
revised when it became clear
that intensified control can harm
patients. Some argue that targets
should be decided between
professionals and patients.
Changing diagnostic
thresholds, screening and
efforts to control pre-diabetes
potentially expose people
to unnecessary medical
interventions.
NHS Foundation
Trusts
Some
specialists are
concerned that GPs do not
have the requisite knowledge
to make sound commissioning
decisions at a CCG level or
sound referral decisions at
a practice level.
Market bureaucracy is
killing the NHS. For all the
talk of efficiency the cost is
bewildering
Financial
pressures:
Monitor,
PFI, Payment-byResults
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THE DRAPERS
COMPANY:
ARCHIVE AND
ARCHITECTURE,
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SARAH MILNE
Department of Architecture,
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
I trained as an architect in Glasgow, Vienna
and London, but in designing for the future
I have become increasingly caught up in
grappling with the past.
A design project located in the City of London
led me to consider the citys institutional
archives as a way into a past that was
previously unknown to me. Through a
chance encounter with a unique 16th century
document in the Drapers Company archive,
I re-discovered the pleasure of finding things
out and became intensely curious about the
spatial circumstances of Londons guilds. I am
still fascinated by their legacy.
I am the very fortunate recipient of a PhD
scholarship in the Faculty of Architecture
and the Built Environment. This has allowed
me to continue my inquiry into the Drapers
extensive archive.
Alongside my historical research I work with
Dr Krystallia Kamvasinou as a Research
Assistant on a contemporary project entitled
Interim Spaces and Creative Use. Our
research investigates the temporary use of
vacant spaces in London from 1945 to the
present day. I also work with historic buildings
as a designer and teach the history and theory
of architecture to undergraduate students.
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TERRITORIES OF
SCARCITY AND
CREATIVITY:
A CRITICAL VIEW
ON INFORMAL
SETTLEMENTS
AND EMERGING
TACTICS UNDER
CONDITIONS
OF SCARCITY IN
NAIROBI, KENYA
AND QUITO,
ECUADOR*
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A NOVEL
APPROACH FOR
PREDICTING
PATIENTS AT RISK
OF RE-ADMISSION
MANISHA RATHI
Department of Electronics
and Computer Science,
Faculty of Science and Technology
I am originally from Roorkee in India, which
was part of the territories of the British East
India Company in the 18th century. The city
is the home of the first engineering college
developed by the British, which has always
motivated me to study at an advanced level
in the UK. I received my BTech (IT) and MTech
(Software Engineering) from India, and I have
been a PhD candidate with the University
of Westminsters Health and Social Care
Modelling Group since 2011.
I began my academic journey in 2006 as
a Lecturer in software engineering and data
mining at the Jaypee Institute of Information
Technology, in Noida, India. During my
teaching career I developed my research
interests in data mining and machine learning
in health care resource utilisation and
business intelligence. This led me to publish
research papers on these topics. I have also
completed projects on predictive analysis
of customer relationship management, and
predictive analysis for cancer recurrence
using gene selection and the Nave Bayesian
classifier. My aim was to expand more widely
on my research activities, and the University
of Westminster has provided me with the
nurturing ground to do this. At present, my
research concentrates on the design and
development of a novel fuzzy framework for
predicting patients at high risk of re-admission.
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SANAZ SHOBEIRI
Department of Planning and Transport,
Faculty of Architecture and the
Built Environment
I have been working in the fields of
architecture and landscape urbanism.
For the duration of and following my MA
in Architecture I worked on residential,
educational and cultural architectural projects.
In 2010 I started to work on urban projects
on an urban scale. I have been investigating
how to use existing natural features of cities
through the medium of landscape urbanism.
My PhD research is about large-scale design
and planning strategies with regard to the
natural structures of the river-valleys of Tehran.
Tehran, the city that I was born and brought up
in, has seven main river-valleys. A river-valley
can provide a picturesque urban landscape
throughout its linear continuity in the urban
context. However, currently in Tehran these
river-valleys have been strongly polluted and
neglected in most parts of the urban context.
I am now investigating how to redefine the
relationship between Tehranian residents and
their river-valleys in a way that provides sociocultural and environmental sustainability.
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DESIGNING AND
(DIS)ASSEMBLING
DISPUTES:
AN ETHNOGRAPHY
OF DISPUTES AND
LAWYERS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY
STACY SINCLAIR
Westminster Law School,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
I have undergraduate degrees in both
Architecture and Engineering from the
University of Michigan, and I practised as
an architect in the US and the UK for nearly
ten years before qualifying as a lawyer
in the UK. In 2008 I obtained my MSc in
Construction Law from Kings College London.
While practising as a construction lawyer in
London, I developed a keen interest in the
composition and resolution of disputes, and
the role of the lawyer therein. It is this area
that I am exploring in my PhD research on
disputes in the construction industry. I also
have a keen interest in the convergence of
law and architecture, and the many forms in
which this exists.
In addition to my research work, I also lecture
on the Law module for the Postgraduate
Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture
(RIBA/ARB Part 3), within the Faculty of
Architecture and the Built Environment.
I am also a co-editor of the Dictionary
of Construction Terms (Informa), which
provides explanations of the most commonly
encountered legal and technical terms used
throughout the construction industry.
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READING THE
LEAGUE OF
GENTLEMEN:
STUDY OF THE
CREATION PROCESS
OF A COMEDY /
HORROR SERIES
DR GAMZE TOYLAN
Communication and Media Research Institute
(CAMRI),
Faculty of Media Arts and Design
I hold a BA in Communication and Design,
an MA in Film and Television: Theory, Culture
and Industry, and a PhD in Journalism
and Mass Communications. My research
interests are film, television and radio; TV
production; British comedy; media history;
BBC history and organisational structure;
culture production; creative industries; media
organisations; and creativity, design and
oral history.
Im now working as a Postdoctoral Research
Fellow at Central Saint Martins Design
School, within the University of the Arts,
London. I am currently developing an oral
history collection in collaboration with the
British Library, titled An Oral History of
Costume and Set Design in British Film,
Television & Theatre.
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Christopher Miller
THE QUEER
MOMENT:
POST-DEVOLUTION
SCOTTISH LITERATURE
KATE TURNER
Department of English, Linguistics
and Cultural Studies,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Having completed undergraduate study
in English and Scottish Literature at the
University of Edinburgh and an MA in Sexual
Dissidence in Literature and Culture at the
University of Sussex, I saw the potential
for further research in the area of queer
theory and Scottish literature. This led me
to undertake PhD research at the University
of Westminster in 2012, where I have been
supported by the Morag Dryden Scholarship.
Ive found that the Department of English,
Linguistics and Cultural Studies has been
invaluable in supporting my research,
particularly due to the quality of my
supervisory team, led by Dr Monica
German, and the wider scope of research
and events carried out in the Department. The
Department supported me in organising a
symposium on 21st-century Scottish fiction last
year. In addition to completing my thesis, Im
currently co-editing a special issue journal,
which follows the theme of the conference,
and I am teaching on Literature and Theory
and British Cultural Studies courses in
East Sussex.
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