Oxford Brookes Business School

Felix Shaba

Oxford Brookes Business School

Felix Shaba is originally from Nigeria. He joined Oxford Brookes in September 2015 and his thesis title is ‘Microfinance Intervention and Women Empowerment in Nigeria: The Case of LAPO Microfinance Bank Ltd’.

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Geeta Sinha

Oxford Brookes Business School

Geeta Sinha is originally from India. She joined Oxford Brookes in October 2016 and the title of her thesis is ‘Mining led Industrialisation and gender-based violence within indigenous communities of Odisha, India’.

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Haiping Zhu

Oxford Brookes Business School

Haiping Zhu is originally from China and joined Oxford Brookes as a research student in September 2013. The title of her thesis is ‘The influence of Chinese philosophical religious traditions on Chinese consumption behaviour: a multiple case study of Chinese festivals’.

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James Pritchard

Oxford Brookes Business School

James Pritchard was born in South Oxfordshire. He joined the Oxford Brookes Business School in 2013 and his thesis title is 'Coaching for Mindful Action'.

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Abigal Muchecheti

Oxford Brookes Business School

Abigal Muchecheti is originally from Zimbabwe. She joined Oxford Brookes in January 2018 and her thesis title is ‘How do experiences and perceptions of women who identify as Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) hinder or enable their progression and attainment of leadership positions in Higher Education Institutions’.

Huy Nguyen

Oxford Brookes Business School

Huy Nguyen joined Oxford Brookes in January 2019 and the title of their thesis is 'Globalization, Economic Growth and Inequality: An empirical global study'.

Karine Mangion-Thornley

Oxford Brookes Business School

Karine Mangion-Thornley is originally from France. She joined Oxford Brookes in 2014 and her thesis title is ‘How is coaching perceived by leaders engaged in talent management and leadership development programmes?’.

Ksenia Penchukova

Oxford Brookes Business School

Ksenia Penchukova is originally from Russia. She joined Oxford Brookes Business School in April 2016 and her thesis title is 'Under-representation of female executive directors on company boards'.

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Lely Budhiyanto

Oxford Brookes Business School

Lely Budhiyanto is originally from Indonesia. They were awarded their degree in 2019 and the title of their thesis was ‘Family Firm Sustainability: An Ethnographic Study of Change and Adaptation in the Traditional Batik Industry in Lasem, Indonesia’.

Robert Kemp

Oxford Brookes Business School

Robert Kemp joined Oxford Brookes in 2018 and the title of his thesis is ‘What is emotional labour in coaching?’.

Shwetha Kumar Shrayamsa

Oxford Brookes Business School

Shwetha is originally from India. She joined Oxford Brookes University as a research student in April 2016 and the title of her thesis is ‘The potential of product placement in mobile games as an advertising strategy: A study evaluating the effectiveness through recall and recognition for Indian female consumers’.

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Somhatai Timsard

Oxford Brookes Business School

Somhatai Timsard is originally from Bangkok, Thailand. She joined Oxford Brookes Business School in March 2015 and her thesis title is 'Consumers and role of social media in consumption of cosmetic products in Thailand’.

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Usman Alkali

Oxford Brookes Business School

Usman Alkali is from Nigeria and joined Oxford Brookes in September 2015. His thesis title is ‘Paradigm shift from resource-based economy to knowledge-based economy: the roles of University-Industry-Government Interaction in Nigeria’.

Cristovao Silva Dos Santos

Oxford School of Hospitality Management

Cristovao Bomfim Silva Dos Santos joined Oxford Brookes as a research student in October 2015. His thesis title is ‘The mechanisms of building and sustaining trust in indigenous tourism: a case study of the Pataxó Jaqueira community in Porto Seguro, Brazil’.

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Masrura Ram Idjal

Oxford School of Hospitality Management

Masrura Ram Idjal is originally from Indonesia. She joined Oxford Brookes as a research student in 2017 and the title of her thesis is ‘The influence of decentralisation of policy on the nexus of power in tourism in rural communities; a case study of the new Village Law (2014) in Indonesia’.

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Sarah Evans-Howe

Oxford School of Hospitality Management

Sarah Evans-Howe is from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. She joined Oxford Brookes in September 2013 and her thesis title is ‘Complaining via social media: perceptions of temporality in customer complaint behaviour following exceptional experiences in luxury London hotels’.

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