The PhD programme attracts some of the brightest and most ambitious young scholars in its field from around the world, with about 40 PhD researchers from over 20 countries at any one time. Below is a sample of current PhD students and their research areas.
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Richard Abobare, Nigeria
Area of Doctoral Research: WTO and OPEC: Examining OPEC volume production quota restrictions under Article XI of GATT and its implications for OPEC's member states under WTO
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Mohammed Adam, Ghana
Area of Doctoral Research: Speculative Pricing of Crude oil on International Financial Markets: implications for deregulated pricing of refined oil products in Ghana
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Omotola Adu, Nigeria
Area of Doctoral Research: An Examination of Challenges in Cross-Border Oil and Gas Pipelines: Lenders Perspective for Financing
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Andon Blake, Trinidad & Tobago
Area of Doctoral Research: Petroleum taxation
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Evelyn Dietsche, Germany
Area of Doctoral Research: State capacity building in resource-rich countries.
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Panayiotis Ghikas, Greece
Area of Doctoral Research: Energy dimension of Greek foreign policy. Examining whether Greek foreign energy policy conflicts with EU energy security objectives.
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Christopher Len, Singapore
Area of Doctoral Research: The impact of China's norms on its foreign energy security strategy in East Asia.
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Garba Malumfashi, Nigeria
Area of Doctoral Research: The interface between the international legal regime for climate change, and trade law
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Cesar Mata-Garcia, Venezuela
Area of Doctoral Research: The role of governments over the energy and natural resources
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Samindra Mitra, India
Area of Doctoral Research: The economic impact of depletion of Earth's metallic mineral resources with a view to quantitatively demonstrate how technological advancements offset the impact of resource depletion and degradation, across metals
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Tetsuo Morikawa, Japan
Area of Doctoral Research: Whether overseas resource equity investment is effective to achieve energy security for Japan.
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Julius Nayak, India
Area of Doctoral Research: Corporate responsibility and accountability concerning human rights and the environment (corporate responsibility and accountability), with emphasis on the energy, petroleum and mineral industries
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Abubakar Nuhu-Koko, Nigeria
Area of Doctoral Research: An Investigation into the Political Economy of Domestic Petroleum Products Pricing & Subsidy Reform in Nigeria: 1999 - 2007
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Chijioke Nwaozuzu, Nigeria
Area of Doctoral Research: How can the Regulation of Petrol Retailing Activities Contribute to a Sustainable Rural Development Policy? - Lessons from the UK & Australian Jurisdictions
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Vitaliy Pogoretskyy, Ukraine
Area of Doctoral Research: To analyse the issue of overlap between trade in goods and trade in services in the context of network-bound trade in natural gas
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Saleh Saleh, Sudan
Area of Doctoral Research: To What Extent may Transboundary Petroleum Law Contribute to the Development of International Groundwater Law?
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Grigorij Serscikov, Germany
Area of Doctoral Research: Oilfield service, equipment, and engineering market in Russia and perspectives for the new entrants
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Janeth Warden-Fernandez, Colombia
Area of Doctoral Research: Community, indigenous peoples and mining development
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Geoffrey Wood, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Area of Doctoral Research: Multi-disciplinary research analysing the impact of climate change/environmental legislation on the promotion of renewable energy
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