Contacts
In the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, there are multiple teams of people available to support you.
PGR structure
The first point of contact for many PGR enquiries will be your School PGR Administrators. Find more detailed School and Departmental PGR contact information in the table at the bottom of this page.
HSS Faculty PGR team
The Faculty PGR Team provides support for funding and training development opportunities for PGRs across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Contact us at hsspgr@liverpool.ac.uk or find out who can help you below.
Dr Chris Egan
Faculty PGR Enhancement Officer
Chris works closely with the Faculty’s director and deputy director of PGR, as well as other PGR leadership staff across the Faculty supporting PGR student recruitment, wellbeing, employability and data.
- Secretary to the Faculty PGR Committee
Christopher.Egan@liverpool.ac.uk
Ms Nicola Rankin
Faculty PGR Enhancement Coordinator
Nicola works closely with Chris, and the Faculty’s director and deputy director of PGR. She works with PGR leadership staff to support PGR student wellbeing and employability.
- Minutes Secretary to the Faculty PGR Committee
Mr Nathan Elsdon
PGR Administrator (Digital Communications)
Nathan is responsible for the communication of funding opportunities and events to PGR students in the Faculty. He creates the fortnightly PGR bulletin, manages the HSS PGR Bluesky account (@uolhsspgr.bsky.social) and Instagram account (@uol.hss.pgr), and maintains the Faculty PGR Training Catalogue and the Faculty PGR LinkedIn page.
Ms Hayley Meloy
Faculty Doctoral Training Officer and NWSSDTP Manager
Hayley is responsible for managing the ESRC North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) across its five constituent Universities (UCLan, Keele, Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester) and also oversees the Faculty’s involvement in the AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP).
In addition to her work with the DTPs, Hayley provides strategic support to the engage@liverpool methodological initiative and coordinates doctoral training provision more broadly for PGRs in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP Academic Management Committee and Strategy Board
- Member of the AHRC NWCDTP Academic Management Committee
- Secretary to the engage@liverpool Management Team Committee
- Member of the Methods North West Executive Committee
- Secretary to the Faculty Doctoral Training Steering Group
Dr Julie McColl
DTP Coordinator (Impact and Collaboration)
Julie is responsible for supporting existing - and cultivating new - collaborative opportunities for ESRC NWSSDTP students across the four DTP institutions, working with staff, PGRs and non-HEI partners. Julie also oversees support for DTP students in terms of impact training and careers support. Julie is responsible for ensuring NWSSDTP policies and processes are up-to-date, coordinating the administration of both the annual ESRC NWSSDTP and AHRC NWCDTP studentship competitions, and is also responsible for communicating events and opportunities to ESRC-funded students across the North West via the
- Minute Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP Academic Management Committee
- Minute Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP Strategy Board
- Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP TEKE Panel
Mrs Sarah Elsdon
DTP Administrator
Sarah is responsible for the administration of DTP student expense claims, additional funding competitions (i.e. Overseas Fieldwork, Internships and Overseas Institutional Visits) and NWSSDTP events. Sarah also provides administrative support for the annual ESRC NWSSDTP and AHRC NWCDTP studentship competitions, and helps maintain the NWSSDTP Twitter account (@NWSSDTP).
- Minute Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP TEKE Panel
Other PGR Contacts
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Faculty Research and Impact Support Team |
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Ms Maeva Zimmermann |
Research Development Officer |
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Dr Chris Williams |
REF & Impact Manager |
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Ms Cat Tully |
Impact Evidence Coordinator |
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Mr Nick Jones |
Digital Content Coordinator |
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Mr Max Barlow |
Research and Impact Administrative Assistant |
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Dr Jacky Waldock |
Impact Fellow |
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Dr Peta Bulmer |
Impact Fellow |
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Dr Ross McGarry |
Faculty Director of PR |
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Dr Firat Cengiz |
Deputy FDPR |
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Dr Matthew Bradley |
Deputy FDPR |
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School of the Arts |
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Dr Fei Chen |
School Director of PR |
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Dr Hannah Greenstreet |
Deputy SDPR |
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Dr Robin McKenna |
Joint Departmental Director of PR in Philosophy |
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Dr Rachael Wiseman |
Joint Departmental Director of PR in Philosophy |
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Dr Freya Jarman |
Departmental Director of PR in Music |
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Dr Alyssa Grossman |
Departmental Director of PR in Communication & Media |
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Dr Hannah Greenstreet |
Departmental Director of PR in English |
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Prof Carl Hopkins |
Departmental Director of PR in Architecture |
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SotA PGR Admin |
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Management School |
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Dr Michalis Stamatogiannis |
School Director of PR |
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Dr Carola Wolf |
Director of Studies in Management |
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Dr Yang Zhao |
Director of Studies in Accounting & Finance |
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Dr Balazs Murakozy |
Director of Studies in Economics |
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ULMS PGR Admin |
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School of Law and Social Justice |
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Dr Daniela Tepe-Belfrage |
School Co-Director of PR |
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Dr Andrew Kirton |
School Co-Director of PR |
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Dr Laura Naegler |
Departmental Director of PR in Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology |
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Dr Amanda Cahill-Ripley |
Departmental Director of PR in Law |
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SLSJ PGR Admin |
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School of Histories, Languages and Cultures |
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Dr Niall Carson |
School Director of PR |
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Dr Junqing Wu |
Departmental Director of PR in History |
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Prof Matt Grove |
Departmental Director of PR in Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology |
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Dr Raul Gomez |
Departmental Director of PR in Politics |
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Dr Niall Carson |
Departmental Director of PR in Irish Studies |
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Prof Diana Cullell Teixidor |
Departmental Director of PR in Languages and Cultures and Film |
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HLC PGR Admin |
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