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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. Click here for Faculty and School PGR Contacts (updated September 2024)

Find more detailed School and Departmental PGR contact information here.


 

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

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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 

0044 (0) 151 794 1324 


Ms Nicola Rankin

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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 

Nicola.Rankin@liverpool.ac.uk 


Mr Nathan Elsdon

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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 Twitter account (@LivUniHSS_PGR) and Instagram account (@uol.hss.pgr), and maintains the Faculty PGR Training Catalogue and the Faculty PGR LinkedIn page. 

nathan.elsdon@liverpool.ac.uk 

 0044 (0) 151 794 1324  


Ms Hayley Meloy

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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 

hmeloy@liverpool.ac.uk 

0044 (0)151 794 1482  


Dr Julie McColl 

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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 NWSSDTP Newsletter. 

  • Minute Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP Academic Management Committee 
  • Minute Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP Strategy Board 
  • Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP TEKE Panel  

j.a.mccoll@liverpool.ac.uk 

0044 (0)151 794 3013  


Mrs Sarah Elsdon

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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  

selsdon@liverpool.ac.uk 

0044 (0) 151 794 1324 


 

Other PGR Contacts  

 

Faculty Research and Impact Support Team 

Mrs Nicky Schofield 

Head of Research Development & Delivery 

nscho@liverpool.ac.uk  

Ms Maeva Zimmermann 

Research Development Officer 

zimmermann@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Chris Williams 

REF & Impact Manager

cmw@liverpool.ac.uk  

Ms Cat Tully  

Impact Evidence Coordinator 

tully@liverpool.ac.uk

Mr Nick Jones 

Digital Content Coordinator 

d.jones@liverpool.ac.uk

Ms Emma Arnold 

Research & Impact Coordinator 

arnold@liverpool.ac.uk

Mr Max Barlow

Research and Impact Administrative Assistant

max.barlow@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Jacky Waldock 

Impact Fellow 

jwaldock@liverpool.ac.uk  

Dr Peta Bulmer 

Impact Fellow 

bulmer@liverpool.ac.uk

Faculty Postgraduate Research Contacts 

Dr Ross McGarry 

Faculty Director of PR 

S.R.Mcgarry@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Firat Cengiz 

Deputy FDPR 

Cengiz@liverpool.ac.uk

School of the Arts 

Dr Fei Chen

School Director of PR 

feichen@liverpool.ac.uk

SotA PGR Admin 

 

pgarts@liv.ac.uk  

Prof Simon Hailwood 

Joint Departmental Director of PR in Philosophy 

Hailwood@liverpool.ac.uk  

Dr Rachael Wiseman

Joint Departmental Director of PR in Philosophy

Rachael.Wiseman@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Freya Jarman 

Departmental Director of PR in Music 

Jarman@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Alyssa Grossman 

Departmental Director of PR in Communication & Media 

Grossman@liverpool.ac.uk

Prof Siobhan Chapman

Departmental Director of PR in English  

src@liverpool.ac.uk

Prof Carl Hopkins 

Departmental Director of PR in Architecture 

Hopkins@liverpool.ac.uk

Management School

Prof Nick Papageorgiadis 

School Director of PR 

Papageorgiadis@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Carola Wolf

Director of Studies in Management

c.wolf@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Yang Zhao

Director of Studies in Accounting & Finance

yang.zhao3@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Balazs Murakozy

Director of Studies in Economics

balazs.murakozy@liverpool.ac.uk

ULMS PGR Admin 

 

msrenq@liv.ac.uk  

School of Law and Social Justice 

Dr Daniela Tepe-Belfrage 

School Co-Director of PR 

dtepe@liverpool.ac.uk 

Dr Andrew Kirton 

School Co-Director of PR 

kirt83@liverpool.ac.uk 

SLSJ PGR Admin  

 

slsjpgr@liv.ac.uk  

Dr Joseph Greener

Departmental Director of PR in Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology 

jgreener@liverpool.ac.uk

TBC 

Departmental Director of PR in Law 

 TBC

Dr Amanda Cahill-Ripley 

Departmental Director of PR in Law 

A.Cahill-Ripley@liverpool.ac.uk

School of Histories, Languages and Cultures 

Dr Niall Carson

School Director of PR 

Carson@liverpool.ac.uk

HLC PGR Admin 

 

HLC-PGR@liv.ac.uk  

Dr Junqing Wu 

Departmental Director of PR in History 

junqing.wu@liverpool.ac.uk  

Prof Matt Grove

Departmental Director of PR in Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology 

mjgrove@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Birte Gibbert

Departmental Director of PR in Politics 

b.gippert@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Niall Carson

Departmental Director of PR in Irish Studies 

niall.carson@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Ian Magedera

Departmental Director of PR in Languages and Cultures and Film 

magedera@liverpool.ac.uk

 

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