This award recognises outstanding work in the academic and pastoral supervision of postgraduate research by an individual member of Queen Mary staff across the PGR experience.
Kimberly Hutchings is Professor of Politics and International Relations and a leading scholar in international relations theory. She began supervising PhDs at QMUL in 2015, and since then nine of her supervisees have successfully completed their doctoral theses, with another three ongoing.
All her former students have received postdoctoral funding from organisations such as AHRC, ESRC and Leverhulme: six now have full-time academic posts and two have pursued careers outside the academy.
In addition to her diverse roles in mentoring her own supervisees, Professor Hutchings has put in place several new support programmes for PhD students across the whole School, including intramural writing retreats and seminars and a consultation exercise that led to significant changes in the way 1st year Graduate training and development was delivered.
Professor Hutching’s thoughtful, student-centred approach to the PhD supervisory relationship stood out in a strong field. Her obvious commitment to nurturing and developing future research leaders as well as steering them to completion of a successfully defended thesis made a powerful case. Additionally, she has gone above and beyond to extend that care and intellectual leadership to nurturing PhD students across her entire field.
Mathieu Barthet (EECS, S&E). Dr Mathieu Barthet is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). He is the Programme Coordinator of the MSc in Media and Arts Technology by Research and oversees Industry Partnerships for the Centre for Doctoral Training in AI & Music. Highly Commended by panel for his commitment to engaging industry in PhD training, providing his students with mentoring in applied research and the high number of industry and other marks of esteem his students have won.
Nicholas Tsitsianis (BusMan, HSS). Nicholas’ research focuses on analysing firms, financial and accounting performance, corporate governance and individual labour market trends as well as well-being. He currently supervises 5 PhD students and 8 previous completions. Highly Commended by panel for creating a collegiate approach to the supervisory relationship, and to including PhD students as peers in the research community.
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