College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
- Doctor of Philosophy
Corporate Governance and Executive Renumeration in Banking
Author: Cardias Williams, M. D. F., Jan 2016Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor) & ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Corporate Malaysia: Essays on corporate governance, voting power, joint venture companies and ethnic Bumiputra Corporate Achievement
Author: Bajuri, N., Jan 2010Supervisor: Chakravarty, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Corporate Tax Avoidance: Media Coverage and Corporate Tax Reporting in the UK
Author: Ashour, S., 12 Nov 2021Supervisor: Merkl-Davies, D. (Supervisor) & Rogers, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Courting Justice In and Out of Court : A Socio-Legal Examination of Prosecutorial Commitment and Conflict in the United States
Author: Owen, L., Jan 2004Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Creaking, Slipping and the Goldilocks zone: Cultivating relevance in established and scaled worker cooperatives
Author: Powell, O., 25 Mar 2021Supervisor: Bartels, K. (Supervisor), Doloriert, C. (Supervisor) & Dobbins, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Creating an effective learning environment in higher education
Author: Lawson, R., Jan 2009Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Credit rating divergence and the role of opacity in emerging market banks
Author: Martin Merizalde, A., 20 Apr 2020Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor) & Alsakka, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Critical analysis of taxation related research papers
Author: Holland, K., 8 Apr 2019Supervisor: Merkl-Davies, D. (Supervisor) & ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Cross-cultural misunderstanding in the language of international diplomacy.
Author: Al Mulla, M. A. A., Jan 1988Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Cross-sector collaboration for Wales’ national well-being: Transformative action in communities of practice
Author: Woodcock, E., 31 Aug 2022Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor) & Bartels, K. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Cyfaill pwy o'r hen wlad?: y wasg gyfnodol Gymraeg a hunaniaeth Cymry America 1838-66
Author: Williams, R., Jan 2012Supervisor: Hunter, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Cymdeithaseg cyfieithu : dylanwad cyfieithu ar y pryd ar y defnydd o'r Gymraeg yng Ngwynedd
Author: Kaufmann, J., Aug 2009Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Cynnydd ac Amheuaeth: Gweledigaeth Ddrylliedig John Thomas o Gymru Oes Fictoria
Author: Richards, R., 12 Jul 2021Supervisor: Price, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Cynyddu amlygiad plant i'r Gymraeg: Dylanwad rhaglenni cyw ar ddatblygiad geirfa plant a'u hadnabyddiaeth o reolau cystrawennol
Author: Williams, N., Jan 2016Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Czerny's interpretation of Beethoven's piano sonatas
Author: Lee, S., Jan 2003Supervisor: Wood, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Dadansoddiad o nodau graddedig ar gyfer oedolion sy'n dysgu'r Gymraeg fel ail iaith
Author: Davies, J. P., 1986Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Datblygiad addysg crefft yn ysgolion Cymru hyd at 1966
Author: Pritchard, J. G., 1988Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Debriefing in EU Public Procurement Law: A Critical Enquiry
Author: Yang, C., 1 Aug 2023Supervisor: Shi, W. (Supervisor) & Eyo, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Delweddu Catrin o Ferain Mewn Llun a Gair
Author: Williams-Ellis, H., 3 Feb 2020Supervisor: Davies, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Developing a scheme that governs the transfer of rights through the bill of lading under Chinese law: a comparison with the Anglo-American experience and the international approach.
Author: Jiang, T., Jan 2017Supervisor: Jing, Z. (Supervisor) & Eyo, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Dialogando coas marxes na narrativa galega de autoría feminina: Margarita Ledo Andión, Patricia A. Janeiro, Cris Pavón e Teresa Moure
Author: Lopez-Lopez, L., 8 May 2019Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor) & Miranda-Barreiro, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Die Übersetzung poetischer Sprache in Prosatexten vom Englischen ins Deutsche: Eine praxisorientierte Untersuchung am Beispiel von Kenneth Whites House of Tides
Author: Lotz, A., 29 Apr 2020Supervisor: Tully, C. (Supervisor) & Pogoda, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Dilemmas of audience and alienation in the fiction of Olive Schreiner
Author: Dennis, J. A., May 1997Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Disciplining Public Employees in Kuwait: A search for increased fairness, coherence, and protection in the light of prevailing and expanding employee duties, particularly the duty to Whistleblow.
Author: Al-Haidar, F., 2020Supervisor: Griffiths, A. (Supervisor) & Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Discourse connectives in Syrian Arabic.
Author: Dallie, M., Jan 1992Supervisor: Borsley, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Discovering the big other : modernisation, otherness, and the nation in early twentieth-century Spanish New York narratives
Author: Miranda-Barreiro, D., Jan 2012Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Dissociation, unconscious and social theory : towards an embodied relational sociology
Author: Rafieian Koupaei, S., Jan 2015Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor) & Stoetzler, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Dyffryn Ogwen: a musical microcosm: Aspects of choral music in Dyffryn Ogwen 1840 – 1914 and the interaction between industry, religion and music-making.
Author: Jones, C., 6 Jun 2022Supervisor: Thomas, W. (Supervisor) & Ifan, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Dylan Thomas in China: Sociology, Paratext and Text
Author: Yu, J., 15 Apr 2019Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
ESDGC in primary schools : exploring practice, development and influences
Author: Bennell, S., Jan 2012Supervisor: Ware, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Early Daoism, Ecocriticism and the Anthropocene: The Case of Edward Thomas
Author: Xu, J., Jan 2018Supervisor: Webb, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Earnings Management in European Private Firms versus Public Firms
Author: Yang, J., 2018Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Earnings properties and accounting valuation in the euro zone
Author: Grambovas, C., Jan 2003Supervisor: Giner, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Mcleay, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Economies of scale, economies of scope and the cost implications of hypothetical bank mergers in European banking.
Author: Altunbas, Y., Jan 1994Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Editing the Morte Darthur, Making Malory: Canonisation, Authorial Identity, and Editorial Influence
Author: Walchester- Bailes, A., 1 Apr 2024Supervisor: Radulescu, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Educators' epistemological beliefs and their approaches to teaching
Author: Hathaway, T., Jul 2008Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Ehangu'r defnydd o'r Gymraeg mewn addysg ol-orfodol
Author: Reynolds, E. C., 2007Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Ei phwer ni phaid: gwragedd ym myd baledi'r 19eg ganrif
Author: Jones, G., Jan 2010Supervisor: Price, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Elementary education in Caernarvonshire 1839-1902
Author: Williams, H. G., Jan 1981Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Emerging banking systems- Mergers and acquisitions, foreign bank entry and productivity change
Author: Zhou, M., Jan 2009Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Empirical Essays on China's Financial Markets
Author: Huang, S., Jan 2017Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor) & Xie, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Empirical essays on short selling
Author: Mohamad, A., Jan 2012Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Enablers and constraints of an effective and sustainable mother tongue-based multilingual education policy in the Philippines
Author: Young, C. M. B., Mar 2011Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Enamelwork from early Anglo-Saxon contexts
Author: Dane, C., Jan 2012Supervisor: Edwards, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Enemy and Ally, Bulwark and Mis-shapen Monster: Perceptions and reflections on the Empire of Germany in the English press, 1618-1713
Author: Ruhl, A., 28 May 2019Supervisor: Claydon, A. (Supervisor) & Corns, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Energised Welsh communities: Examining the development and social impacts of community renewable energy in Wales
Author: Williams, S., 4 Jul 2022Supervisor: Patterson, C. (Supervisor) & Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Energy and Vector in Composition: A Portfolio of Compositions
Author: Hu, Y., 30 Aug 2022Supervisor: Lewis, A. (Supervisor) & Puw, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
English lexical collocation knowledge of Libyan university students
Author: Ahmed, Z., Jan 2012Supervisor: Evans, V. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
English translations of Daniel Owen 1888-2010 : nation, canon and Welsh-English cultural relations
Author: Pearce, A., Jan 2015Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Enhancing police legitimacy through the use of Twitter -- A Mixed-method Study of Police Communication via Twitter in England and Wales
Author: Qiu, Y., 27 Sept 2021Supervisor: Feilzer, M. (Supervisor) & Loftus, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Enhancing the Antitrust Damages Action in China: Some Lessons from the EU
Author: Gan, X., 2018Supervisor: Cahill, D. (Supervisor) & Jing, Z. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Entrepreneurial marketing in small welsh technology firms: an empirical study
Author: Jones, R., Jan 2009Supervisor: Rowley, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Enwau pentrefi, prif anheddau a chaeau pum plwyf yn arfon: Llanbeblig, Llandwrog, Llanfaflan, Llanrug a Llanwnda
Author: Carr, G., Jan 2007Supervisor: Owen, H. W. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays in Islamic Finance
Author: Osman Salleh, M., 13 Sept 2013Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Essays in Public Sector Management and Governance
Author: Jones, B., 28 Aug 2019Supervisor: Nikolopoulos, K. (Supervisor) & Karami, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays in forecasting financial markets with predictive analytics techniques
Author: Alroomi, A. J. M. A. H., 2018Supervisor: Nikolopoulos, K. (Supervisor) & Xie, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays on Tax Avoidance
Author: Pipatnarapong, J., 21 Sept 2020Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Beelitz, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays on ambidextrous leadership in small and medium sized firms
Author: Oluwafemi, T., 28 Nov 2018Supervisor: Nikolopoulos, K. (Supervisor) & Mitchelmore, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays on consumer credit in the United Kingdom: Consumer protection, consumption and well-being, and financial resilience
Author: Castellanos Gamboa, S., 24 Nov 2020Supervisor: Batiz-Lazo, B. (Supervisor) & Carbo-Valverde, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays on corporate governance of financial intermediaries
Author: Uymaz, Y., Jan 2017Supervisor: Thornton, J. (Supervisor) & Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Essays on corporate social responsibility
Author: Alsaadi, A., Jan 2015Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Ebrahim, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays on financial inclusion and mobile banking
Author: Rouse, M., 3 Aug 2020Supervisor: Batiz-Lazo, B. (Supervisor) & Carbo-Valverde, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays on financial structure and regional economic development
Author: Esen, S., 2018Supervisor: Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays on tax haven use, ownership structure, and earnings management: An analysis of UK public and private firms
Author: Abdelrahman, M. A. A., 12 Sept 2023Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Hemmings, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Essays on the determinants and effectiveness of SEC reviews of IPO registration statements
Author: Tran, V., 4 Nov 2021Supervisor: Hemmings, D. (Supervisor), Jaafar, A. (Supervisor), Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Hemmings, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Establishment and growth of protestantism in Colombia
Author: Thompson, L. J., 2005Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor) & Rees, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Evaluating Trilingual Language Teacher Training Programmes for Minority Dominated Regions in Xinjiang: Current practice and Challenges
Author: Zhang, P., Jan 2016Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor) & Feng, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Evaluating the use of evidence-informed learning strategies for improving secondary school students learning in science
Author: Sultana, F., 7 Dec 2023Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & Watkins, R. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Examination of identity theft and identity fraud and the role of the national identity card scheme
Author: Holmes, T., Jan 2009Supervisor: Day, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Exhibiting the everyday: anythe musealization of 1950s material culture in France and Germany
Author: Bostock, S., 5 Mar 2015Supervisor: Saunders, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Exploring the Cost, Long-Term Outcomes and Sibling Benefits of the Incredible Years (IY) Autism Spectrum and Language Delays Programme
Author: Jones, A., 19 Sept 2023Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Williams, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Exploring the Understanding of Epistemic Beliefs and Approaches to Teaching of In-Service University Teachers in Colombia, South America.
Author: Pacheco Daza, I., Jan 2015Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Exploring the Unexplored: An Assessment of the Implications of Low and Negative Interest Rates for the Banking Sector
Author: Reghezza, A., 23 Feb 2020Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Exploring the educational ideas and practice of UK transnational education in China from the perspective of citizenship
Author: Xu, X., 19 Apr 2014Supervisor: Feng, A. (Supervisor) & Sullivan, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Exploring ways to increase the use of evidence-based methods in a cluster of schools in Wales
Author: Pegram, J., 8 May 2023Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & Watkins, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
FORECASTING FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES AND VOLATILITY WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
Author: Wang, G., 11 Mar 2021Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor) & Vasilakis, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Facilitating integrative agreements through fostering trust in negotiations between labour and management
Author: Bougioukos, V., 22 Aug 2013Supervisor: Nikolopoulos, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Factors Influencing Welsh Medium School Pupils’ Social Use of Welsh
Author: Owen, J. A., 2018Supervisor: Ware, J. (Supervisor) & Hodges, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Fantastical journeys : an investigation of magical realist travel fiction, including Eithe's Way, a magical realist novel and Fantastical journeys: a fusion form, a critical thesis
Author: Waller, R., Jan 2013Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Fearest Enden: Including: Fearest Enden, a fantasy novel: Saviors, Scapegoats & Sacred Trees: A Critical Discussion
Author: Haslam, S., 26 Nov 2018Supervisor: Gregson, I. (Supervisor), Wilcox, H. (Supervisor) & Rumens, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Female Suicide and Attempted Suicide in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A Study of Social Factors
Author: Rasool, I., 23 Sept 2013Supervisor: Davies, H. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Film and history : 'Planet of the Apes' as history
Author: Chambers, A., 8 Apr 2013Supervisor: Abrams, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Financial deregulation and bank performance in south east Asia, 1985-2004
Author: Nguyen, T., Jan 2007Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Financial integration and dynamic linkage in the ASEAN-5
Author: Hua, T., Jan 2007Supervisor: Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor) & Williams, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Financial strength ratings: Evolution, split ratings, and market impact within the insurance sector
Author: Perez Robles, S. P., 18 Jan 2022Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor) & Williams, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
First language attrition and second language acquisition: exploring the role of phonetic aptitude and language use in highly proficient late Arabic-English and English-Arabic bilinguals
Author: Alharbi, A., 27 Jan 2020Supervisor: Foltz, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Fiscal decentralization and the poor.
Author: Hussain, C., Jan 2017Supervisor: Thornton, J. (Supervisor) & ap Gwilym, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Flagging in English-Italian code-switching
Author: Rosignoli, A., Jan 2011Supervisor: Deuchar, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Folklore as a Means to Sustain African-American Identity: A Study of Selected Novels by Toni Morrison and Alice Walker
Author: Al-Halbosy, A., 20 Apr 2020Supervisor: Niebrzydowski, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Food, Clothes and Shelter? Welfare provision for young people at risk of offending in North Wales
Author: Neal, J., Jan 2008Supervisor: Williams, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Footnotes in academic written discourse : a formal and functional analysis.
Author: Sakran, T. M. E., Jan 1990Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Foretasting the kingdom: toward a pentecostal theology of the Lord's supper
Author: Green, C. E. W., 2012Supervisor: Thomas, J. C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Fragments in the Dark: Idealist Epistemology and the Baudelairean Experience of Modernity
Author: Greitschus, S., 6 Jun 2016Supervisor: Tully, C. (Supervisor) & Catani, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
From "Unity" to "Dialogue" in the theology of the New Testament : a methodological and hermeneutical proposal
Author: Clay, M., 6 Nov 2012Supervisor: Warrington, K. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
From Dragoun to Dragon: The Role of the Dragon in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature
Author: Fox, S., 6 Dec 2022Supervisor: Niebrzydowski, S. (Supervisor) & Wilcox, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Full circle : employee engagement in the Welsh public service
Author: Jones, N., Jan 2012Supervisor: Sambrook, S. (Supervisor) & Doloriert, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Funds transfer pricing and performance evaluation
Author: Quan, L., Jan 2009Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Færwhile & the Multimodal Creative Practice: Composing Fiction from Analogue to Digital
Author: Skains, R., 2013Supervisor: Ensslin, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Færwhile & the Multimodal Creative Practice: Composing Fiction from Analogue to Digital
Author: Skains, L., 21 Jan 2014Supervisor: Ensslin, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy