PhD Supervision
Rob has successfully supervised eleven PhD candidates to completion and has examined a similar number at various institutions, including: Aalto University; Anglia Ruskin University; Bournemouth University; Birmingham City University; University of Leeds; University of Limerick; University of Reading (twice); Manchester Metropolitan University; The University of Nottingham (twice); Plymouth University.
Current Supervisions
Guo Chen (since 2025)
Mapping memory and future: collaborative Story Map for everyday heritage and community wellbeing, Supervisors: Dr Robert Harland and Prof Mike Wilson
Pegah Aftabi (since 2024)
Reframing Digital Urban Observatories for Community-led Preservation of Urban Heritage: Developing a Visualisation Strategy for Sociocultural Dynamics in Urban Neighbourhoods
Supervisors: Dr Robert Harland and Dr Taimaz Larimian
Haneen Jamal (since 2021)
The Role of Co-design in Promoting Social Design Principles within Graphic Design Education
Supervisors: Dr Robert Harland and Dr Alis Iacob
Semih Celikci (since 2019)
The Poster Archive: A tool for social change
Supervisors: Dr Robert Harland and Karl Hurn
Past Supervisions
Hang Pan (2024)
Graphic Landscaping constructs the Multicultural and Multilingual Experience of Place, co-supervised Supervisors: Dr Robert Harland and Dr Ken Ri Kim
Zelal Basodan (2024)
Recuperating the Nasrid Palace and the Alhambra Vases in Emerging Islamic Studio Ceramics
Supervisors: Dr Roberta Bernabei and Dr Robert Harland
Yeuyang Sun (2023)
Exploring Technological Application for Artistic Practices in Filigree Jewellery Design Development
Supervisors: Dr Roberta Bernabei and Dr Robert Harland
Mel Hani (2021)
Animation Practice as Therapeutic Intervention
Supervisors: Prof Paul Wells and Dr Robert Harland
Jie Xu (2020)
Colour as place identity: A case study of Leicester
Supervisors: Dr Robert Harland and Dr Roberta Bernabei
Salman Asghar (2020)
Cross-cultural assistive technology product semantics: A comparative investigation between the UK and Pakistan into the socio-cultural meanings ascribed to digital images of manual wheelchair design
Supervisors: Dr George Torrens and Dr Robert Harland
Roberta Bernabei (2019)
Jewellery theory and practice: An investigation into emotionally invested and mnemonic jewellery through sensitising materials
Supervisors: Dr Robert Harland and Prof Ian Campbell
Mark Smith (2019)
Artists’ moving image and education: A creative practice approach to education research
Supervisors: Dr Robert Harland and Andy Selby
Steve Henderson (2017)
Can we fix it? Archiving and analysing ‘Bob the Builder’ – a resource paradigm and research method
Supervisors: Prof Paul Wells, Dr Robert Harland, and Prof Adrienne Muir
Lingqi Kong (2016)
A critical analysis of local and global cultural factors in graphic wayfinding design: A case study of Beijing
Supervisors: Dr Malcolm Barnard and Dr Robert Harland
Tariq Alrimawi (2014)
Issues of representation in Arab animation cinema: Practice, history, and theory
Supervisors: Prof Paul Wells and Dr Robert Harland