Professor Christoph Bluth supervises students in the area of South Korean politics, South Korean foreign and security policy, North Korea, North East Asian security. He currently supervises Park Min-hyoung on the ‘US-ROK Alliance’, Ryu Sun-hye on ‘The Six Party Talks and North East Asian Security Co-operation’ and Tim Page on ‘Russia and North Korea’ and Yukari Fujiwara on ‘Japanese Security Policy and North Korea’

Dr Judith Cherry MBE supervises students carrying out research in the areas of Korean foreign direct investment, Korea-EU relations.

Dr Cherry recently supervised  Shin Seung-hoon at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, who submitted his PhD thesis on ‘Korea's Bargaining Power and Inward Foreign Direct Investment Policy’ in August 2007.

Dr Christopher M. Dent’s areas of research supervision are: Korea’s foreign economic policy; Korea’s free trade agreements; Korea’s situation in East Asia’s regional economic affairs and regionalism; Korea – European Union relations. Dr Dent teaches a Masters degree course on ‘Korea: Politics, Economy and International Relations’.

Professor James Grayson’s areas of research supervision are: Korean and East Asian religions (including Christianity); anthropological studies of contemporary Korean society; folklore; modern and contemporary history.

Professor Grayson supervised Kim Sungsoo’s thesis on the Korean Quaker leader, Ham Sokhon and, from September 2007, he will be supervising Kevin Cawley at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. Kevin’s thesis topic is ‘The Deconstruction of Chosŏn: An Investigation into the Philosophical Inter-textuality of Korean Philosophers and Their Influence on Social ‘Realities’ during the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392-1910)’.