Doctoral students are very important to CEDiR. They regularly attend CEDiR events and often play a key role in organising events, conferences, and leading reading group meetings.

CEDiR's doctoral students include:

• Hannah Ackom-Mensah
• Arwa Al Qassim
• Rachel Arnold
• Luwei Bai
• Warren Bannister
• Patricia Brooks (PT PhD)
• Abie Chan
• Vivian Codd
• Alexandre da Trindade
• Mher Davtyan
• Cristina de Oliveira Santos
• Vincent English (PT EdD)
• Nowsha Farha
• Sarah Fitri
• We'am Hamdan
• Dongkeun Han
• Anna Harrison (PT PhD)
• Emma Hayward (PT PhD)
• Cynthia James
• Nicola Jones
• Nermin Karademir
• Maw Maw Khaing
• Stacy Marshall
• Carolyn Mazzei
• Usama Javed Mirza
• Hannah Owen (PT PhD)
• Bhav Radia (PT PhD)
• Ramona (Adriana) Saraoru
• Sadia Shafquat
• Sona Sherratt
• Suchismita Srinivas
• Ben Strawbridge
• Paula Teixeira-De-Castro
• Ruby Woodward
• Chao Xu
• Heung Yue (Iris) Yim
• Bo Yu
• Lulu Zhao
• Yi Zhao
• Nunu Zheng

Around 20 others are CEDiR members.