PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Archaeology in Australia

This Research Fellow role sits within the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining in the Sustainable Minerals Institute at The University of Queensland, and contributes to the ARC Training Centre for Archaeology in the Resources Sector. The appointment is designed to support applied research on the social challenges and opportunities created by resource extraction, with a strong emphasis on Indigenous cultural heritage, social performance, and community engagement. The successful researcher w...

Adelaide University is seeking a Critical Minerals Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate rare earth element (REE) behaviour and concentration in regolith environments. The research addresses the scientific understanding of critical mineral systems and contributes to Australia’s critical minerals future. The successful postdoctoral researcher will join a national team within the ARC CCRF , a collaborative initiative focused on research and training related to critical minerals. The role provides an ...

Adelaide University is seeking a Critical Minerals Postdoctoral Fellow to join Earth Sciences at the City East Campus in Adelaide, Australia. The 30-month research program is focused on understanding how Rare Earth Elements (REE) are mobilised and concentrated in weathering environments. The project will investigate a range of critical-mineral systems, including ion-adsorption clay-hosted mineralisation, heavy mineral sands, tropical weathering profiles, carbonatite and phosphorite regolith hori...

This postdoctoral fellowship sits in the ANU Law School and supports an ARC Discovery Project on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and its evolving role as the “World Court.” The project examines how the ICJ has become a global institution through an innovative blend of empirical, archival, qualitative and sociolegal research. The successful fellow will contribute to several strands of the project, including archival research, qualitative interviews, and the development of a novel dataset...

The Australian National University is seeking a Research Fellow for the School of Demography to support an ARC project on Delivering Anindilyakwa data governance . Working under the direction of the project CIs, the successful candidate will contribute practical and reliable research to strengthen the capacity of the Data Unit, including research support, analysis, write-up of project results, and presentation of findings at domestic and international conferences. The role sits within the ANU Sc...

Monash University is offering a PhD opportunity through the Monash Energy Institute and its sponsoring faculties in Information Technology, Monash Business School, and Engineering. The project is based at the Caulfield or Clayton campuses and is designed for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates whose research will advance First Nations peoples’ interests in the Australian energy transition. The advert invites proposals that engage with the energy transition in ways that are meanin...

This PhD stipend scholarship at Monash University invites a student to develop an original research project in human-animal interactions . The opportunity is based in the School of Primary and Allied Health Care at Monash’s Peninsula campus , and is shaped around the supervisory expertise of Dr Em Bould and a broader multidisciplinary team. The project direction is intentionally open, allowing the successful candidate to propose their own research program while building on existing work in anima...

The Australian National University’s Research School of Earth Sciences is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to research the Serra Negra Rare Earth Element (REE) Prospect in Brazil. Working within a leading geochemistry research team, the fellow will investigate mineralisation processes through field studies, advanced geochemical and isotopic analysis, and interpretation of geological data. The project focuses on critical mineral deposits and offers scope for research in rare earth element geology, p...

The Australian National University is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Canberra, Australia, to join the ANU Law School and contribute to the ARC Discovery Project “Becoming a ‘World Court’? Globalisation and Judicialisation at the International Court of Justice” (2026–2029). The successful researcher will undertake interdisciplinary work examining the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and its evolving role as the “World Court.” Research activities will include archival research, qualitative i...