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

RMIT Europe is seeking a Research Fellow to support the delivery of its responsibilities in the Horizon Europe-funded FLEXIBUILD project. The role is based in Barcelona within the Inclusive Cities and Communities (ICC) Cluster , part of RMIT Europe’s collaborative international research environment. The project focuses on transforming buildings of different ages, types and digital maturity into smart, flexible and user-centred energy assets. The research combines advanced digital technologies, a...

The University of Melbourne’s School of Learning Sciences is seeking a part-time postdoctoral researcher to contribute to a major Australian Research Council Linkage project on student wellbeing, engagement and learning across schooling. The researcher will lead key activities within a longitudinal, big-data education research program. The work involves planning and delivering longitudinal research, managing and analysing large education datasets, applying advanced quantitative and person-centre...

This postdoctoral appointment sits in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney and contributes to two ARC Discovery Projects: Genes germs and gender: the rise and impact of bioessentialism and Symbiotic Synergies: How the Body Became a Chimera (1950-2000) . The project focuses on developing and deploying bibliometric methods and AI-powered text analysis to identify concepts and conceptual patterns in very large bodies of text. The successful researcher will bui...

The University of Melbourne is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Learning Sciences within the Faculty of Education. The researcher will contribute to a sector-shaping ARC Linkage project examining student wellbeing, engagement and learning across schooling. The project uses longitudinal big data and advanced quantitative, longitudinal and person-centred methods to generate evidence for education practice and policy. The researcher will plan and deliver research activities, ma...

Centre for Deliberative Democracy, University of Canberra This postdoctoral fellowship sits within the University of Canberra’s Centre for Deliberative Democracy in the Faculty of Business, Government and Law. The project examines how major international conflicts shape public debate, social cohesion, and democratic life in Australia, with a particular focus on the ways the Israel-Palestine and Russia-Ukraine conflicts spill over into the Australian public sphere. The fellowship is part of an Au...

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...