PhD Opportunities in Journalism in Australia

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...

This PhD scholarship is based at Monash University’s Clayton campus in Melbourne and sits within a Monash AI Institute collaboration between the Arts and IT faculties. The project investigates communication and navigation for blind and low vision people, with a particular focus on how people interact with digital navigational technologies and use multimodal information to build a navigational frame of reference. The student will carry out detailed linguistic and multimodal research on real-world...

PhD opportunity at the University of Newcastle, Australia on Progressive Voices/Movements in Islamic Theology in the (Post-)Secular Society of 21st Century . This project invites research in Islamic theology , especially Islamic liberation theology approaches, with an evidence-based (rather than faith-based) methodology in the Humanities or Social Sciences . The topic is framed around progressive/reformist movements in Islam and their responses to contemporary challenges such as radicalization, ...

PhD Scholarship at the University of Newcastle, Australia in Media Representation & Public Perception of RNA Vaccines and Therapeutics in Australia . This project examines how RNA vaccines and therapeutics have been portrayed in Australian media and how those messages shape public understanding, trust, and attitudes. The research sits at the intersection of strategic communication , sociology , public health messaging , and digital media analysis , with an emphasis on both qualitative and quanti...

Bond University is advertising a PhD opportunity for a candidate interested in women's health , body composition , and cardiometabolic health . The project is the MENO-BODY Study , a 5-year longitudinal cohort study examining changes in body composition and cardiometabolic health across the menopausal transition. The successful PhD student will join a multidisciplinary research team at Bond University and contribute to a unique longitudinal cohort study. The role offers the chance to build exper...

Dolby Australia Pty Limited is advertising a PhD Research Intern position in Sydney, Australia , focused on cutting-edge research in AI / machine learning, multimedia, audio-video processing, immersive media, XR, multimodal learning, and trustworthy/generative AI . The role is designed for a current PhD candidate at an Australian university. The internship is paid , runs for four months from May to September 2027 , and includes relocation support for candidates outside Sydney. Dolby says it will...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland, Australia . The project is supervised by Dr. Romain Vaucher and A/Prof. Theresa Petray and focuses on Diamond Open Access adoption in Earth & Environmental Sciences publishing . The research will examine publishing decisions , career incentives , and research assessment frameworks , with a transdisciplinary angle spanning Social Sciences and Earth & Environmental Sciences , plus international comparisons . Eligibili...

Flinders University is advertising a PhD scholarship within the Talent Access Partnerships (TAP) initiative, a South Australian program based in Adelaide focused on creating employment opportunities for people with disability, with particular attention to autistic jobseekers . The project examines how employer confidence , job customisation , and industry-cluster networks contribute to sustainable employment outcomes. The thesis is by publication and will combine a systematic review , longitudin...