Postdoc Opportunities in Economics in Australia

This research-focused Research Fellow role is based in the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) within the Sustainable Minerals Institute and Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology at The University of Queensland. The position combines academic leadership with applied impact in a multidisciplinary environment, supporting education, training and research across the resources sector and other high-risk industries. The appointee will lead the Professional Deve...

The Australian National University is offering a fixed-term postdoctoral fellowship within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, based in the Department of Political and Social Change and connected to the ANU Philippines Institute. The successful fellow will contribute to the ANU Philippines Project, an initiative designed to strengthen research partnerships between Australia and the Philippines and to improve access to high-quality policy research and analysis for policymakers in both countr...

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 Research Fellow position at The University of Queensland sits within UQ Business School in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at the St Lucia campus. The role is part of a research initiative focused on the future of green and sustainable finance across the Asia-Pacific region, with particular attention to transition finance for heavy industry. The successful researcher will contribute to applied, policy-relevant work on pathways for heavy industry transition, especially the iron an...

The University of Sydney is seeking a Research Fellow in Psychology (Gambling) to join Professor Sally Gainsbury and a multidisciplinary team at the Brain and Mind Centre in Camperdown. The role sits within an internationally renowned gambling research centre and focuses on applied research with direct relevance to gambling harm reduction, policy, and practice. The fellow will contribute to and independently lead projects on gambling, problematic risk taking, and decision making related to emerg...

Research Fellow in Biomass Conversion and Bioprocess Engineering at The University of Queensland’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, based at the St Lucia campus. This fixed-term research position sits within the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub Engineering Plants to Replace Fossil Carbon , a multi-institutional program focused on sustainable technologies for converting plant biomass into renewable fuels and high-value chemicals. The successful candidate will con...

Macquarie University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Econometrics to join the Department of Economics within Macquarie Business School at the Wallumattagal Campus in North Ryde, Sydney, Australia. The successful researcher will contribute to a project led by Professor Shuping Shi , Chief Investigator and Professor of Economics. The project brings together modern econometric theory and empirical applications across two connected research directions. Developing and applying econometri...

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...

Research Associate opportunity within the Sydney Pharmacy School at the University of Sydney, working with Professor Lu and her research team. The role sits in a globally recognised centre for pharmacy research and education, with the successful applicant based within the Sydney Pharmacy School at the Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to health policy and outcomes research, with a particular focus on the quality use of medicines...