QUT Business School and Faculty of Law PhD Scholarship

Student type:

• Future domestic research students
• Future international research students

Eligibility:

• Academic performance

Study type:

• Postgraduate research

Faculty/area:

• Business
• Law

Eligible courses:

• IF49

Closing date: 16 September 2011

You must:

• have completed, or expect to complete, a First Class Honours degree or equivalent by January 2012, in a relevant field of study.
• want to research in:
  • financial planning/services
  • financial services/consumer law
  • behavioural economics
  • accounting or finance
  • psychology/organisational behaviour

You'll receive:

• a Australian Postgraduate Award - Industry scholarship of $27,651 each year for three years. The scholarship is tax exempt.

Top-up scholarships are available for outstanding candidates.

You'll also have the opportunity to work in a research team with senior academic staff from our Faculty of Law and the QUT Business School.

To apply for this scholarship, send us:

• a one-page project proposal
• a copy of your CV
• a copy of your academic transcripts
• names and contact details of three referees, including at least one academic referee.

Send you application and supporting documents to Professor Natalie Gallery by the due date.

If you have any enquiries about your application, contact Professor Gallery.

We'll assess applications, and notify you if you're successful.

You will work with a research team on their project, including:

• investigating financial planning processes, practices, financial advisers' dominant styles and their impacts on client psychological and financial outcomes
• examining the likely impact on client well-being of imposing a statutory fiduciary duty on financial planners, and other regulatory reforms, including changes to the disclosure regime and the Australian Government's response to a number of market failures through the "Future of Financial Advice" proposed reforms. 

We are looking for prospective PhD students to work on an exciting new project with a multidisciplinary team from the QUT Business School and Faculty of Law.

The project, "The Value of Financial Planning Advice - Process and Outcome Effects on Consumer Well-Being", is funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant, in partnership with the Financial Services Council.

The aim of the project is to establish how the quality of financial planning advice can be optimised to add value, not only to clients' financial situations, but also to broader aspects of their well-being.