Scholarship details
Study levels
Research and PhD
Student type
Future students and Current students
Study area
All study areas
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand and International
Application dates
- Applications close
- 30 May 2024
What you'll receive
- A stipend annually to support living costs for up to 3.5 years. From 1 January 2024, the annual stipend rate is $32,192 (AUD). This is the full-time, tax-exempt rate which will index annually.
- Domestic students receive a Research Training Program (RTP) Fee Offset funded by the Australian Government.
- If you're an international student, you will also receive a tuition fee sponsorship for your research degree.
- As the scholarship recipient, you will have the opportunity to work with a team of leading researchers, to undertake your own innovative research in and across the field.
Eligibility
You need to meet the entry requirements for a QUT Doctor of Philosophy, including any English language requirements.
In addition, you must:
- enrol as a full-time, internal student
- have a bachelor degree with honours or a master degree (with a significant research component), in a discipline of relevance to the research topic
- knowledge, interest, and/or experience working in fields related to climate change adaptation, planned relocation and climate justice
- proficiency in qualitative and/or quantitative social science research methods
- enthusiasm and ability to engage with diverse stakeholders including affected communities, researchers from other disciplines, and government
- peer reviewed publication/s
- ability to undertaken fieldwork for periods of time of up to three weeks, in potentially remote locations.
How to apply
Apply for this scholarship at the same time you apply for admission to a QUT Doctor of Philosophy.
Prior to applying, email Dr Annah Piggott-McKellar the following:
- a maximum two-page EOI detailing:
- responses to the eligibility criteria
- why you are interested in undertaking this project and the research approach you would take
- two references with contact details.
- a maximum two-page CV.
Any questions can be directed to Dr Annah Piggott-McKellar.
What happens next?
If successful, you will:
- be contacted directly if supported to apply
- submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) following the advice at how to apply for a research degree.
- in your EOI, nominate Dr Annah Piggott-McKellar
as your proposed principal supervisor, and copy the link to this scholarship website into question 2 of the financial details section.
About the scholarship
The planned relocation of communities and households is emerging as a critical climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategy around the world. Yet relocation can be a fraught process given the high risks in disrupting livelihoods, social networks, and place-attachment, and exposing populations to new vulnerabilities in destination sites.
Research is needed to improve relocation policy and practice, ensuring they are underpinned by strong justice principles so that people can relocate with dignity. This project will contribute knowledge to this area through research across Australia and/or Fiji with populations facing relocation and practitioners responsible for planning and implementing relocations.
The candidate will be supervised by Dr Annah Piggott-McKellar and will have opportunities to collaborate within an exciting research environment of the QUT Resilience Centre and the Centre for Justice (C4J).
This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to explore diverse topics within the broad umbrella of climate-related relocation and justice, depending on the candidates’ strengths and preferences, including but not limited to:
- assessing how decision-makers navigate and employ justice principles, and the implications for effective relocation governance processes and policies
- examining outcomes for communities where relocation has been completed including how benefits and burdens are distributed across populations
- exploring the intergenerational justice implications of climate-related relocation
This research is part of an ARC DECRA and as such, the candidate will have costs associated with fieldwork within Australia and/or Fiji as well as opportunities to present their research at international and national conferences included.
For the right candidate a top-up scholarship of $10,000 a year will be provided.