PhD Scholarship

Summary

Join Griffith University's Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing (WOW) as a PhD candidate for a three-year ARC Discovery Project focusing on digital inclusion in rural Australian libraries. This role involves conducting ethnographic case studies in remote Queensland communities, requiring independent fieldwork and collaboration with a research team. The successful candidate will produce a PhD thesis on digital inclusion and contribute to project deliverables, including publications and policy recommendations. The position offers a scholarship with a stipend and potential additional funding for travel. The project begins in early 2025 and fieldwork is primarily scheduled for the second year.

Requirements

• Undertake independent fieldwork in regional and remote locations for periods of 2 weeks at a time
• Have evidence of a passion for enabling thriving communities in geographically remote Australian communities, with a strong desire to undertake research in digital inclusion
• Have completed, or expect to complete, a bachelor's degree with honours equivalent to second class (division A) or a Master's degree (AQF Level 9) incorporating a significant research component of a standard comparable to a bachelor honours degree or be regarded by Griffith University as having an equivalent level of attainment in accordance with Schedule One of the HDR Scholarship Procedure

Responsibilities

• Undertake two ethnographic case studies of libraries in different regional/remote communities in Australia
• Produce a PhD on the topic of digital inclusion
• Conduct fieldwork in two communities in remote/regional Queensland, with a focus on digital inclusion
• Collaborate with the ARC Discovery project team
• Contribute to project deliverables, including a research monograph and several journal papers, a national roundtable on rural and remote librarianship, and a set of recommendations for future policy and practice

Preferred Qualifications

• Have a strong track record in one or more of the following academic disciplines: media and communication studies, organisation studies, library studies, management studies, rural studies, and/or other relevant discipline
• Have a current driver's license

Benefits

• Annual stipend of $34,752 (indexed) for a period of up to three years of full-time study
• Approved remote candidature may include additional funding support to travel to one face-to-face project team meeting at CSU in Wagga Wagga, NSW per year
• Study with a University that ranks among the top 2% worldwide
• Support for professional and personal development