Scholarship details
Study levels
Research and PhD
Student type
Future students
Study area
Science
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand and International
Application dates
- Applications close
- 15 June 2024
What you'll receive
You'll receive:
- a stipend scholarship of $33,637 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years while undertaking a QUT PhD. The duration includes an extension of up to 6 months if approved for your candidature. This is the full-time, tax-exempt rate which will index annually
- a tuition fee offset/sponsorship, covering the cost of your tuition fees for the first 4 full-time equivalent years of your doctoral studies
- the opportunity to work with a team of leading researchers, to undertake your own innovative research in and across the field.
Eligibility
- You will need to meet the entry requirements for a QUT Doctor of Philosophy, including any English language requirements.
- You need to be able to start as a full-time internal student by 31st July 2025.
- You should have a background and strong interest in environmental management, biodiversity conservation, and/or sustainability. Experience in the social sciences and/or economics would also be an advantage.
- Quantitative analysis skills (e.g., statistics, network analysis, or modelling) or an ability and interest to develop these skills would be an advantage.
How to apply
To apply for this scholarship please send an email to Professor Jonathan Rhodes with:
- a cover letter detailing your academic and research background
- your motivation for research in this field
- your suitability for this scholarship, and include your CV.
What happens next?
You will be contacted directly with the outcome and if supported to apply, you will need to:
- submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) following the advice at How to apply for a research degree
- in your EOI, nominate Professor Jonathan Rhodes as your proposed principal supervisor
- copy the link to this scholarship website into question 2 of the financial details section.
About the scholarship
This PhD project aims to assess how global interconnectedness (for example through trade flows, flows of biophysical material, regional policy agreements, etc.) among regions drive social-ecological outcomes and to identify policy and governance solutions for biodiversity conservation and people. Understanding the role of globalisation for the environment and society is critical for meeting policy objectives such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Biodiversity Framework.
The PhD is therefore expected to make important contributions to implementation of these types of policies. More specifically, the research will extend on the “telecoupling” framework, which describes the role of global interconnections among social-ecological systems, to consider multiple telecoupled processes and the role of policy and governance. The project will consist of literature review and conceptual development, analysis of data and/or modelling (e.g., through network analysis), and policy analysis, drawing on case studies in Australia and internationally.
The candidate will be supervised by Professor Jonathan Rhodes and Dr Angela Guerrero Gonzalez and you will join a dynamic research group focussed on tackling the world’s major sustainability and biodiversity conservation challenges. You will have the opportunity to engage in a positive environment with members of Queensland University of Technology research centres and groups and a network of international collaborators. This project comes with a fully funded PhD scholarship.