Applications for the Laureate Centre for History and Population PhD Scholarships for the 2022/23 academic year are currently open.
The successful candidate will join the Laureate research team, under the supervision of Professor Alison Bashford, within the School of Humanities and Languages, Faculty of Arts Design and Architecture, UNSW. The PhD scholar may research Australian, Pacific or international history related to population, and proposals can be discussed with Alison Bashford.
They may, for example, explore various UN population programs in relation to climate change;
- changing migration policies in Australia;
- the intellectual history of environmental limit arguments in the Australian context;
- disease and Indigenous depopulation;
- Pacific attempts to manage fertility or mortality over the 19th and 20th centuries.
Approaches are invited from medical, migration, Indigenous, gender, environmental, intellectual or political/economic history.
Worth of Award
The scholarship is worth $28,854 per annum for a maximum of 4 years + travel subsidy.
Eligibility
- The candidate must be eligible to enrol in an accredited Research Doctorate at UNSW.
- Applicants for this scholarship will not be considered if they do not meet the minimum UNSW requirements for doctoral candidature.
How to Apply
- Those wishing to apply should contact Alison Bashford, Laureate Centre Director: [email protected] to discuss topics.
- Please include a CV and a brief outline of your research interests with your first email.
- After consultation with Professor Bashford, eligible candidates will be invited to submit an expression of interest.
Deadline: Applications for the Laureate Centre for History and Population PhD Scholarships remain open until the scholarship is awarded. Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.