Study a Phd with us
Study a Phd with us
Become a leader in your field, advance your career and make a positive impact when you study a research degree or PhD at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. You’ll work alongside some of the world’s best researchers, with unique access to facilities that no other university can offer.
Why study a PhD scholarship with us?
The Alfred Deakin Institute (ADI) fosters the study of complex social problems from diverse academic perspectives in a vibrant research environment that supports excellence, innovation, and collaboration. Our institute offers a rich program of both theoretical and applied research.
We support our members through mentoring and training schemes, helping to develop career pathways for early-career researchers and doctoral students. We embrace new ways of thinking about and studying social phenomena, drawing our membership from diverse disciplines and areas of study. We are committed to leading high-impact knowledge creation that has a meaningful and measurable effect on lived human experiences.
The core fields of research at ADI include anthropology, criminology, political science, sociology, curatorial studies, history, philosophy, and religion. However, we welcome expressions of interest from potential HDR students from these fields and beyond.
Our research aligns with four key streams: People, Place, Heritage; Governance, Development, and Peace; Mobilities, Diversity, and Multiculturalism; and Culture, Environment, and Science. Members of these streams come from various schools and faculties across Deakin, contributing to a diverse and varied research landscape.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a scholarship, students must have completed a research project in a related area, including a thesis that is equivalent to at least 25% of a year’s full-time study at Level 8 or 9 of the Australian Qualifications Framework, with achievement of a grade equivalent to a Deakin grade of H1 (80%) OR a Masters’ Degree (Research) in a related area. Full eligibility criteria for PhD scholarships are available on the Deakin website.
Applying for a PhD scholarship
Expressions of interests must be submitted to the Faculty Research Office, using the Faculty of Arts and Education EOI form.
For any enquiries please contact artsed-hdr@deakin.edu.au
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Find a supervisor
Browse a selection of our expert potential PhD supervisors
Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh
Specialises in:
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Middle East politics
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Central Asia politics
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Political Islam and extremism
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Islam in the West
Dr Samantha Balaton-Chrimes
Specialises in:
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Identity politics in postcolonial societies
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Ethnic and racial politics in Africa
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Census politics
Prof David Bright
Specialises in:
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Organised crime
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Drug trafficking
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Terrorism
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Illicit networks
Dr Tamara Browne
Specialises in:
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Bioethics
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Gender
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Mental illness
A/Prof Danielle Chubb
Specialises in:
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Australian foreign policy
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North Korea
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Civil society
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Human rights activism
Dr Jason Gibson
Specialises in:
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Ethnographic collections
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Museum anthropology
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History of Australian Anthropology
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Central Australian Aboriginal History and Culture
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Indigenous collection management and curatorship
Dr Luke Heemsbergen
Specialises in:
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Emerging technologies and their socialisation
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The politics of digital visibility
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Augmented and extended reality media
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3D printing applications
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Transparency & Governance
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Science and Technology Studies
Prof Benjamin Isakhan
Specialises in:
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Heritage destruction and reconstruction across the Middle East
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Democracy and civil society in the Middle East
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Iraqi and/or Syrian politics
Santosh Jatrana
Specialises in:
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Migrant health
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Humanitarian migrants settlement
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Ageing and health of migrants
Dr Ali Mozaffari
Specialises in:
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Heritage studies and museums
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Heritage diplomacy
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Studies of the built environment
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Politics of the past in Middle Eastern Countries
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Iranian Studies
A/Prof Yamini Narayanan
Specialises in:
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Animal politics
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Urban studies
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South Asia
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India
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Ecofeminism
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Post-development
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Animal geographies
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Environmental studies
A/Prof Timothy Neale
Specialises in:
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Settler-indigenous politics
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The anthropology of natural hazards and environmental governance
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Environmentalism
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Natural hazards and their risks
Dr Amy Nethery
Specialises in:
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Asylum and refugee policy
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Australian social policy
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Democracy in Australia
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Parliaments and parliamentary careers
Dr Kiran Pienaar
Specialises in:
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Gender‚sexuality and the body
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Sociology of Drugs
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LGBTQ identities and cultures
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The biopolitics of health
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Feminist theory‚new materialisms and posthumanisms
Dr Virginie Rey
Specialises in:
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Museums and heritage
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Middle East
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Islamic art
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Community and diaspora museums
Dr Imogen Richards
Specialises in:
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Far-right extremism
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Neo-jihadism
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Development and environmental politics
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Media and public criminology
Prof Gaye Sculthorpe
Specialises in:
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Museums and Indigenous Peoples
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Aboriginal material culture
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Collections-based research
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History of collecting
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Aboriginal collections in international museums
Dr Matteo Vergani
Specialises in:
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Hate crime
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Online hate
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Violent extremism
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Experimental research
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Mixed-methods research
A/Prof Anthony Ware
Specialises in:
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Conflict/development in Myanmar and Rohingya
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Development/humanitarian response in conflict-affected contexts
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Everyday peace
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Violent & hateful extremism
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Community led development and peace-building
Prof Andrea Witcomb
Specialises in:
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Interpretation of difficult histories
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The uses of multimedia for interpretation purposes in exhibitions and heritage places
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The history of collecting
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Collections-based research
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Exhibitions as sites for cross-cultural encounters
Dr Jian Xu
Specialises in:
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Chinese internet and digital media
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Internet governance‚policy and politics
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Cultural governance and propaganda in China
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Celebrity studies
Prof Ihsan Yilmaz
Specialises in:
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Religion and politics in the Middle East and Indo-Pacific
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Authoritarianism
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Transnationalism
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Populism
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Securitisation
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Minorities and Diasporas
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Digital Technologies and Politics
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