Incentivising on Country Aboriginal Employment: Anangu Futures
Federation University is pleased to partner with The University of Melbourne to offer a PhD scholarship in Indigenous Studies.
Scholarship details
Stipend: $32,400 per annum
Project support: $2,000 per annum
RTP Fee-offset Scholarship: $21,300 per annum
Funding length: 3 years, with the possibility of a 6-month extension
Location: Ballarat
Eligibility
Scholarship applicants must be eligible to undertake a PhD. Verify you can meet eligibility requirements outlined on the Graduate Research School website. If you are applying for ‘Honours equivalence,’ please ensure that you provide detailed information to support your case.
Applicants must submit the one-page preliminary research proposal along with their Anangu Scholarship Application Form and HDR Application Form.
Applicants must be an Australian resident and must identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders.
Applicants should contact Professor Keir Reeves or phone 0400 721 161 prior to submitting an application.
Application closing date: 30 September 2022
How to apply: Application information is included in the links below.
Commencement date: Negotiable 2022
Research project outline
Project title: Incentivising on Country Aboriginal Employment: Anangu Futures
The successful applicant will be expected to conceive the project and undertake research into how relationships between the Australian tourism industry and its operation at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Anangu community of Mutitjulu and related APY affiliated communities can be improved. This will include how employment opportunities might be further enhanced via incentivisation of kin group based co-operative micro-enterprise developments and improvement to existing Aboriginal employment strategies.
The research will focus on Anangu communities and work with ARC Linkage partners to gain new understandings and insights to inform the participation of Aboriginal people in the Australian tourism industry. The research findings will also inform Territory, State and Federal policy makers working in Indigenous affairs and rural and remote area development.
This PhD project will sit Future Regions Research Centre and closely aligns with the Aboriginal Education Centre at Federation University Australia.
Applicants should be highly motivated with demonstrable research skills and academic experience, including a previous focus on remote area communities, Indigenous cultural tourism and Indigenous knowledge utilisation to undertake a self-contained project on a topic closely aligned to the main research project, on an aspect of Incentivising Aboriginal employment in remote Australia.
Supervisors
Principal supervisor
Future Regions Research Centre
Associate and co-supervisors
Co-supervisor: Professor Barry Judd (ARC Project Leader)
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous)
University of Melbourne