We are looking for a MPhil student who resides in Vanuatu to apply for a funded scholarship to undertake research with the team.
This research project investigates how to improve the policing of gender violence in the complex cultural and practical contexts of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It aims to identify local innovations and explore whether/how they might be scalable across Pacific Island Communities. This project adopts a mixed methods approach that will involve semi-structured interviews and follow up research with women police, and relevant civil society partners. The mixed methods data will then be synthesised into archetypal case studies of innovation in the policing of gender violence, that are scalable to other contexts. A Qualtrics survey will gauge the prospect for transferring innovations across Pacific Island Countries (PICs), and like contexts such as Pacific Islander communities in Australia. Expected outcomes include new evidence of better ways to police gender violence, reform laws and transformation of policing practices that sustain gender violence.
MPhil Project: We are looking for MPhil proposals to undertake a complimentary piece of research that fits in with this larger project. Please submit a one-two page proposal with your expression of interest.
Stipend: a living allowance of $28,597 each year (18 months for Masters, indexed annually)
International students will also receive a tuition fee sponsorship.
Up to $7500 in support for travel to and from Vanuatu to Brisbane.
As a QUT Centre for Justice HDR student, you will be part of an exciting research culture and will have the opportunity to participate in regular seminars, workshops, and the HDR Support Network.
Eligibility
You must:
- be eligible for admission to either QUT’s Master of Philosophy
- commit to full-time study (time split between Vanuatu and Brisbane)
- be able to commence by May 2022
- have a background in social science,
- submit a 2-3 page statement of research interests
- submit a 2-3 page CV
- submit a one page cover letter detailing why you are interested in this opportunity.
Please submit your Expression of Interest to Professor Kerry Carrington – kerry.carrington@qut.edu.au by 7 March 2022
A knowledge and some professional work in the areas of domestic family violence and policing in island communities in the Pacific is desirable.
Research Team
Name: Kerry (Professor)
Surname: Carrington
Name of your institution: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
Address of the institution: GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Australia
Phone: +61402262645
Email: kerry.carrington@qut.edu.au
Name: Melissa (Professor)
Surname: Bull
Name of your institution: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
Address of the institution: GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Australia
Email: m.bull@qut.edu.au
Name: Danielle (Dr)
Surname: Watson
Name of your institution: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
Address of the institution: GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Australia
Email: Danielle.watson@qut.edu.au
Name: Nicole (Dr)
Surname: George
Name of your Institution: University of Queensland
Email: n.george2@uq.edu.au
Name: Sara Nuzhat (Dr)
Surname: Amin
Name of your Institution: The University of South Pacific
Email: sara.amin@usp.ac.fj
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