As part of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded Research Project, “An Inter-generational Learning and Living Campus: A New Model for Healthy Senior Living and Integrated School Communities across Urban and Regional Australia”, Australian Catholic University is offering one full-time, 3-year PhD scholarship to undertake research into Cooperative Spaces.
Funded by the NHMRC grant, the PhD project is designed to gather multidisciplinary (planning and design) data, experience and knowledge to design and test small case study projects or pilots embedded within community, applying experience and knowledge from successful international cases. The project produces a case study model that will be tested with key industrial partners.
The Cooperative Spaces Project includes a review of existing models of intergenerational, and co-situated or connected senior living and high-school facilities via a range of methodologies, including interactive movement and health behaviour analysis, case study data collection, observations, and key informant interviews and surveys.
The successful applicant will be based in ACU’s School of Behavioural and Health Sciences and will receive supervision from Associate Professor Gert-Jan Pepping, Professor Suzanne Kuys and Dr Rosamund Harrington. The incumbent will also work closely with associate supervisors and external industry advisors.
This project has a number of interstate partners. The applicant will undertake their PhD and will benefit from being part of a research team and working with other PhD students and research technicians.
Study mode and location
Full-time for three (3) years based at ACU’s Brisbane Banyo Campus, Australia, commencing as soon as possible.
Value and duration
A stipend scholarship of A$33,386 per annum for three (3) years subject to satisfactory progress and full-time study mode. The stipend scholarship is comprised of an NHMRC-funded stipend of A$28,386 plus an Australian Government Research Training Program top-up of A$5,000.
The successful recipient will also receive either:
Application instructions
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Associate Professor Gert-Jan Pepping before submitting an application for the PhD program and this scholarship:
To be considered for these scholarships, applicants must submit all documentation required for an application to the PhD program at ACU, as detailed in the ‘How to Apply’ instructions on the ACU Research Web Page, plus:
A 1 to 2 page cover letter and a brief Curriculum Vitae detailing how they meet the scholarship
For general candidature enquiries, email Candidature Services, with the subject line ‘Models of Intergenerational Learning and Living: Cooperative Spaces Project PhD Stipend Scholarship’.
Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
In addition to the PhD program eligibility criteria, applicants should demonstrate:
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