[csaa-forum] Macquarie Uni PhD Scholarship - Everyday Diversity

[Amanda Wise]

A Macquarie University PhD scholarship (MQRES) is available in the
Department of Sociology affiliated with an Australian Research Council
Discovery Grant DP120101157 entitled “Everyday Multiculturalism at Work”.

*Please quote the allocation reference number 2012090 on your application
form.*

Project Name: Everyday Diversity at Work

A PhD candidate is sought to work on a topic related to this project. The
exact thesis topic can be negotiated and interdisciplinary approaches are
welcome. The candidate will work under the supervision of Drs Velayutham
and Wise.

Interested candidates must be Australian (or New Zealand) citizens or have
permanent Australian residency status to qualify for a full scholarship,
including living allowance stipend. International Candidates may be
considered for a tuition only (no stipend) scholarship.

Candidates should have either an honours or a master's degree
in*sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, human geography, or a
closely
related discipline*. They should have a strong interest in theoretically
informed qualitative research, ideally some past research experience, and
an excellent academic record.

Candidates will be required to develop their own independent PhD project
entailing fieldwork based research in either (both) Singapore or Australia
in one or more of the following topics:

   - Everyday Multiculturalism, conviviality and negotiating everyday
   difference in suburbia
   - Everyday Diversity in global cities
   - Everyday racism
   - Ethnicity, identity, and everyday multiculturalism in the workplace
   - Inter-ethnic solidarity and conflict in the workplace, and/or through
   unions
   - Migrant (and transnational migrant) labour
   - New immigrants and work in Singapore
   - Working class cosmopolitanism
   - ‘White’ attitudes towards and experiences of multiculturalism in
   Australia

Interested prospective applicants should contact, in the first instance,
either Selvaraj Velayutham or Amanda with a short (3-5 pages) research
proposal and an academic writing sample prior to submitting a formal
application form.

Contact Selvaraj Velayutham one email: Selvaraj.velayutham at mq.edu.au or
phone: 61 2 9850 4426, or Amanda Wise, email: Amanda.wise at mq.edu.au or
phone: 61 2 9850 8835.

The 2012 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5
years.

Prospective PhD applicants should have a first class Honours degree or
equivalence, and for scholarship holders, additional relevant research
experience and/or qualifications in line with the University's scholarship
rating guidelines. Refer to Scholarship
Requirements<http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/scholarships/scholarship_requirements>for
further information about this.

*Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application
form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the
Higher Degree Research Office*. Refer to the
Applications<http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications>page
for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise
the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

Please quote the allocation number 2012090 on your application.

http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/scholarships/hdr_scholarships_domestic_and_international


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Dr Amanda Wise
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Sociology
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Ph: +61 2 9850-8835
Mobile: 0412 497 206
Email: amanda.wise at mq.edu.au
http://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/people/dr_amanda_wise/
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