[csaa-forum] PhD Scholarships: IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Global Experience

[Vera Mackie]

Please see below details about PhD scholarships associated with Sarah
Ferber, Nicola Marks and Vera Mackie's ARC Discovery Project on IVF and
Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Global Experience.
Please contact me for further information at <vera at uow.edu.au>.
Vera Mackie
University of Wollongong

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Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts: School of Humanities and Social
Inquiry

PhD Scholarships: IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Global
Experience

The 40th anniversary of the birth of the first baby conceived through in
vitro fertilisation (IVF) will take place in 2018. This ARC Discovery
Project will mark this anniversary with a comprehensive study of IVF and
the range of assisted reproductive technologies with which it is
associated. These new forms of conception, gestation and parenting have
transformed understandings of the family and have led to regulatory and
policy responses and public debate, which can only be understood in a
global frame. A series of transnational case studies, with a special focus
on the Asia- Pacific region, will show the development of the present
consumer, medical and regulatory environments and provide a
historically-informed basis for dealing with policy deliberations locally
and internationally.

Up to two PhD scholarships are available in association with this project.
The PhD project(s) will be supervised by chief investigators Professor Vera
Mackie, Associate Professor Sarah Ferber and Dr Nicola Marks. We are
interested in focused case studies which will complement the work of the
Chief Investigators. Possible topics might include, for example, a
country-based study of the use of assisted reproductive technologies, or a
thematic study of cultural representations of assisted reproductive
technologies.

Applications are invited for commencement in July 2015. Applicants should
have an Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant Humanities or Social
Science discipline with a strong result. An Honours degree is a four-year
degree which includes a thesis component. For a scholarship it is usually
necessary to have a result of First Class Honours. Additional relevant
research experience and/or research activity, awards or prizes will be
regarded favourably. Depending on the topic, a working knowledge of a
language other than English may be an advantage.

For further information about the project and the PhD scholarships, contact
the chief investigators through Vera Mackie <vera at uow.edu.au>. You are
strongly advised to discuss your application and proposed research project
by e-mail with the chief investigators before submitting your application.

For further information about the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry,
see <http://lha.uow.edu.au/hsi/index.html>.

Both domestic and international prospective students are encouraged to
apply. The scholarship stipend is $AUD25,392 per annum, indexed annually
for three years.

 Applicants should submit a full postgraduate research degree application
through the UOW research degrees portal at <
https://www.uow.edu.au.au/apply/index.html>. Your application should
include an academic transcript, copy of passport or birth certificate and
an outline of your proposed research project. The application should be
clearly marked "PhD Scholarship: IVF and Assisted Reproductive
Technologies: The Global Experience", and state that the project will be
supervised by Vera Mackie, Sarah Ferber and Nicola Marks. Please submit
your application before close of business (Eastern Australian time) on
Friday 1 May 2015.
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