PhD Scholarship in relational and socio-material approaches to apartment waste management

PhD Scholarship in relational and socio-material approaches to apartment waste management

One doctoral scholarship is available for outstanding applicants to work on a multidisciplinary research project funded by the Australian Research Council's Linkage Project "Empowering households as active agents of change in resource-efficient sustainability transitions".

This PhD project will co-design intervention and policy programs with apartment householders, industry experts, intermediaries such as waste service providers, and decision makers and policy makers, to improve waste outcomes and increase recycling and resource recovery. Using Change Points workshops, the project will combine interpretive social science with policy work. The PhD student will be supervised by Professor Ralph Horne and Dr Bhavna Middha and will be based across the Post-Carbon Research Centre and the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University.

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$36,425

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To be eligible for this scholarship, you must: 

  1. Have a Master by Research degree; or A Master by Coursework degree with a significant research component graded as high distinction or equivalent; or An Honours degree achieving first class honours in Social science or another related field.
  2. Australian citizens, permanent residents or an onshore international candidate.

To apply, please submit the following documents to Professor Ralph Horne (ralph.horne@rmit.edu.au) and Dr. Bhavna Middha (bhavna.middha@rmit.edu.au) Expressions of interest should contain the following information:

  • A one-page cover letter briefly outlining your interest in the project.
  • Evidence of research ability:
    • A digital copy of a Master's or Honours' thesis
    • A digital copy of academic transcripts.
    • A CV including any publications, awards, and relevant professional experience.

Terms & Conditions

This scholarship will be governed by RMIT's University Research Scholarship Terms and Conditions

2026-11-15

Background

The Linkage project action trials interventions in apartment waste management with insights from social practice theories, discard studies and studies of relational consumption.

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