Monash Education PhD Scholarship: Hitting the limits - Intersectional sexisms in Australian universities

Job No.: 694167

Faculty: Faculty of Education

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 3.5-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $37, 145 p/a

Principal Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Emily M. Gray

Associate Supervisor(s): Professor Jacqueline Ullman (Western Sydney University), Associate Professor Lucy Nicholas (Western Sydney University)

The Opportunity

Applications are invited from outstanding domestic candidates for a fully funded research-based PhD scholarship, based at the School of Education and Culture at the Faculty of Education in Melbourne, Australia.

The successful applicant will work alongside a team of researchers from across Australia who are working on an Australian Research Council funded project entitled Hitting the Limits: Intersectional sexisms in Australian universities. The scholarship will fund a project that examines LGBTIQA+ academics’ institutional locations, experiences and private and professional means of support within Australian universities. Applicant are encouraged to develop their own research project in relation to the following key questions:

• Where are LGBTIQA+ academics in Australia located in terms of discipline and geographical location?
• Do LGBTIQA+ academics in Australia feel welcome within their workplaces?
• What support mechanisms and/or strategies to LGBTIQA+ academic staff draw upon in their private and professional worlds?

The project Hitting the Limits responds to the limits of Australian university culture by examining the conditions that limit social cohesion in relation to gender. The project generates new theoretical, cultural and practical knowledge about how experiences of intersectionality, gender, power and complexity shape universities.

Joining our thriving research community at the School of Education and Culture and Monash Faculty of Education which is consistently ranked as the number 1 education faculty in Australia, your PhD project will offer an opportunity to connect with students and leading experts across the globe.

Candidate Requirements

To be eligible you must:

• be a domestic candidate
• have the necessary qualifications, such as a research masters or honours year to meet the selection requirements into the doctoral program (see Monash University PhD entry requirements)
• be enrolling full time and on campus
• not already hold a PhD

In its assessment, the selection committee will prioritise applicants with significant knowledge of feminist and queer theories and LGBTIQA+ people and communities. LGBTIQA+ people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

The successful applicant will be expected to enrol by August 2026. However, there may be some flexibility to the date of commencement.

Enquiries

Faculty of Education Graduate Research Office
Email: edu-gradresearch@monash.edu

Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI)

Scholarship applicants should submit a brief, 3-4 page research proposal that outlines how you will address the research topic. Please refer to the Faculty’s guideline section 2, Prepare your research proposal, to assist with this.

Submit your EoI via this link.

Applications Close: Tuesday 30 June 2026, 11:55pm AEST