Study with us
A PhD or Masters opportunity with REDI will provide you with access to research in a supportive and exciting environment. REDI fosters a vibrant research environment that supports excellence, innovation and collaboration. We’re searching for bright minds to work with our teams of researchers who are experts in their fields.
If you’re interested in pursuing a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) with REDI, you’ll need to align your research proposal with one of our research priority areas. Here’s how it works:
- Choose a research topic from one our research priority areas or search the list of current projects.
- Search for a supervisor in the list below, then contact one or more that match your research interests to discuss your research proposal.
- Complete the Faculty of Arts and Education expression of interest form – EOI form. This form is not a formal application for a Higher Degree by Research. An ‘Invitation to Apply’ will be required from the Faculty to progress to the formal application stage. There is no deadline for submission of this form.
Find out more about Deakin’s HDR process.
HDR scholarship opportunities
HDR Scholarship – School Engagement of African Heritage Students
A PhD scholarship is available to initiate and conduct research on the topic ‘School Engagement of African Heritage Students’.
Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed.
CRADLE’s PhD Scholarship Scheme for 2023 is now open. The scholarship is available to a domestic or international student interested in assessment and/or digital learning.
Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed.
HDR Scholarship – Student climate justice activism
A PhD scholarship is available to initiate and conduct research on the topic ‘Student climate justice activism’.
Applications close 5pm, Thursday 30 March 2023.
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child
Three PhD scholarships are available to initiate and conduct research within the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child.
Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed.
PhD story
Dr Saeed Salimpour’s PhD thesis, Visualising the Cosmos – Teaching Cosmology in High School in the era of Big Data, involved investigating innovative approaches to teaching and learning cosmology in high schools. Read Saeed’s story.
HDR Coordinators
Find a supervisor
We have more than 30 research degree supervisors to choose from at REDI. You can use the search below to find the right supervisor for you. You can contact supervisors directly to discuss your research.

Professor Rola Ajjawi

Associate Professor Glenn Auld

Dr Rosalyn (Ros) Black

Alfred Deakin Professor Jill Blackmore AM FASSA

Alfred Deakin Professor David Boud

Associate Professor Jill Brown

Professor Coral Campbell

Dr Claire Charles

Associate Professor Tim Corcoran

Professor Phillip Dawson

Dr David Farrugia

Associate Professor Radhika Gorur

Associate Professor Linda Hobbs

Professor Amanda Keddie

Professor Peter Kelly

Associate Professor Julianne Lynch

Dr Genee Marks

Dr Eve Mayes

Dr Lucinda McKnight

Dr Tebeje Molla

Associate Professor Amanda Mooney

Alfred Deakin Professor Julianne Moss

Professor Andrea Nolan

Associate Professor Joanne O’Mara

Associate Professor Trace Ollis

Professor Louise Paatsch

Dr Luci Pangrazio

Dr Emma Rowe

Dr Carly Sawatzki

Associate Professor Andrew Skourdoumbis

Dr Joanna Tai

Professor Ly Tran

Alfred Deakin Professor Russell Tytler FASSA

Associate Professor Michiko Weinmann

Associate Professor Peta White
