• Key research areas
• Information security, privacy and ethics
• Knowledge management
• Social Informatics
• Small and medium enterprises
• Requirements analysis
• Health informatics
• Sustainability
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• Staff research interests
• Staff research projects
• Information for research students
• General information and links
• Research fundamentals
• HDR candidates and their projects
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• Research seminars
• IS journals at Deakin

Information for students

Before you apply

Higher degrees by research

While many organisations engage in research, universities have a unique responsibility to provide research training. Higher degrees by research programs encourage the development of independent research skills in candidates. These skills include the ability to formulate a significant research problem, the ability to relate the research to the broader framework of knowledge in the area, and the mastery of appropriate skills to tackle the problem. The results of the research are usually incorporated into a thesis which is submitted for examination.

Before you apply, you must:

1. Identify a potential research area
2. Identify a potential supervisor. See staff research interests
3. Contact the Associate Head of School Research who can advise you about research opportunities with the School.

You must provide with your application:

• A copy of your CV
• A document describing your previous research experience
• Academic transcripts
• Name(s) of staff with relevant research interests, and
• A document describing the topic you would like to study, the gaps in our knowledge that your research will fill and how you intend to research this topic