Project Supervisor
School and Institute
Faculty
Location
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Research topic
Over the last 20 years, there has been an unprecedented increase in humanitarian migrants all over the globe. The limited available evidence suggests humanitarian migrants settle less successfully, both economically and socially, than other migrants. Despite national and international attention, and huge expenditure of public funds, there appears to be little progress in improving the settlement outcomes of humanitarian migrants. Part of this gap in is due to the shortage of quality data. Additionally, previous work on humanitarian migrants’ settlement has been limited by and the use of cross-sectional data, which, not only fail to produce causal associations, but also miss the complexity of changes in settlement patterns over time. This scholarship offers the opportunity to learn about and gain experience in data handling, analysis and publication of large-scale epidemiological studies.
Project aim
Using multiple rounds of panel data from the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) survey and longitudinal techniques, this project will address the following key research objectives, which are central to our understanding of humanitarian migrants’ settlement:
- Investigate the economic settlement outcomes of humanitarian migrants
- Examine the sociocultural settlement outcome of humanitarian migrants
- Investigate the political settlement outcome of humanitarian migrants
- Examine access to and use of government and non-government services and welfare benefits and their contribution to economic, sociocultural and political settlement of humanitarian migrants
Important dates
Applications close 5pm, Sunday 9 March 2025
Benefits
This scholarship is available over 3 years.
- Stipend of $35,550 per annum tax exempt (2025 rate)
- Relocation allowance of $500-1500 (for single to family) for students moving from interstate
- International students only: Tuition fees offset
for the duration of 4 years. Single Overseas Student Health Cover policy for the duration of the student visa.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible you must:
- be a domestic or international candidate. Domestic includes candidates with Australian Citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency or New Zealand Citizenship.
- meet Deakin's PhD entry requirements
- be enrolling full time and hold an honours degree (first class) or an equivalent standard master's degree with a substantial research component.
Please refer to the research degree entry pathways page for further information.
Additional desirable criteria include:
- honours, Masters or Equivalent in the Social Sciences with priority given to those with experience within the following fields: Demography, Economics, Epidemiology, Sociology of Health, Biostatistics/Medical Statistics.
- experience with quantitative statistics software (SAS/SPSS)
How to apply
Please email a CV and cover letter to Professor Santosh Jatrana. The CV should highlight your skills, education, publications and relevant work experience. If you are successful you will then be invited to submit a formal application.
Contact us
For more information about this scholarship, please contact Professor Santosh Jatrana
Professor Santosh Jatrana
Email Professor Santosh Jatrana
+61 3 522 78855