ISJ Doctoral Program

Recruiter: Australian Catholic University (ACU)
Location: Sydney, (AU)
Posted:
End of advertisement period: 16 Sept 2016
Job Type: Academic Posts, Other Academic, Research Related, Other Research Related
Contract Type: Permanent (based on IRPS THE ad for PhD scholarships)
Hours: Full Time

Under the guidance of world-renowned scholars engaged in path-breaking research and praxis, the Doctoral Program in Social and Political Thought is a doctoral program for people who believe that the world can and should be different.

Altogether distinctive in the Australian context, the program is a four-year program that begins with an intense year of coursework and training, combining serious theoretical and conceptual work with a strong commitment to engaging with the enormous challenges of our era.

The demanding and rigorous year of coursework, comprised of four North American style doctoral seminars, provides students with a deeper understanding of the great debates in social and political thought, and better prepares them for the task of undertaking original investigations of their own.

There are a number of full scholarships available to highly qualified applicants on a competitive basis.

How to apply

Applications from international and domestic candidates are now being accepted for admission in 2017. Please write to isj@acu.edu.au to express your interest in applying for PhD candidacy in the Institute. After assessment and approval of the Expression of Interest, applicants will be encouraged to apply for admission to ACU in October 2016.

The deadline for Expression of Interest is 16 September 2016.

All Expressions of Interest must include answers to the following questions (600-800 words):

1. What is the research question that most concerns you, and why?
2. Why is the Institute for Social Justice the place where you want to work on this question?
3. Who among the academic staff at ISJ most closely aligns with your research question and intellectual concerns?
4. What value do you see in a year of intense coursework with ISJ academic staff?

In addition to the statement addressing these questions, all Expressions of Interest should also include the following documents:

• An indicative piece of writing (approx. 5000 – 6000 words)
• Copies of academic transcripts

A number of full scholarships are available to highly qualified applicants on a competitive basis.

Information on scholarships can be found on the ACU Research website.

Domestic students can apply for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship. International students can apply for an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship. Indigenous students can apply for an ACU Indigenous Postgraduate Research Scholarship.

Institute for Social Justice

The Institute for Social Justice is a creative space for thinking about and responding to the challenges we face in the 21st Century.

New insights, intellectual excitement and alternative pathways for action emerge when we question what we have taken for granted.

Our research activities combine original normative reflection with diverse forms of action research. We aim to expand our horizons of understanding and disclose new possibilities for living together in the challenging conditions of our era.

The Institute is developing innovative cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research programs that will experimentally combine original scholarship and normative reflection with diverse forms of action research.

This complex and multi-faceted endeavour requires rethinking our highest social ideals: justice, equality, freedom, democracy, public goods, and the very meaning of our humanity. It also requires concretely addressing urgent social issues, seeking practical and workable solutions through productive partnerships with academic colleagues locally and internationally, and through engagement with community and civil society organisations.