[ecrea] PhD Scholarship in the Internet of Toys

ARC PhD Scholarship in the Internet of Toys

The Internet of Toys: Benefits and risks of connected toys for children 
is an ARC funded research project being undertaken at the School of Arts 
and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley.

The project has a PhD scholarship attached to it. We are now looking for 
interested applicants who can commence their PhD in Semester 2, 2018. 
The successful applicant will carry out research in conjunction with an 
international research team from Australia, Italy, UK and Belgium and be 
supervised by Professor Lelia Green and Senior Research Fellow Donell 
Holloway.

The research involves carrying out an ethnographic exploration of 
children’s use of connected toys, and discourse analyses of the 
commercial, regulatory and discursive environment in which these toys 
are designed, marketed, regulated and publically discussed.

Applicants should possess a background in communications, education or 
similar field and be prepared to carry out qualitative research with 
children aged 5 to 12 and their parents.

•          Amount: $28,000AU per year (tax free) stipend/living 
allowance and a possible $2,000 relocation allowance

•          Tenure: 3 years

•          Working With Children Check required before starting PhD

•          Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident visa or New 
Zealand citizen

•          Refereed reports highly recommended

•          Honours or Research Masters prerequisite – although research 
experience combined with lesser academic qualifications may also be 
considered if deemed to be equivalent.

Applications due, via email to (donell.holloway /at/ ecu.edu.au) or 
(l.green /at/ ecu.edu.au), by May 15, 2018.



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