[Commlist] PhD Scholarship as part of an ARC DECRA project, “Exploring the digital divide in the ageing migrant’s personal home”

Job No.: 652279

Location: Caulfield campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 3.5-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: The successful applicant will receive a Research Living 
Allowance, at current value of $33,000 AUD per annum 2023 full-time rate 
(tax-free stipend), indexed plus allowances as per RTP stipend 
scholarship conditions at: 
www.monash.edu/graduate-research/future-students/scholarships/scholarship-policy-and-procedures. 
A tuition fee scholarship and Single Overseas Health Cover (OSHC) will 
be provided for a successful international awardee.


This PhD scholarship is funded as an important part of an Australian 
Research Council (ARC) funded Discovery Early Career Research Award 
(DECRA) project “Exploring the digital divide in the ageing migrant’s 
personal home”, conducted by Dr Earvin Charles Cabalquinto.

The ARC funded project will critically investigate the experiences of 
ageing migrants in accessing and using digital communication 
technologies and online platforms in their personal home settings, 
deploying multi-sited ethnography and visual methods. It will also 
examine the role of ageing migrants’ relationship to their local and 
transnational networks in shaping the opportunities and difficulties 
they experience and negotiate in digital environments. The study will 
approach the topic through an interdisciplinary lens drawn upon the 
intersecting fields of digital media, migration, mobilities, and ageing 
research.

The successful applicant will join the research team and contribute to 
the wider project but will also undertake their own distinct PhD 
project. The student will engage with one of Australia’s migrant 
communities, including but not limited to Chinese, Indians and 
Indonesians, and their local and transnational networks. Under the Chief 
Investigator’s direct supervision, the student will be guided to collect 
and analyse data, with a particular focus on how social, cultural, 
political, economic, and technological factors impact the experiences of 
the digital divide among ageing migrants in a home setting. The Chief 
Investigator and the PhD student will share data collected from engaging 
with their respective case studies, contributing to mapping similar and 
emerging drivers of digital exclusion in an increasingly networked and 
transnational world. The details of the PhD project are open to 
negotiation, but primarily designed to collect data among 10-15 migrants 
and their selected family members in Melbourne, Australia and in their 
home country.

Undertaking this PhD as part of a larger project has several advantages. 
First, the successful candidate will be integrated into an already 
successful research agenda that has been funded by the ARC, and will 
have access to funding to support fieldwork, transcription, travel, and 
conference attendance. Second, the candidate will benefit from expert 
supervision and mentorship from research leaders in social science, and 
from entering a PhD with a pre-existing structure. Third, the candidate 
will benefit from being part of outcomes from the research, which may 
include co-authored publications (where the candidate’s contributions 
will be recognised through co-authorship), funded symposia, 
school-engagement exercises, and future grant applications. Finally, the 
project will provide the candidate with the key competencies in 
fostering grounded and ethnographic research to impact culturally 
tailored policies and interventions on digital inclusion for ageing 
migrants as well as broader migrant communities and relevant 
stakeholders in Australia. The skills and knowledge developed by the 
candidate will set a strong foundation for harnessing a career in and 
beyond academia.
Monash University is the largest university in Australia and regularly 
ranks in the top 100 universities worldwide. Monash has six globally 
networked campuses and international alliances in Europe and Asia. The 
applicant will be based at the Caulfield campus in Melbourne. Social 
Science at Monash is diverse and vibrant, including research expertise 
in geography, sociology, politics and sustainability transitions. We 
have a strong and supportive research culture, led by internationally 
recognised scholars successful in attracting national and international 
competitive funding.

Candidate Requirements

The successful applicant will have an excellent academic track record in 
Social Science. Competence in qualitative research methods, particularly 
multi-sited ethnography and visual methods (photo elicitation, photo 
documentation, and videography), is desirable.
In its assessment, the selection committee will prioritise applicants 
who hold an Australian (or equivalent international) Honour’s or 
Master’s degree (both in a relevant field), with a significant research 
component and with first-class honours/H1 awarded.

Details of eligibility requirements, including English-language 
proficiency skills, to undertake a PhD in the Faculty of Arts are 
available at www.arts.monash.edu/graduate-research/application-process. 
Applicants should ensure they familiarise themselves with these 
requirements before deciding whether they should apply.

This scholarship is open to domestic and international applicants. 
Scholarship holders must be enrolled full-time and on campus.

Please note: applicants who already hold a PhD will not be considered.

The successful applicant will be expected to enrol by November 2023. 
However, there may be some flexibility as to the date of commencement.

Enquiries

Dr Earvin Charles Cabalquinto, School of Media, Film and Journalism, 
(earvin.cabalquinto /at/ monash.edu)

Submit an Expression of Interest

EOIs shall comprise:

A cover letter that includes a brief statement of the applicant’s 
suitability
A brief research proposal not exceeding 750 words in length that fits 
within the broad project aims and objectives, and demonstrates some 
understanding of the area of research. The proposal must nominate an 
ageing migrant community in Melbourne, Australia that the PhD candidate 
endeavors to engage for the PhD project
A curriculum vitae, including a list of any published works, conference 
presentations and relevant work experience
A full statement of academic record, supported by scanned copies of 
relevant certified documentation
English language proficiency test results (if applicable)
Contact details of two academic referees
Copy of your current passport (if available)
Once you have discussed your EOI with Dr Earvin Charles Cabalquinto, 
please submit your Expression of Interest Form and indicate that you are 
applying for a “Special Scholarship Scheme – PhD Scholarship as part of 
an ARC DECRA project in Exploring the digital divide in the ageing 
migrant’s personal home”.

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by Zoom video call. The 
interviews will be conducted in English.

Closing Date

Sunday 27 August 2023, 11:55pm AEST

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