[Commlist] PhD Scholarship 2025 - Digital Childhoods: Privacy, Parenting and Children's Data

*PhD Scholarship 2025 - Digital Childhoods: Privacy, Parenting and 
Children's Data*

*Applications close:* 14/03/2025

*Full details online: 
*https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=7554 
<https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/Scholarship/?id=7554> **

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*About this scholarship*

The digital world is reshaping experiences of childhood and parenting, 
opening up new opportunities but equally bringing challenges that need 
to be urgently addressed. Apps, platforms and devices can generate and 
collect huge amounts of data from children from the day they're born, 
and sometimes even earlier, while parenting involves more and more 
digital tools since the rise in popularity of mobile phones. But what 
happens to all that data? Who makes the rules when commercial companies 
create parenting apps or devices? How reliable are these tools? Should 
GenerativeAI tools have access to, or be trained on, children’s data? 
And what balance between sharing and protecting young children’s data 
best protects their rights and future privacy?

Working in the Connected programme of the Curtin node of the ARC Centre 
of Excellence for the Digital Child, the successful candidate for this 
PhD scholarship will explore and analyse some of the big challenges 
around digital childhoods today, and map best practice for parents in 
the future. This scholarship in particular will support a research 
project examining children’s, and parent’s, data flows and privacy both 
today and in the future.

Faculty

  * Faculty of Humanities

Citizenship

  * Australian Citizen
  * Australian Permanent Resident
  * New Zealand Citizen
  * Permanent Humanitarian Visa

Value

  * This scholarship provides a living stipend of $42,500 p.a
    (comprising $37,500.00 + a $5,000.00 top up), based on full-time
    studies, for up 3 years, with the potential for a 6-month extension
    if required.

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*Scholarship Details*

Open to a student wishing to study in the broad Humanities, Arts and 
Social Sciences, especially media and communications.

Eligibility criteria

  * Essential: full-time enrolment
  * Essential: the successful recipients must also not be in receipt of
    any other scholarship.
  * Essential: English language IELTS level of 7 and above
  * Essential: Successful completion of an Honours or Masters programme
    with a research component (or equivalent) First class or upper
    second-class honours, and/or Masters degree by research in a field
    relevant to the project (for example, but not limited to,
    Communications, Cultural Studies, Digital and Social Media, Social
    Sciences, Arts, Humanities).
  * Desirable: interest in the apps, platforms and devices which collect
    and collate children’s data
  * Desirable: experience in qualitative research methods

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*Application process*

To express your interest, please submit an EOI form 
<https://forms.curtin.edu.au/Produce/Form/External%20Forms/Expression%20of%20Interest%20for%20Higher%20Degree%20by%20Research/> addressed 
to Prof Tama Leaver ((T.Leaver /at/ curtin.edu.au) ) in advance of the closing 
date (14 March 2025) with the following information/documents:

 1. Curriculum Vitae
 2. Academic transcripts
 3. A brief covering letter (no more than 2 sides A4) that addresses the
    eligibility criteria. The letter should explain why you are
    interested in the project and how your skills, attributes and
    experience make you a good candidate for this scholarship.
 4. Applicants are encouraged to provide a sample of academic writing
    (e.g., excerpt of Honours or Masters thesis or a published article).

Early Expressions of Interest before the closing date are encouraged.

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*Enrolment Requirements*

 1. You must be enrolled in a Higher Degree by Research Course at Curtin
    University by 1 July 2025.
 2. Recipients must complete their milestone 1 within 6 month of
    enrolment and remain enrolled on a full-time basis for the duration
    of the scholarship.

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*Enquiries*

For enquires, please contact Professor Tama Leaver 
<https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/tama-leaver-36056c6e/> via 
email (t.leaver /at/ curtin.edu.au) 
<https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=(t.leaver /at/ curtin.edu.au)>.


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