PhD scholarship offered by Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University

A PhD scholarship is available to initiate and conduct research on the topic 'Value Capture of Australian Infrastructure'. This PhD project will be conducted in the Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University, which is ranking Top 1% of universities worldwide.

This proposed PhD project will contribute to the much-needed empirical evidence regarding value capture modelling in funding Australian infrastructure by investigating the following questions:

How to improve the accuracy of estimating the value-uplift generated by infrastructure by factoring in the architectural design and construction technics, especially in an Australian context?

How to improve the value-uplift brought by infrastructure and enhance the feasibility of value capture from the perspectives of architectural design, construction management, and construction technics?

How to improve the implementation of value capture in funding infrastructure in an Australian context?

Benefits

This scholarship is available over 3 years.

Stipend of $28,900 per annum tax exempt (2022 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:

1) meet Deakin's PhD entry requirements

2) be enrolling full time and hold an honours degree (first class) or an equivalent standard master's degree with a substantial research component.

3) Please refer to the research degree entry pathways page for further information.

Additional desirable criteria include:

1) Completed research degree (honours or masters) with an 80% grade;

2) Intellectually curious, with strong academic background in Property & Real Estate, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics or Civil Engineering while also demonstrating potential to complete PhD-level courses in Finance and Economics to a high standard;

3) Strong referee letters that are able to rank the candidate relative to their peers and also relative to previous cohorts;

4) Ability to clearly articulate contributions and gaps in one’s own research work as well as the research work embodied in key papers in the academic literature within one’s field of interest;

Interested applicants can contact:

Project Supervisor

A/Prof. Adrian Lee ([email protected])

Additional Supervision

Dr Jian Liang ([email protected])