This PhD scholarship is related to a new ethnographic project funded by the Australian Research Council and the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth). We are seeking an outstanding applicant with a strong track record of academic excellence in anthropology, sociology, gender studies or a relevant discipline (i.e. youth studies).
The successful applicant will be required to undertake field research (participant observation, interviews, observation) involving work in the evening and on weekends.
This Scholarship is available to Australian or New Zealand citizens or Australian Permanent Residents only.
The Project will collect ethnographic and qualitative interview data to comprehensively investigate drinking cultures among nurses and lawyers. The Project aims to generate important new knowledge on the cultural and social practices that shape drinking among nurses and lawyers, and illuminate relations between drinking cultures and alcohol-related problems.
