Griffith University Global Safety Innovation PhD Scholarship 2027

This PhD is grounded in real world practice. Global Safety Innovation (GSI) is a network of organisations across high-risk industries working toward safer workplaces. Rather than researching safety measurement from the outside, you will work directly with GSI's partner organisations throughout the PhD, spending focused blocks of time embedded within their operations to see firsthand how safety data and reporting systems are built, used, and contested.

Success will mean working across two worlds: rigorous methodology with academic supervisors, and genuine collaboration with practitioners inside partner organisations. The project aims to improve understanding of the conditions under which innovation in safety measurement is possible, exploring questions such as: What factors increase or decrease the social acceptability of alternative measures within and beyond organisations? What makes a new measure practically useful for improving safety? And how is consensus around new measures established, maintained, and translated into practice?

Your supervision team for this project brings together expertise in organisational safety, community-engaged research, and human factors. You will be supervised by Dr Clarissa Carden, an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in community safety, wellbeing, and social justice; Associate Professor Drew Rae, a leading safety researcher whose work examines how organisations manage risk and safety performance; and Zoë Nation, a human factors and safety specialist focused on improving the systems, practices, and behaviours that shape safety outcomes.

This position is primarily based at Griffith University Brisbane South (Nathan) or Gold Coast. As Griffith is a multi-campus University you may be required to work across other campus locations. Griffith University’s sites are located on the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, Turrbal, Yugambeh and Kombumerri peoples.

• Table of Content
• About Griffith University
• Griffith University Global Safety Innovation PhD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Griffith University Global Safety Innovation PhD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for Griffith University Global Safety Innovation PhD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Griffith University Global Safety Innovation PhD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Griffith University Global Safety Innovation PhD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship

• This scholarship will be jointly funded by Global Safety Innovation and Griffith University.
• The total scholarship value is $50,000 per annum for three years with the possibility of a six-month extension.

Requirements for Griffith University Global Safety Innovation PhD Scholarship Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

• Griffith University values diversity, inclusion and flexibility and we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply.
• Griffith's strategic goals are to also increase the proportion of women in senior academic and administrative roles and in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM).

Application Deadline

How to Apply

All expressions of interest must be submitted to '[email protected]', containing:

• Statement of suitability for the project/scholarship, including your preferred main campus location.
• Evidence that you have completed a program with the required grades as detailed in the ‘About you’ section
• A curriculum vitae (CV) using the Griffith CV template.
• Names of two referees

The closing date for expressions of interest is: Friday the 11th of September 2026, at 11:59PM AEST.

The preferred applicant will then be invited to apply for the program and scholarship on-line.

Contact:

For project related enquiries please contact:

• Dr Clarissa Carden
• Email: [email protected]

For administration enquiries please contact:

• Griffith Graduate Research School
• Email: [email protected]

For more information, kindly visit Griffith University scholarship webpage.