The Climate Action Beacon is passionate about interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary methodologies, empowering HDR candidates as future leaders
Candidates who are accepted into the Climate Action Beacon Doctoral Training Program will have access to a wide range of disciplinary mentors working across our research programs. This invaluable network of mentors hails from various fields, ensuring a comprehensive approach to academic and practical challenges in climate action. Access to this network will help you find mentors to support your contribution to the advancement of knowledge in your chosen field.
Membership presents an opportunity to contribute to existing research and develop a broad range of transferable skills to pursue a career dedicated to climate action. By joining this exceptional community of scholars, you are embracing the chance to contribute to a sustainable future for our planet, making a profound difference in the fight against climate change.
Climate Action Doctoral Training
The Climate Action Doctoral Training Program provides PhD candidates with the opportunity to develop, practice and refine skills and capabilities needed to become a leading climate action researcher. You will be supported by the Climate Action Beacon's experts across Griffith's schools and centres, plus have access to our extensive network of industry, government, and community partners. Our interdisciplinary research focus provides a novel training ground for next generation researchers who will acquire the depth and breadth of skills and capabilities critical to climate action.
Research within the Program is driven by research priorities outlined across our three research themes: Motivating Climate Action, Climate Transitions and Climate Justice. Our work embraces the nexus of climate action, justice and sustainability to achieve positive and progressive social and environmental futures. Register here.
Climate Action Fellowships
Climate Action Fellowships support projects across academic, government, industry, third and fourth sectors that exhibit innovation and thought leadership in motivating, guiding and delivering climate action. Fellowship projects can be original stand-alone projects or an additional dimension to an existing Climate Action Beacon project. The Fellowships can also support current Griffith PhD candidates, funding additional research expenses incurred to undertake climate action projects.
Prospective fellows must partner with a Griffith academic that is involved in the Climate Action Beacon as a member or named researcher on a current Climate Action Beacon funded project and/or an industry partner.
We encourage diversity and innovation. Projects can range from, for example, creative-arts initiatives to those policy planning or community engagement initiatives. We encourage applications from marginalised communities and especially First Nations people and organisations, women and people who are differently abled.
These fellowships (valued at $5,000-$10,000) encourage and support industry, government or community partnerships, providing opportunities for Griffith researchers to work with existing partners or to develop new relationships.
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If you're interested in pursuing the doctoral training or fellowship positions with the Climate Action Beacon, please contact us.