QUEX call for PhD projects - UQ and Exeter staff

Building upon six successful years of PhD studentships, the QUEX Institute is pleased to offer a seventh call for PhD project proposals. 

QUEX call for PhD projects is now closed.

Read the full Guidelines (PDF, 350.2 KB)

The QUEX Program aims to recruit the very best students, to work across the University of Exeter and The University of Queensland (UQ), towards joint degrees. 

Building on a platform of active collaboration and academic exchange, we will build capacity and jointly invest in enhancing the opportunities for our researchers to work together.

We are seeking research project proposals from sets of UQ/Exeter academic staff who can demonstrate a capacity to work collaboratively. Where you are acting as the host supervisor, you should be prepared to support the candidate’s needs in terms of space, computing and general resources.

In 2024, project proposals are being sought from the themes of the partnership:

Healthy Living – supporting global health and wellbeing

• Global Environmental Futures –  delivering research breakthroughs across many environmental challenges
• Digital Worlds and Disruptive Technologies – addressing some of the challenges and opportunities related to digital change. 
• Mineral Security and Sustainability - addressing global sustainability challenges in the discovery, supply and use of mineral resources

Selection process

In selecting projects to advertise, our primary concerns will be the strength of proposal and the likelihood of attracting the highest calibre of students. With a view to managing the overall shape and impact of the QUEX partnership, we will also consider balance between the four themes, range of supervisory involvement, and the development of new areas of collaboration.

You can contact the relevant QUEX Theme Lead at their home institution to discuss your submission and its alignment with the partnership theme.

Healthy living leadership team

• Professor John Cairney from UQ
• Associate Professor Rob Anderson from the University of Exeter

Global environmental futures leadership team

• Dr Sarit Kaserzon from UQ
• Professor Peter Mumby from UQ
• Professor Lise Storm from the University of Exeter

Digital worlds and disruptive technologies leadership team

• Associate Professor Stephen Viller from UQ
• Dr James Muldoon from the University of Exeter

Mineral security and sustainability leadership team

• Professor Daniel Franks from UQ
• Professor Karen Hudson-Edwards from the University of Exeter