Postgraduate Research Program

The Centre is building a PhD program to ensure a continuing stream of scholarly research on local government and local governance. The Centre is able to support students with academic supervision and access to relevant academic and industry networks. A scholarship is available for suitably qualified applicants, for more information click here.

For any queries please contact Associate Professor Alan Morris: +61 2 9514 4880; [email protected]
 

Current postgraduate research students

• Sarah Artist (PhD candidate) Shaping Local Futures - An analysis of the implementation of the NSW Local Government Amendment (Planning and Reporting) Act 2009
   
• Benjamin Hanckel (PhD candidate) Community development in the new millennium: Examining the role of digital media in community development programs
   
• Neil Selmon (PhD candidate) Hierarchical planning frameworks and local democracy: what are the barriers to empowering local communities through community strategic planning?
   
• Su Fei Tan (PhD candidate) The impact of local government reform on local democratic representation and decision making.