The UQ Summer Research Scholarship Program provides UQ students with an opportunity to gain research experience working alongside some of the University’s leading academics and researchers.
Each year the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry offers research placement opportunities for students through the UQ Summer Research Scholarship Program.
Applications will open for the 2022-2023 Summer Research Program on Monday, 15 August 2022 and will close 11.59pm on Sunday, 18 September 2022.
Participation is open to students with some background in our School's disciplines: Classics and Ancient History, Studies in Religion, Philosophy or History. Below is the list of current and past projects.
Current Projects
2022-2023
Project 1
Project title: | The Queensland Atlas of Religion (QAR) |
Project duration, hours of engagement & delivery mode | Duration of the project, 8 weeks during Summer Vacation for 20 hours per week starting 28 November 2022 |
Description: | The Queensland Atlas of Religion (QAR) is an Australian Research Council Linkage project undertaken in partnership with the State Library of Queensland. The QAR aims to document the religious diversity of Queensland in approximately 150 essays and 30 oral history interviews to be published on a public reference website. The content of the site will reflect the diversity of religion within Queensland and shall be organised according to four broad themes: religious tradition, place, action, and story. The successful applicant for this scholarship will work under the direction of Dr Adam Bowles and Assoc. Prof. Geoff Ginn, the project's leaders, to develop materials towards one or more entries of the Atlas. This will include archival and site-based research. The specific objects of inquiry are open and shall be determined in discussion with the scholarship holder. |
Expected outcomes and deliverables: | The successful applicant will assist in identifying candidates for QAR entries, which may include essays based on religious sites, organisations, or individuals in Brisbane. The scholar may be involved in site visits and informal interviews and will develop skills in data procurement and analysis. The scholar will contribute materials towards one or may entries for the Atlas and may be involved in writing (or co-writing) such an entry (an academic publication). The student may also be involved in editorial activities for the Atlas. |
Suitable for: | We are looking for a motivated, independent learner, who is interested in local Brisbane stories. An interest or background in the academic study of religion would be helpful, but more important is a passion for discovering interesting stories from our present or our past. This is most suitable for students doing advanced level undergraduate subjects. |
Primary Supervisor: | Dr Adam Bowles and Assoc. Prof. Geoff Ginn |
Further info: | Dr Adam Bowles (a.bowles1@uq.edu.au) or Assoc. Prof. Geoff Ginn (g.ginn@uq.edu.au) |
Project 2
Project title: | History Staffing and Students in Australian and New Zealand Universities |
Project duration, hours of engagement & delivery mode | Six weeks. Applicant will not be required to be on-site for the great majority of it, but will for consultation. Hours are negotiable, but I would hope for approximately 20-25 hours per week. |
Description: | This project will build on earlier surveys/censuses of staffing and student numbers in History in Australian and New Zealand universities. The last comprehensive survey was undertaken in 2017, and we wish to assess the changes since, particularly given the effects of COVID and fee changes By the time the applicant commences work, we expect to have the great majority of surveys returned from the Heads of History disciplines in Australia and New Zealand. The applicant will need good numeracy skills to analyse overall numbers, gender composition of staff at various levels of seniority, and trends in student numbers. The methodology has already been well-established in the earlier survey/census. The student would also be involved in drafting elements of the final report to the Australian Historical Association and the Heads of History. |
Expected outcomes and deliverables: | The research will contribute to the production of a report to the Australian Historical Association and the Heads of History, and will also contribute to a possible publication. Scholars will gain experience in data collection and analysis and the production of reports and publications. |
Suitable for: | Students of history with good numeracy skills, and preferably experience with Microsoft Excel. |
Primary Supervisor: | Associate Professor Martin Crotty |
Further info: | Potential applicants are welcome to contact Associate Professor Matin Crotty to discuss the project in greater depth. |
Past Projects
2021 - 2022
HPI Summer Research Program Projects
2019 - 2020
2018 - 2019
2016 - 2017
2015 - 2016
Popular perceptions of Roman emperors from Augustus to Theodosius
Cosmology, the earth and politicised territory in the Mahābhārata
The UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program provides students with an opportunity to gain research experience working alongside some of the University's leading academics and researchers.
Each year the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry offers research placement opportunities for students through the UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program.
Applications will open for the Winter Research Program 2021 on Monday, 22 March 2021 and will close 11.59pm on Sunday, 18 April 2021.
Participation is open to students with some background in our School's disciplines: Classics and Ancient History, Studies in Religion, Philosophy or History. Below is the list of projects on offer.
Current Projects
2022
Cancelled by UQSEC
2021
1. Project title: Modern Marks on Ancient Artefacts
Project duration: 5 weeks - 21 June to 23 July 2021
Expected hours per week: 20 hours/week
This project contributes to ongoing research at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum into the various modern marks that appear on its collection of ancient artefacts. These marks include museum accession numbers, private collection identification numbers, handwritten labels and notes, export tags, and residues from these markings.
These modern marks are part of the story of these ancient artefacts, and can be linked to complex concepts in modern museums including provenance, identification, colonialism, looting, ethics, and collection management.
Winter Scholars will work with the Manager/Curator of the Museum to survey the antiquities museum collection for different kinds of these marks, document them, research the associated history of different marks, and update the museum collection database accordingly. This ongoing work will contribute to a public database of these marks to aid other museums around the world in researching the history of their collections.
Expected outcomes and deliverables
- Develop Research Skills
- Experience the operations of a small university museum
- Develop knowledge in the areas of provenance research and museum documentation
- Develop database and other specialist software skills
- Contribute to a planned future exhibition of the Antiquities Museum
- Contribute to a planned online database of the project’s findings.
Suitable for
- Advanced Undergraduate or postgraduate students in the areas of:
- Ancient History
- Archaeology
- Museum Studies
- Art History
2. Project Title: The Ethics of Climate Change Education
Project duration: 4 weeks - 21 June 2021 - 16 July 2021
Expected hours per week: 20 hours/week
Climate change is a complex and pressing problem which requires multiple solutions from all areas of human inquiry. For education, climate change raises not only problems of how to teach students about climate change effectively and accurately according to the latest science, but also how to teach students about climate change ethically. Climate change itself, and certainly the solutions to it raise a myriad of ethical challenges that can be hard to navigate, especially for those who lack ethical training. The project seeks to explore and address the challenges that teachers face.
Expected outcomes and deliverables
The student will produce a literature review and a paper to be submitted for publication on the ethics of climate change education aimed at advancing the debate surrounding teacher training in relation to climate change and environmental education more broadly.
Suitable for
Students with background and interest in climate change, ethics or education.
Supervisor
Lecturer in Philosophy
Further information
Past Projects
2020
Fuzzy Logics for Graded Reasoning in Applied Contexts
2018-2019