
Promotion in Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Management
Forschungsschwerpunkte
Innerhalb der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Management gibt es verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Spezialisierung. Folgende Forschungsbereiche lassen sich unter anderem diesem Studienfeld zuordnen:
- Business Information Systems
- Business Administration (DBA)
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Digital Disruption
- Health Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- Econometrics
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Environmental Economics and Public Policy
- Experimental economics
- Finance & Banking
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Property Economics
- Services marketing
- Tourism
Dein genaues Forschungsthema kannst du in direkter Absprache mit den potentiellen Supervisor:innen abstimmen. Falls du noch keine feste Vorstellung für dein Thema hast, schau dir gerne einige der aktuell ausgeschriebenen Projekte an.
Auswahl möglicher Forschungsprojekte in Australien
PhD Business
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University: | Griffith University |
Faculty: | Griffith Business School |
Project Start Date: | 13.10.2025 |
Application Deadline: | 13.06.2025 (students interested in this or similar topics can contact the supervisor even after the deadline) |
Supervisor: | Associate Professor Erin O’Brien, Email: [email protected] |
Location (City/Campus): | Brisbane South (Nathan) |
Project Description: | As one of the most influential universities in Australia and the Asia–Pacific region, you will join Griffith University that spans five physical campuses in South East Queensland, while our network of more than 200,000 graduates extends worldwide. The successful candidate will join an ARC-funded research team collaborating across Griffith University and the University of Sydney, and will have the opportunity to be mentored by leading experts on market-based activism. This PhD scholarship is located at Griffith University in Brisbane South (Nathan), where you will be supervised by Associate Professor Erin O’Brien and Dr Justine Coneybeer. The candidate will join the School of Government and International Relations, and benefit from a vibrant, collegiate, and high performing research community. We are currently looking for a PhD candidate to join an Australian Research Council funded project team and undertake a research project examining civil society activism focused on market-based actors and processes. The specific focus of the research could be on any of the following areas:
The PhD project may focus on one of the issue areas examined for the ARC project (climate change, First Nation people’s land and cultural rights, modern slavery, and diversity, equity and inclusion), but is not limited to these topics. |
Funding Information: | The 2025 Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship has an annual stipend of $34,752 (indexed) for a period of up to three years of full-time study. Please see the GUPRS Conditions of Award for more information. A successful International applicant will also be awarded a Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship to cover tuition fees for up to three years. Please see the GUIPRS Conditions of Award for more information. |
Special Requirements: | The selection of applicants for the award of higher degree research scholarships at Griffith University involves consideration of your academic merit and research background. To be successful within this role, you will have strong qualitative research skills, evidence of a passion for social and environmental issues, with a strong desire to undertake research examining market-based actors (e.g. corporations, investors) and activism (e.g. shareholder activism, divestment campaigns). Expressions of interest are welcome from domestic and international applicants. Please note: Applicants must contact Associate Professor Erin O’Brien via email ([email protected]) with an expression of interest (see details below) prior to submitting a formal application.
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Additional Information: | All expressions of interest must be submitted to [email protected] containing:
Closing date for expressions of interest is: Friday 13 June 2025 5pm AEST The preferred applicant will then be invited to apply for the program and scholarship on-line |
Grundlegendes zum Schwerpunkt Wirtschaftswissenschaften & Management
Australiens Universitäten sind weltweit führend im Bereich der Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Internationale Spitzenforschung umfasst methodenorientierte Grundlagenforschung ebenso wie projekt- und anwendungsorientierte Forschung. Definiertes Ziel ist es, Industrie- und Unternehmenskulturen positiv zu verändern und politischen Entscheidungsträger:innen effiziente, nachhaltige Konzepte zur Verfügung zu stellen.
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Deine Ansprechpartnerinnen im Bereich Forschung
Rebecca Fischer
Head of PhD Recruitment
Tel: +49 (0) 711 400 910 41
Svea Hellmig
PhD Beratung Region NRW
Tel: +49 (0) 221 975 868 70