Current PhD Candidates

The PhD in Regional Development at the University of Tasmania is offered exclusively through the Institute for Regional Development. In addition, the IRD has affiliate PhD candidates from other UTAS Schools or Institutes whose work focuses on some aspect of regional development.

IRD PhD Candidates:
Angela Castles Project Title: Peri Urban Land Use Change Commenced: 2010, Full Time Supervisors: Professor Janelle Allison, Dr Tony McCall IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Development Knowledge
Matthew Campbell-Ellis Project Title: Constructing Sustainable Development Platforms for Rural Communities: A case study of Circular Head agri-food communities, Tasmania Commenced: 2011, Full Time Supervisors: Dr Tony McCall, Assoc Prof Robyn Eversole IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Development Knowledge
Lea Coates Project Title: King Island and a Sustainable Agri-food Future Commenced: 2010, Full Time Supervisors: Dr Tony McCall, Professor Janelle Allison, A/Professor Ray Collins (UQ) IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Enterprise and Empowerment
Cherie Hawkins Project Title: Young, Female and Looking to the Future: Exploring the Aspirations of Adolescent Girls in Regional Tasmania Commenced: 2010, Full Time Supervisors: Dr Robyn Eversole, Dr Sharon Pittaway (Education) IRD Research Theme: New Regional Campus: Participation and Pathways
Clayton Hawkins Project Title: Weak Ties in Leisure: The Role of Local Government Commenced: 2007, Part Time Supervisors: Professor David Adams, Professor Janelle Allison IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Development Knowledge
David Henderson Project Title: Climate Change as Regional Competetive Advantage: King Island Case Study Commenced: 2010, Full Time Supervisors: Dr Tony McCall, Professor David Adams IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Development Knowledge
Kiros Hiruy Project Title: Transforming the Odds: Bottom-Up Driven Social Empowerment and Inclusion in Regional Australia Commenced: 2010, Full Time Supervisors: Dr Robyn Eversole, Professor David Adams IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Enterprise and Empowerment
Ian Locke Project Title: "Regional Intellect" Commenced: 2008, Part Time Supervisors: Professor Janelle Allison, Dr Tony McCall IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Development Knowledge
Mary Duniam Project Title: "Local Government is Changing and so is its Relationship With Community: Determining Relational Factors Associated with Local Government, Social Enterprises & Community Governance" Commenced: 2012, Full Time
Jen Evans Project Title: "Is the Tarkine a Wilderness or Managed Landscape?" Commenced: 2012, Full Time
David Anaafo Project Title: "Land Reforms and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Pro-poor Potentials of Title Formalization in Ghana" Commenced: 2012, Full Time
Megressa Tollessa Walo Project Title: "Rural-Urban Linkages and Local Development" Commenced: 2012, Full Time

IRD Affiliates:
Robin Krabbe School of Government Project Title: Investigating the potential of the participatory worldview to support socio-ecological sustainability Supervisors: Dr Fred Gale, Dr Robyn Eversole IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Enterprise and Empowerment
Lisa Watson School of Computing and Information Systems Project Title: Socio-economic factors affecting the uptake of ICT in the Tasmanian dairy industry Supervisors: Professor Peter Marshall, Dr Robyn Eversole, Dr Marion Titterton RD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Development Knowledge

IRD Affiliates:

Robin Krabbe

School of Government
Project Title: Investigating the potential of the participatory worldview to support socio-ecological sustainability
Supervisors: Dr Fred Gale, Dr Robyn Eversole
IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Enterprise and Empowerment

Lisa Watson

School of Computing and Information Systems
Project Title: Socio-economic factors affecting the uptake of ICT in the Tasmanian dairy industry
Supervisors: Professor Peter Marshall, Dr Robyn Eversole, Dr Marion Titterton
RD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Development Knowledge