Institute for Regional Development

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

Angela Castles

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



 

 Matthew Campbell-Ellis

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

Lea Coates

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

 

Cherie Hawkins

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

Clayton Hawkins

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

David Henderson

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

Kiros Hiruy

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

Ian Locke

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

Robin Krabbe

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