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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Project Title: "Regional Intellect"
Commenced: 2008, Part Time
Supervisors: Professor Janelle Allison, Dr Tony McCall
IRD Research Theme: Socio-Economic Innovation: Development Knowledge
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
Project Title: "Is the Tarkine a Wilderness or Managed Landscape?"
Commenced: 2012, Full Time
Project Title: "Land Reforms and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Pro-poor Potentials of Title Formalization in Ghana"
Commenced: 2012, Full Time
Project Title: "Rural-Urban Linkages and Local Development"
Commenced: 2012, Full Time
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
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