University of Tasmania, Australia

Janet Cretan Elite Research Scholarship

Janet Cretan is a respected member of the Tasmanian community, who has a long and involved history with the University of Tasmania and the broader community. Her father, the Late Professor Keith Isles CMG was Vice-Chancellor of the University for a decade from 1957 to 1967. Being the daughter of the Vice-Chancellor, and at a challenging time for the University, meant that the University was a significant part of Janet’s life, living on the University campus in Sandy Bay.

Janet studied at the University on two occasions. In 1959 she completed a Bachelor of Economics with Honours and returned some years later to complete a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Classics in 1988.

Janet has been a significant supporter of the University for most of her life and, along with her husband Nick Cretan, has generously agreed to endow a perpetual scholarship for a PhD candidate researching in the fields of philosophy and sociology.

One scholarship will be offered at any time, with the scholarship being open to competition at any time it is not held by a PhD candidate.

Priority will given to candidates who wish to undertake a research project in the following areas:

1. thinking about the world and contemporary issues around place, identity and experience;
2. sense of living in common time;
3. ethics; and
4. developing new ideas relating to current social issues, such as environmental crime, housing, indigenous health, religion and values, and environmental movements.

 

This scholarship is not currently being offered.

 

Contact:	The Graduate Research Office graduate.research@utas.edu.au