PhD Opportunity in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability!

Aiming for a PhD degree? Interested in entrepreneurship and economic renewal? Care about sustainable development and technologies that enable it? Then this opportunity is for you!

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in collaboration with industry partner MTA, which represents the automotive retail, service and repair sectors, are seeking one PhD student with the above orientation. The student will be supervised by Professor Per Davidsson, a world-class entrepreneurship scholar and award-winning mentor. The position comes with a PhD scholarship of AUD $32304/pa for 3 years with a possible 6 months extension. As part of an Australian Research Council-funded Training Centre  involving a cohort of other PhD students and Post Docs, this opportunity comes with unique institutional support. QUT and MTA are located in Brisbane, a vibrant city in one of the most liveable parts of the world.

Candidates must hold an Honours or Master degree with a significant research component (see here for detailed criteria) and be prepared to spend the duration of their studies in Brisbane, Australia. An academic background including both social science and natural sciences/engineering is preferable. We seek to fill this position at the earliest point possible.

If you have a serious interest in this opportunity as well as appropriate academic qualifications and the ability to commence with a few months, then please contact per.davidsson@qut.edu.au