Applications are accepted throughout the year from students wishing to do their HDR with the Institute for Positive Psychology & Education.
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Applications are accepted throughout the year from students wishing to do their HDR with the Institute for Positive Psychology & Education.
We welcome applications from both domestic candidates from Australia and New Zealand, and international candidates. The next round of applications for PhD and MPhil programs closes at 11.59pm 17 October 2021 AEDT.
When you study at IPPE you have access to;
View the Thesis Repository for all PhD's completed by IPPE students
Current HDR Scholarships will be posted here when they become available on ACU's HDR website:
Applicants must follow the instructions on the ACU Become a Research Candidate page.
There are 3 programs in IPPE: Indigenous Thriving, Positive Psychology, and Motivation and Behaviour.
The following list shows our current research projects and topics in each program. Anyone who is interested in pursuing a PhD in any of these topics is welcome to approach the respective researcher or contact ippe@acu.edu.au
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Research Project |
Researcher |
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Exploring gender differences in the effect of social capital on university aspirations |
Professor Philip Parker |
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Using archival data to explore social class effects in educational attainment across Australian history (1960 to Today). |
Professor Philip Parker |
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Comparing the effect of gender on psychological skills and academic achievement of urban, farming-Rural, and non-farming-rural children |
Professor Philip Parker |
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Measurement of mindfulness related constructs |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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Testing the efficacy of mindfulness related interventions |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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Machine learning methods in psychometrics |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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Impact of contexts (e.g., classrooms, friendship networks) on individuals |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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Computational methods for analysing qualitative data |
Dr Baljinder Sahdra |
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How can we utilise mindfulness and values based interventions to best promote well-being, online and off? |
Professor Joseph Ciarrochi |
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What promotes positive youth development? |
Professor Joseph Ciarrochi |
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What is the role of social networks in the promotion of youth well-being? |
Professor Joseph Ciarrochi |
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Academic motivational factors (e.g., task value, self-concept) and gender differences in educational and career choices particularly in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) |
Dr Jiesi Guo |
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How multiple ecological systems on the cultural, social, and behavioural development of youth shape their major and career choices in STEM |
Dr Jiesi Guo |
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Experimental studies looking into how to promote students’ learning motivation (e.g., value, self-concept, mindset) and alter subsequent decision-making in coursework and major selections |
Dr Jiesi Guo |
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Use of students' evaluations of teachers to evaluate teaching effectiveness |
Professor Herb Marsh |
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Use of publication citation analysis to evaluate research productivity |
Professor Herb Marsh |
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Use of secondary data to evaluate antecedents and consequences of academic self-concept |
Professor Herb Marsh |
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Use of archival data to evaluate bully perpetrators and victims |
Professor Herb Marsh |
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Research Project |
Researcher |
| Enabling Indigenous preschool children’s self-concept, literacy, and numeracy | Professor Rhonda Craven |
| Enabling Indigenous school children’s self-concept, literacy, and numeracy | Professor Rhonda Craven |
| Enabling Indigenous youth attending university voice and agency | Professor Rhonda Craven |
| Factors driving the successful transition, retention, and completion of Indigenous university students | Professor Rhonda Craven |
| Factors driving the successful transition, retention, and completion of Indigenous preservice teacher education university students | Professor Rhonda Craven |
| Positive Parenting in Indigenous Communities | Professor Rhonda Craven |
| Improving the Engagement of Indigenous Students through the implementation of an Autonomy-Supportive Intervention Program for Teachers | Dr Anthony Dillon |
| Conceptions and Drivers of Indigenous Youth Wellbeing and Success | Professor Janet Mooney |
| Teaching the Teachers Indigenous Studies | Professor Rhonda Craven |
| Parent-delivered language intervention: Indigenous preschool children | Professor Janet Mooney |
| Capitalising on character strengths: A cross-cultural study on Indigenous populations | Professor Alexander Yeung |
| Providing a nudge towards success: Evaluating an innovative text messaging intervention to increase educational attainment and academic achievement in high school | Professor Joseph Ciarrochi |
| Envisioning Success for Remote Communities | Dr Anthony Dillon |
| Research Synthesis/Meta-Analysis in Indigenous Education | Professor Rhonda Craven |
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Research Project |
Researcher |
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The influence of different types of electronic screen exposure on children and adolescents’ physical and mental health. |
Professor Chris Lonsdale |
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Developing an intervention to help parents promote healthy electronic screen use in children and adolescents. |
Professor Chris Lonsdale |
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Developing an intervention to help teachers effectively manage students’ electronic screen use during school hours. |
Professor Chris Lonsdale |
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A school-based intervention to promote physical activity in children with intellectual disabilities. |
Professor Chris Lonsdale |
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What is inside the “black box” of integrated motivation? Experiment/s to examine the psychological and physiological markers of dis-integrated values |
Professor Chris Lonsdale |
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The origins of other-orientation: Examination of demographic, psychological, and contextual factors, and/or life experiences that promote and undermine concern for others |
Professor Chris Lonsdale |
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Experimental studies of how messaging in news stories or other (i.e. social) media influence people’s perceptions of society as just and fair |
Professor Chris Lonsdale |
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Health outcomes of the dynamics of sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity in healthy and special populations |
Dr Borja del Pozo Cruz |
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Interventions targeting the 24-hour activity cycle in healthy and special populations
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Dr Borja del Pozo Cruz |
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