Study with the UNSW Beach Safety Research Group

New PhD Scholarship Available

We are looking for a motivated student to help us with our ARC Linkage Project ‘Rip Eye: evaluating the educational benefits of a smartphone app for rip current detection’.
Read more about it here.

We are looking for motivated Honours, Masters and PhD students

There are several opportunities for enthusiastic students to undertake multidisciplinary study at UNSW. Beach safety researchers span several UNSW Schools and Faculties and work with a range of external partners including industry and government, both in Australia and globally. We are actively recruiting both domestic (Australian & New Zealand) and international students to work on beach safety and/or drowning prevention research projects. Contact us for prospective study here.

We have plenty of potential Honours, Masters or PhD projects, or we would love to hear your ideas. Check out our current research areas, or let’s chat about current and planned research projects in the following domains:

• Climate change and coastal hazards

• Coastal engineering

• Coastal geomorphology

• Community participatory research

• Education and training (both for the general public and professional rescuers including lifeguards/lifesavers)

• Emergency services and response

• Environmental modelling

• Epidemiology and/or biostatistics

• GIS / geospatial analysis

• Mental health research related to first responders, survivors and/or families

• Program design and evaluation

• Science communication and outreach

Funding

Domestic and international Higher Degree Research students have a range of scholarship opportunities at UNSW. See the UNSW Scholarship Information page to learn more about funding opportunities from the University. Small top-up scholarships may be available depending on the proposed project and/or available grant funding.