[SydPhil] PhD Scholarship in Spirituality and Healthcare Ethics

[Sandra Lynch]

PhD Scholarship in Spirituality and Healthcare Ethics
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney
(Full-Time, $30,000p.a., for Three Years)

The University of Notre Dame Australia is offering one (tax-free) PhD scholarship, $30,000 per annum, for up to three years. We are seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from highly motivated candidates interested in pursuing a PhD program of study in the area of Spirituality and Healthcare Ethics under the direction of a team of experts. Established by the Australian Commonwealth Government, this scholarship is available to high achieving domestic and international students undertaking a PhD degree. The researcher will be based in the Institute for Ethics & Society on Notre Dame's Broadway campus.

The program of study may involve investigation of:


  *   The relationship between a patient's spirituality, health and well-being
  *   The nature of existential suffering at the end of life and the factors that impact its intensity and influence its path
  *   The development of new interventions to relieve patients' existential suffering and to identify best practice in this area of healthcare.
  *   Existential suffering in palliative and acute care settings
  *   Practice-based evidence for spiritually integrated therapies

Notre Dame researchers working in this research focus area include: Prof. Margaret Somerville (Prof. of Bioethics, School of Medicine), Prof. Sandra Lynch (Prof. of Moral Philosophy, Institute for Ethics & Society), Prof. Tracey Rowland (Prof. of Theology, School of Philosophy and Theology), Dr. Megan Best (Institute for Ethics & Society), A/Prof. Natasha Michael (School of Medicine), Xavier Symons (Institute for Ethics & Society).

Candidates must hold a relevant Honours (1 or 2A) or Master degree (Bioethics, Medical Ethics, a relevant field of Philosophy) or be able to demonstrate equivalent research experience.

For enquiries related to the research topic, please contact: Prof. Sandra Lynch, Director of the Institute for Ethics and Society
Ph: +61 2 8204 4185; E: sandra.lynch at nd.edu.au<mailto:sandra.lynch at nd.edu.au>

For process-related enquiries please contact the Research Office (Fremantle/Broome) on (08) 9433 0664 or email research at nd.edu.au<mailto:research at nd.edu.au>, or Research Office (Sydney) on 08 8204 4415 or email Sydney.research at nd.edu.au<mailto:Sydney.research at nd.edu.au>. Please note that international student applications are eligible to also apply for a fee off-set scholarship.

The Application Package for the scholarships is available on our website: http://www.nd.edu.au/research/postgraduate-research/postgraduate-information/scholarships

Closing date: Friday, 21st February, 2018

The University of Notre Dame Australia is a Catholic university with campuses in Fremantle, Broome and Sydney. The Objects of the University are the provision of university education within a context of Catholic faith and values and the provision of an excellent standard of teaching, scholarship and research, training for the professions and the pastoral care of its students.

The Institute for Ethics and Society (IES) is one of Notre Dame's three national research institutes. The IES aims to foster ethical awareness in professional and social life. It does this through pursuing excellence in research and by providing leadership in Ethics Education and Research across the University. http://www.nd.edu.au/research/ies/home


Prof. Sandra Lynch
Director | Institute for Ethics and Society

The University of Notre Dame Australia
L1, 104 Broadway (PO Box 944), Broadway NSW 2007
T +61 2 8204 4185
sandra.lynch at nd.edu.au<mailto:sandra.lynch at nd.edu.au>
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