PhD scholarship in Children's Gamble-Play Cultures

This PhD scholarship is attached to an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project that will examine how children use mobile phones to engage in gambling-like play behaviours. The scholarship seeks applicants with a background in media and communication/cultural studies and/or child development to undertake research exploring children's experiences of gamble-play: engagement with chance and risk via certain types of videogames, apps, and play spaces. The project will be part of a larger Australian Research Council Discovery Project examining how mobile phones operate as gateways to gambling for children. Expertise in children's media and/or ethnographic methods, and/or experience conducting research with children is preferred.