The PhD Scholarship in Gender Equity Initiatives

This scholarship is available as part of a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) project awarded to Dr. Natalie Galea. The project aims to investigate policy failure of gender equality initiatives and specifically, how institutional and individual resistance to gender equality is applied and adapted over time and across different contexts in construction, Australia's most male dominated sector. This project expects to generate new knowledge for policy authors in government and business, helping them deliver robust policy outcomes to shift gender equality in male dominated sectors. The scholarship provides a stipend allowance equivalent to the minimum Research Training Program (RTP) stipend rate for up to 3 years. Recipients will also receive the Business School Supplementary Research Scholarship, with the total stipend allowance equivalent to the University of Sydney RTP stipend rate, tenable for up to 14 Research Periods. This project should provide significant social and economic benefits to Australia, enabling greater attraction and retention of women to construction jobs, reducing the sector's critical skills shortage.