Our unique postgraduate programs focus on the Asia-Pacific, which is affected by disasters ranging from tsunamis to earthquakes to volcanic activity.
As a Higher Degree by Research student, you can choose from a wide range of topics to research, including climate change, environmental migration and human trafficking; disaster policy making and reform in developing countries; politics of crisis and disaster communication; cultural institutionalism and disasters, and more.
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Dr Jonatan Lassa
Dr Lassa’s doctoral research has been one of the first systematic studies on disaster governance, looking at institutions and governance practice in disaster reduction in the countries around the world.
Associate Professor Akhilesh Surjan
Associate Professor Surjan is proactively engaged with the issues of disaster-environment-climate risk reduction, global change and sustainability in the context of human settlements.
Can't find a suitable supervisor. What can I do?
If you've been unable to find a supervisor from the list above, you can use the researchers portal to find researchers from related fields.
- Use one or two keywords to narrow down the list of researchers.
- Each research profile will indicate if the researcher can supervise.