PhD opportunities at the University of Southern Queensland

There are a range of PhD/MRes opportunities in this year’s scholarship round at the University of Southern Queensland.
Closing date: 27 September 2026

The offered PhD opportunities at the University of Southern Queensland focus on biophysical crop modelling as well as various topics in agricultural development economics:

• Current trends and future prospects for the sustainability of oil palm production systems
• Poverty reduction through education? Empirical evidence on the impact of educational expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Demand-side drivers of agricultural growth and structural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Quantifying the welfare costs of environmental stress and degradation: A spatial econometric approach
• A protocol for multi-site crop model calibrationGridded cropping systems modelling for large-scale assessments

Download this application booklet to read more about these opportunities.