When you join us for your doctoral study in Education, you will be able to help improve the educational and social wellbeing of communities. Our research harnesses the vast potential that diversity brings to address education and social justice issues – nationally, regionally and globally.

Faculty researchers explore educational and social science research from a wide range of perspectives, many of which are aligned to the central theme of superdiversity and the following key sub-themes:

• Leading learning
• Advancing equity for all sectors of society
• Enhancing indigenous opportunities
• Promoting lifelong wellbeing
• Supporting intercultural inclusiveness
• Pasifika research
  

We welcome research proposals on a wide range of topics, some of which contribute to projects being undertaken in our research centres/units and schools:

• Centre for Arts and Social Transformation
• Increasing research and evaluation capacity through targeted support and networking in collaboration with the social services sector (Centre for Community Research and Evaluation)
• Centre for Global Childhoods
• Knowledge in education (Knowledge and Education Research Unit)
• Marae History Project
• Narrative and Arts Research Special Interest Network (NARSIN)
• Statistical data analysis in research (Quant-DARE - Quantitative Data Analysis and Research)
• Te Whakatere Au Papori Navigating Social Currents
• The Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies - Tāwharau Whakaumu
• Promoting leadership, equity, achievement and diversity in early literacy (Te Puna Reo Pohewa | The Marie Clay Research Centre)
• Critical studies in Health Education, Physical Education, and Sports Studies (The Richard Tinning Research Unit)
• The development of education and schooling success for diverse communities (Woolf Fisher Research Centre)
• Māori and indigenous language revitalisation (Te Puna Wānanga School of Māori and Indigenous Education)

Find out about doctoral study in these areas:

• Digital Worlds
• Early Childhood
• Educational Assessment
• Indigenisation
• Languages and Literacies
• Policy
• Professional Learning and Development
• Sport, Health and Physical Education
• STEM Education

Find out more about out available supervisors and research projects you could join:

• 'Being the change: Disabled medical students navigating stigma through action' | Supervised by Professor Janet Gaffney and Professor Jay Marlowe
• 'Disruptive and decolonising? Subordinate youth practices in health education' | Supervised by Professor Katie Fitzpatrick and Associate Professor Darren Powell
• 'Collective leadership in the context of infant-toddler education and care' | Supervised by Professor Deidre Le Fevre and Emeritus Professor Helen Hedges
• 'Refining and enriching children’s working theories: A trialogical approach' | Supervised by Dr Rena Heap and Emeritus Professor Helen Hedges
• 'An exploration of attitudes towards success and their relation to subjective well-being among Korean high school and university students in New Zealand and the Republic of Korea' | Supervised by Professor Gavin Brown and Professor Jason Stephens

University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarships

The Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust Dame Dorothy Winstone Doctoral Completion Award - The University of Auckland

The Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust First Year Doctoral Award - The University of Auckland

Marie Clay Literacy Trust Research Award - The University of Auckland

If you have any questions or queries, contact us using the details below.

Email: education@auckland.ac.nz

Phone: (09) 623 8883 (within Auckland)
            0800 61 62 63 (outside Auckland)
            +64 9 373 7513 (overseas)