Higher Degree Research

NDARC offers postgraduate research opportunities for students interested in alcohol and other drug research.

About the Program:

Since NDARC's inception, more than 80 students have successfully completed a higher degree research (HDR) program at the Centre (PhD and Masters), with a success rate of over 90%.

Currently NDARC has 26 HDR candidates enrolled, including 17 female students.

NDARC offers scholarships to students who wish to undertake higher degree research on drug and alcohol related-projects that align with the Centre’s core workplan areas. Applications are open for NDARC HDR scholarships (PhD, MRes and MPhil), commencing Term 1 2023.

A number of NDARC staff are available to supervise HDR candidates. Visit find a supervisor for a full list of potential supervisors. Visit HDR scholarship projects for a list of projects currently seeking students.

Visit our students for a list of current NDARC HDR students and their projects. Visit NDARC alumni for a list of students who completed a HDR program at the Centre.

If you have any questions or require further information about NDARC’s HDR program please email ndarc.hdr@unsw.edu.au.

KEY PROJECTS

Trajectories of Alcohol-related Harms in Young People

This PhD project aims to examine the trajectories of alcohol-related harms in young people and identify prospective predictors of high-risk harms trajectories

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Improving the evidence base for services working with people who are at high risk of re-offending after release from prison

This project will focus on generating evidence around interventions that improve health and criminal justice outcomes of people released from prison, with a focus on supported accommodation services and men at high risk of re-offending.

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Data-supported decision making: optimising substance dependence treatment using linked data

This PhD project aims to inform substance dependence prevention and treatment by utilising population-representative epidemiological and observational data to develop and validate models of substance dependence related outcomes.

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