Each year the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) participates in the UQ Summer and Winter Research Scholarship Program.
As the largest social science research institute in Australia, and a national leader in advanced interdisciplinary social science and evidence based policy research, the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) is uniquely placed to offer high quality research training. Scholars actively participate in an ongoing research project or undertake a substantial piece of supervised research work during either the Summer or Winter holiday periods.
By participating in undergraduate research programs, students gain valuable academic and professional skills, have an opportunity to develop links with industry and academic contacts, and are able to test drive research before embarking on further research studies or higher degree research projects.
“Scholars are a great way for early career researchers to gain experience supervising junior colleagues and to develop skills in planning tasks, communicating expectations and providing mentorship. ” Dr Renee Zahnow, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ISSR
“The most incredible experience in my years as a student has been participating as a research scholar at ISSR. This opportunity provided me with valuable insight into the real-world research that takes place at the Institute, and the chance to learn from world-class researchers from various disciplines. ” Ms Heidi Hoffmann, 2016 Winter and Summer Scholar
Heidi went on to enrol as an Honours student, and work as a research assistant at ISSR, and is starting her PhD at ISSR in 2020.
Student | Supervisor/s | Research Project |
|---|---|---|
Sophie Austerberry | Dr Jenny Povey and Prof Janeen Baxter | Investigating the effectiveness of a parent engagement course for school staff to improve the parent engagement school culture and student outcomes in disadvantaged communities |
Tayla Barber | Dr Caroline Salom | Analysis of illicit substance use in a regional setting |
Gabrielle Behm | Dr Shamsi Shekari | Investigation of strategies for delayed school time and their impact on household wellbeing in Australia |
Dzulfikaar Bin Sutandar | Dr Nam Tran | To what extent is the association between mental health disorder and obesity in adolescents mediated by school bullying? A causal mediation analysis from middle and low income countries |
Madeline Donaghy | Dr Paco Perales | How Discrimination Affects the Lives of LGB People in Australia |
Lachlan Green | Dr Jack Lam | Population ageing and family dynamics in Australia |
Archibald Hodge | Transition to young parenthood and impact on educational and employment aspirations | |
Nadine Lorimer | Dr Alicia Allan | Sleep routines in daily life |
SaraMejia Munoz | Prof Lisa McDaid | |
Lucy Neilson-Senise | Dr Kalina Rossa | Exploring relationships between sleep, socio-emotional functions and risk taking in young people |
Lawrence Rivera | Dr Joemer Maravilla | Multi-country analysis of domestic and family violence among adolescents in low and middle income countries |
OliviaVan Halen | Dr Sally Staton | Mealtimes Matter: Childcare as window into food insecurity and food socialisation in low-income communities |
Student | Supervisor/s | Research Project |
|---|---|---|
Olivia Bayliss | Dr Sally Staton | Mealtimes Matter: Childcare as window into food insecurity and food socialisation in low-income communities |
Gabrielle Behm | Dr Shamsi Shekari | Investigation of legislations and strategies for improving sleep in young adults in Australia |
Dzulfikaar Bin Sutandar | Dr Jack Lam | Population ageing and family dynamics in Australia |
Ella Bond | Dr Caroline Salom | Analysis of illicit substance use in a regional setting |
Madeline Donaghy | Dr Paco Perales | How Discrimination Affects the Lives of LGB People in Australia |
Alexander Dornan-Lund | Dr Yangtao Huang | Inequalities in education and labour market outcomes among Australians from different socioeconomic backgrounds |
Martin Fahy | Dr Alicia Allan | Measuring sleep environments |
Archibald Hodge | Transition to young parenthood and impact on educational and employment aspirations | |
Areeya Rungruangwanij | Dr Sara Kalucza | Lifecourse outcomes for young parent: when is early parenthood a problem? |
Brinda Taparia | Mr Joemer Maravilla | Multi-country of domestic and family violence among adolescents in low and middle income countries |
Zhaoxi Zheng | Dr Sandy Houen | Early Childhood Educators’ perspectives on children’s sleep, rest and relaxation |
Student | Supervisor/s | Research Project |
|---|---|---|
| Nathan Chand | Dr Shamsi Shekari Soleimanloo | Characteristics of driver impairments under chronic influence of illicit drugs and prescription medications. A simulated driving experiment. |
| Fei Liu | Dr Sandy Houen | Staying connected: Educators, children and families maintaning connections during COVID-19 |
| Luke Jackel-David | Dr Peter Rankin | How do individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation moderate the effect of parenting on child behavioural development? |
Harry Profke | Laetitia Coles | Longitudinal outcomes of COVID-19. examining social, economic, and wellbeing outcomes for individuals and families |
Eylania Naawi | Dr Azhar Hussain Potia | Understanding the challenges faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students’ transitioning to secondary school |
| Alexis Dennehy | Dr Stefanie Plage | Educational experiences of children with chronic and acute conditions in times of COVID-19. |
| Robert Josifoski | Dr. Jack Lam | Population ageing and family dynamics in Australia |
| Tianyi Ma | Dr Anne Cleary | Climate change and mental health |
| Muhammad Ilham Ramzy | Dr Chiara Broccatelli | Central and brokerage positions in multiple UQ peer networks |
Sara Mejia Munoz | Dr Joemer Maravilla Dr Natalie Thomas | Evaluation of the Take Home Naloxone Program, a qualitative approach |
No Winter Scholarships - No program due to Covid-19
Student | Supervisor/s | Research Project |
|---|---|---|
Haripriyaa Naidu D/o | The poverty highway: What puts Australian women there, and how can we help them get off? | |
| Ting (Emmy) Liu | Experiences in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) | |
| Rachael Gerritsen | Dr Jack Lam | Turning points? Life events and trajectories of later-life loneliness |
| Jasmine Burdon | Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata | Migration, unemployment, and worker participation in the gig economy: A literature review |
| Mitchell Northcote | Analysis of gender and social differences in illicit substance use and related harms | |
| Celine Ogg | Dr Anne Cleary | Exploring the development of community-based interventions to mitigate the mental health impacts of climate change |
Student | Supervisor/s | Research Project |
|---|---|---|
| Tianyi Ma | Dr Anne Cleary | Climate change impacts on youth mental health and wellbeing: A literature review |
| Amira Hassan | Dr Yanshu Huang Dr Jack Lam | Chronic illness across the life-course: outcomes for parents, carers, and children |
| Tiffany Hales | Dr. Rennie Lee | Humanitarian migrants in Australian society: impacts on employment, mental health and wellbeing |
| Sitong Shen | Dr Nam Tran Associate Professor Abdullah Mamun | Joint trajectories of bullying victimisation/perpetration and depressive symptoms of adolescent boys and girls |
| Zoe Hodson | Dr Natalie Thomas | Evaluation of the Take Home Naloxone Program: Preventing Opioid Overdose |
| Mehar Mehar | Dr Shamsi Shekari | Characteristics of driver impairments under the chronic influence of illicit drugs and prescription medications. A simulated driving |