Industry-aligned PhD and Masters projects

Solve industry challenges with PhD and Masters projects

Embed knowledge within your organisation by engaging in a Master of Research or PhD project that addresses a challenge in your sector. In collaboration with our expert researchers, we’ll help you define a research topic and assemble the best team for the project.

You can:

Co-design a research project that solves a sector-specific challenge
Guide a PhD candidate’s research and career by joining a supervisory panel
Sponsor an existing UniSA research project that aligns with your needs
Nominate your own internal talent to complete a research degree with UniSA, enabling them to develop solutions that benefit your business and industry.

Discover opportunities to collaborate with talented PhD students and shape impactful research.

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Why engage a UniSA research student?

Invest in a culture of innovation

Help shape research outcomes and contribute to new knowledge

Shared expertise and resources

Work side by side with UniSA’s leading researchers and talented students

Build your future workforce

Support research students to become career-ready through practical learning

Put our students to work

Co-create short- and long-term projects that address business needs and priorities

Case studies

Improving mental health in aged care

UniSA has partnered with Helping Hand to address widespread apathy and improve mental health in aged care using virtual reality (VR) technology. Apathy in aged care homes hastens cognitive decline and can affect up to 84 per cent of older populations.

The innovative tool enables seniors to relive happy memories from their past through a 360-degree experience. Residents with the highest levels of apathy showed the most improvement suggesting using VR may help improve the lives of older adults in residential aged care.

“Working with Helping Hand allowed me to understand aged care systems and procedures so I could ensure we were engaging with both residents and their families in the right way while providing person-centred care.”

Dimitrios Saredakis, PhD Candidate at UniSA

Keeping Aboriginal women’s hearts strong

Despite our nation’s commitment to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal Peoples, a significant life expectancy gap remains, with heart disease the leading cause of death in women. UniSA PhD candidate Katharine McBride is working with Aboriginal women and health providers such as Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Service to encourage governments to approach health from an Aboriginal perspective.

“As an Aboriginal man, it has given me confidence that the research is meeting community priorities and delivering benefits on the ground for Aboriginal women. Being a partner in the design and process, has taught us we can do so much better.”

Kurt Towers, Executive Director Aboriginal Health, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network

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