At present there over 30 higher degree by research (HDR) candidates registered in the program. Research fields include:
- Place based social policy in Australian cities
- Urban planning and water: Towards a new institutional paradigm
- Making sense of environmental management tools
- Approaches to working with marginalised groups via cultural development practices
- Improving state governance of Australian urban regions - Prospects for place based approaches
Current PhD candidates
- Mr Dhayaa Albayati
- Mr Christopher Banks
- Mr Eric Bauer
- Mr Andrea Bosio
- Mr Andre Brits
- Mr Paul Brookfield
- Mr Donovan Burton
- Mr Alan Chenoweth
- Ms Rachel Cole-Hawthorne
- Mr Dale Dickson
- Ms Laura Faggion
- Ms Karen Hytten
- Mr Gregory Laves
- Mr Tony Matthews
- Ms Farinaz Moghtaderi
- Ms Edward Morgan
- Ms Johanna Mustelin
- Mr Loi Nguyen
- Ms Natalie Osborne
- Mr Victor Pires
- Ms Lavinia Poruschi
- Ms Kimberley Reis
- Ms Kara Rickson
- Mr Meghamala Roy Basu
- Mr Sudipto Roy
- Mr Christoph Rupprecht
- Mr Krandeep Sandhu
- Mr Rukuh Setiadi
- Ms Heather Shearer
- Ms Seyedeh Maryam Shobeiri Nejad
- Ms Ilva Sporne
- Mr Peter Tangney
- Ms Kala Wati
- Ms Tracey Woods
- Ms Liana Wortley
- Ms Bixia Xu