High quality, innovative research supporting social change and development across the globe
The Arts, Education and Law ( AEL ) Group undertake outstanding scholarship and ground-breaking research that makes a major contribution to society. The Group has around 400 academic staff and 600 higher degree research ( HDR ) students. Between 2013-2016, staff in the AEL Group were awarded more than $38 million in external competitive research income, and generated over 2500 research publications, many of these in top international peer-reviewed journals or taking the form of exhibitions or performances.
Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
The Australian Research Council is responsible for administering Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) - the national research evaluation framework.
ERA identifies and promotes excellence across the full spectrum of research activity in Australia’s higher education institutions. Our outcome’s reflect the high calibre research activity underway across the group.
Well-above world standard
( ERA 5)
- Criminology
Above world standard
( ERA 4)
- Historical studies
- Film, television and digital media
- Education systems
- Law
- Sociology
World standard
( ERA 3)
- Specialist studies in education
- Journalism and professional writing
- Performing arts and creative writing
- Visual arts and crafts
- Linguistics
- Archaeology
Three Minute Thesis competition
Three Minute Thesis heats
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that challenges HDR candidates to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience.
Arts, Education and Law Three Minute Thesis heats will be held Tuesday 31 July 2018 3.30 – 5.30 pm, S07_1.23, Queensland College of Art, South Bank. Refreshments provided after the event.
Register to participate in the AEL 3MT heats
For more information about the rules of the competition and to register for training (17 July at Nathan and 19 July on the Gold Coast) visit the Griffith Graduate Research School (GGRS).
Upcoming events
Write like the wind
Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR) hold a regular writing session every Friday morning at Nathan’s Café Rossa 10.00 am – 12.00 pm.
These writing sessions are dedicated to helping all researchers in producing quality writing without interruption. A strict format of no talking, no emails and no phones is followed to ensure writing time is maximised.
Bring your laptop and anything else you’ll need – we look forward to welcoming you.
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Law Futures Centre seminar
Law Futures Centre presents Resilience, Rupture, Resistance: Climate Justice & Global Subjectivity seminar, delivered by Dr Kathleen Birrell, a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at Melbourne Law School. Her research is strongly interdisciplinary, encompassing critical legal theory, philosophy of law, and law and literature, as well as environmental and climate change law, human rights law, Indigenous peoples and the law, property law, and native title.
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Identifying HDR Supervisors
Applicants are expected to identify at least two possible supervisors in their application for admission. You may wish to contact the relevant HDR Convenor for advice on enrolment and potential supervisors:
- Griffith Law School, Assoc. Prof Leanne Wiseman
- Queensland College of Art, Dr Beck Davis
- Queensland Conservatorium, Dr Vanessa Tomlinson
- Criminology and Criminal Justice, Dr Danielle Reynald
- Education and Professional Studies, Dr Christine McDonald
- Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Dr Robert Mason
HDR scholarships
We offer a range of generous scholarship programs that can cover tuition fees, living allowances paid as stipends, relocation and publication assistance. Scholarships are offered to domestic and international doctorate or masters by research applicants in two competitive application rounds each year.
Student resources
Griffith Graduate Research School ( GGRS ) is a dedicated point of contact for all higher degree research candidates at the University. GGRS works in collaboration with Academic Groups, Research Centres and Institutes to create a rewarding and supportive research environment for HDR candidates.
Indigenous Research
Our Indigenous Research Unit aims to improve socio-economic conditions for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people
Grants and Funding
Comprehensive information for all grant and funding opportunities, including all dates, is available through the Office for Research. Specific Arts, Education and Law research scheme opportunities are listed on the AEL Community site (on Blackboard and Learning@Griffith).
Learn more about Arts, Education and Law Community site
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Arts, Education and Law Research
Listen to our leading researchers and the PhD candidates they're supervising talk about their research and the benefits of their ongoing collaborations.
What to do with your online accounts when you die
Margaret Gibson from the School of Humanities and Social Science explains what to do with your online accounts when you die.
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art at QCA
A degree in Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art provides students with the skills and techniques to take on today’s art world in all its various forms.
Meet our QCRC members
Join Associate Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet as we meet with the Convenors of Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre's five research focus areas and discuss what excites them about being a part of this vibrant music community.
3MT 2015 Griffith Final - Lisa Durnian
Lisa is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her presentation was entitled '"Guilty, your Honours": How the guilty plea transformed the criminal trial'.
Contact the Dean (Research) office
Location, delivery and postal address
- Dean (Research)
- (Arts, Education and Law)
- Griffith University
- Mt Gravatt campus
- 176 Messines Ridge Road
- Mt Gravatt QLD 4122