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2025 Summer Research Program

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Engage in a formal research project over the summer break with the UQ Summer Research Program.

The UQ Summer Research Scholarship Program offers scholarships to students wishing to gain experience working alongside a researcher in a formal research environment in their area of interest at UQ.

Each project will be offered for a period of six (6) weeks between 13 January to 21 February 2025

Successful applicants will receive a $3,000 grant.

Participation is open to undergraduate (including honours) and master by coursework students who are currently enrolled and will remain at UQ for the entirety of the research program.

Applications have now closed.

Check out some testimonials from previous scholars.

 

 

  1. Discourse analysis of regional dialects in Korean: Preserving cultural identities
  2. Los latidos de la memoria (The heartbeat of memory): Memory and postmemory in microbiographies of victims of Chilean state terrorism.
  3. Crisis communication in public health
  4. Testimonies of enforced disappearances and torture from Aceh, Indonesia (1976–2005)
  5. The investigation of environmental discourse and ruling ideologies in the school textbooks in North and South.
  1. ‘Talking families into being’: Exploring family discourse in Australia
  2. More than Frills and Ribbons: Japanese Children’s Literature
  3. Potential impact of learner background factors on their communication in a second language - Part 5
  4. Computational Approaches To Complement Conversation Analysis
  5. Role of linguistic and extra-linguistic factors in the development of narrative skills in Russian-English bilingual children

4. Testimonies of enforced disappearances and torture from Aceh, Indonesia (1976–2005)

Project title: 

Testimonies of enforced disappearances and torture from Aceh, Indonesia (1976–2005)

Hours of engagement & delivery mode

The project will last 6 weeks, between 13 January and 21 February 2025 (expected commitment of 30 hours/week, total 180 hours), negotiable. The applicants will be required on-site for much of the project, particularly at the start in order to undergo some training with the dataset and briefings on the ethical requirements for the project. Some of the work may be done remotely, but it is preferred that most of the time is spent on-site.

Description:

The summer project will focus on reading, analysing and coding a large dataset pertaining to experiences of enforced disappearances and torture during the separatist war in Aceh (1976–2005), Indonesia. Original materials are in Indonesian and Acehnese, and applicants will need native speaker/advanced reading level capacity in Indonesian and English. Once coded, applicants will input information into a database (training to be provided), as well as translate select sections of the original materials into English. The work involves careful attention to detail, self-motivation, and sensitivity.

The materials are highly confidential, and successful applicants will be required to adhere to strict ethical and data security protocols. Because of the nature of the materials, applicants should be aware that the content may be distressing. The advisor (Dr Pohlman) will be on-hand throughout much of the summer to meet and debrief about the project, but will be away for some of it for fieldwork (but will still be contactable via email and zoom).

Expected learning outcomes and deliverables:

This summer project is part of larger attempt to map the spread and occurrences of torture during Indonesia’s military regime (1965–1998). The project combines qualitative and quantitative elements, and involves hands-on training in coding and dataset-building. During the project, successful applicants will work on sensitive materials using a human rights’ archival approach.

 

Because of the sensitivity of the materials, there will be no opportunities to publish outcomes from the summer project; any student who works on the project will be acknowledged for their contributions in future published outcomes (with their consent).

 

Suitable for:

This project requires either native speaker/advanced speaker fluency in Indonesian and English (i.e., if you have studied Indonesian to at least the end of the second year level, you can apply!). Students with an interest in Indonesia, human rights, documentation of serious abuses, or history/law should apply.

 

Successful applicants should demonstrate careful attention to detail, self-motivation and sensitivity. Only those students prepared to adhere to strict ethical, confidentiality and data security protocols should apply.

Primary Supervisor:

Dr Annie Pohlman

Further info:

Dr Pohlman would prefer to meet with applicants prior to submission of applications, to discuss the ethical and other guidelines of the project. At least one week prior to the deadline, please email her (a.pohlman@uq.edu.au) to make an appointment.