Four slices of PhD life, from four current candidates in the Coral Bell School

Undertaking a PhD is an opportunity to immerse yourself in a big topic, to produce an extended piece of original research, and to enlarge your thinking in new worlds of theory and practice.

Undertaking a PhD is also a human experience with many worlds of its own.

In this gathering, four PhD candidates in the Coral Bell School will share insights from their unique experiences of life and study.

We’ll hear from one student in each department: International Relations, Pacific Affairs, Political and Social Change, and Strategic and Defence Studies.

Each ten-minute talk will focus on real life discoveries, encounters or surprises that came along as the PhD proceeded; balancing study and life, being motivated by intellectual passions and creating new communities.

There’ll be time for discussion after the talks.

Anyone who is considering PhD study is welcome to join us – whether you are a current undergraduate or master’s student at the ANU, or a curious member of the wider community.

Choose in-person or online attendance when you register. Zoom details will be shared upon registration. This event is being recorded.

Speakers
Sita Dewi is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political and Social Change at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. She moved from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Canberra with her family while balancing doctoral research and caring responsibilities. A former journalist and journalism lecturer, she also serves on the boards of an award-winning independent media organisation and Indonesia's leading digital media publishers' association.

Sita will share candid reflections on her experiences as a female international student balancing doctoral study with caring responsibilities.

Raihaamana Tevahitua is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pacific Affairs at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. His interests include overseas para-diplomacy, island development, climate and environmental issues, technological advances, multifaceted security and strategic competition.

Mana will share slices of his PhD adventure as a foreign student guided by his Pacific community.

Alice Paton is a Royal Australian Air Force engineering officer and Sir Richard Williams Scholar who is researching Australian civil-military relations within the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.

Alice will talk about working full time while conducting higher degree research in a field different from her initial studies.

Benedict Moleta is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, working on a study of the intellectual legacy of Coral Bell.

Benedict will talk about finding and making intellectual communities while working on his PhD.

Additional information:
Registration is required for this event. If you require accessibility accommodations or a visitor Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan please email bell.marketing@anu.edu.au. Accessible parking spaces are available around campus should you require them.

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