PhD Scholarship: Building Deep Debate Evidence Systems for Youth Crime Policy Reform

Responsibilities

• Research the design, evaluation, and deployment of trustworthy agentic AI systems.
• Develop new methods for autonomous, LLM-driven agents to reason and adapt under real-world uncertainty.
• Build multi-agent architectures and design rigorous evaluation frameworks for agent behavior.
• Validate methods on practical tasks including data preparation, retrieval, and decision support.
• Collaborate with the supervisory team, the Responsible Big Data Lab, and academic or industry partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree with first-class or second-class honours (Division A), or a Masters degree with a significant research component.
• Strong analytical and programming skills.
• Knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
• Ability to communicate research findings clearly in writing and presentations.
• English language proficiency as per university requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• A demonstrated passion for the responsible, real-world application of artificial intelligence.
• Experience or strong interest in agentic AI systems and the evaluation of intelligent autonomous systems.

Benefits

• Annual stipend of $35,656 (indexed) for up to three years of full-time study.
• International applicants may receive a tuition fee scholarship (GUIPRS).
• Opportunity to study at a university ranked among the top 2% worldwide.
• Access to a supportive research culture within the Responsible Big Data Lab.

About the Company

Griffith University is a leading research institution with multiple sites across South East Queensland. This specific research opportunity is based within the School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Responsible Big Data Lab, which focuses on agentic AI, meta-learning, recommender systems, and the responsible use of large-scale data.