The University of New South Wales in Australia invites applications for vacant (24) Research Positions

Scholar Idea November 7, 2025

The University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales in Australia invites application for vacant Research Positions, an Australian public research university located in Sydney, Australia.

Position	Location	Closes
Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate – Enhancing Retirement Outcomes: The Role of Liquidity in Decumulation – UNSW Business School	Sydney, NSW	14 Nov 2025
Develop research expertise and contribute to high-quality scholarly outputs in this Postdoc/Research Fellow position
Research Associate/Senior Research Associate (Bioinformatics / Cancer Genomics)	Sydney, NSW	23 Nov 2025
In this position, you will work with internationally recognised research leader Professor Susan Ramus in the Molecular Oncology group in the Discipline of Women’s Health. The position will identify prognostic markers and develop tumour tests to personalise treatment for ovarian cancer patients, by analysing DNA copy number data from large scale shallow whole genome sequencing.
Research Associate in Hyperspectral Imaging and Fluorescence	Sydney, NSW	27 Nov 2025
Conduct research in the area of advanced hyperspectral autofluorescence imaging and brightfield maging of cells and tissues, independently and as part of a team
Postdoctoral Fellow – Psychology	Sydney, NSW	4 Dec 2025
This position is based in the lab of Dr. Erin Goddard and works on an Australian Research Council funded project in collaboration with Dr. Alexandra Woolgar (University of Cambridge). This project in visual neuroscience aims to better understand human brain processes involved in interpreting visual input that is unclear or ambiguous, using a combination of measurements of behaviour and brain activity (fMRI and MEG).
Research Assistant	Sydney, NSW
The School of Private & Commercial Law has an opportunity for a casual Research Assistant role.
Research Fellow (National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit)	Sydney, NSW	24 Nov 2025
The Research Fellow will provide support across projects within the National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU) in the Centre for Big Data Research in Health.
Postdoctoral Fellow – School of Economics	Sydney, NSW	1 Dec 2025
Be part of a dynamic team working on frontier research. Join us to explore masculinity norms and their economic impact in a globally significant project.
Senior Contract Administrator – Trailblazer Recycling and Clean Energy Program	Sydney, NSW	16 Nov 2025
Work alongside leading researchers and industry innovators to support impactful recycling and clean energy projects, and ensure projects meet all contractual, financial, and reporting requirements to deliver a seamless experience for stakeholders.

Research Officer / Senior Research Officer, CoastRI	Sydney, NSW	19 Nov 2025
Provide practical and efficient research support to stakeholders, assisting in the conduct of research that contributes to a better understanding of polymer surfactant complexation in personal care formulations
Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainable Wastewater Management	Sydney, NSW	11 Nov 2025
Conduct innovative research in sustainable wastewater management
Post-doctoral Fellow in Renewable Fuel (UNSW)	Sydney, NSW	16 Nov 2025
Post-doctoral Fellow opportunity to contribute towards the research effort of UNSW and to develop their research expertise through the pursuit of defined projects relevant to their research.
Casual Professional-Research Officer	Sydney, NSW
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre has an opportunity for a Research Officer role.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Mathematics & Statistics	Sydney, NSW	20 Nov 2025
The Postdoctoral Fellow will undertake research within a five-year Laureate Fellow project funded by the Australian Research Council and UNSW Sydney. The project seeks to advance the analysis of dynamical systems through the development of novel techniques in functional analysis, operator theory, ergodic theory, differential geometry, and/or data science.
Research Fellow	Sydney, NSW	9 Nov 2025
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) seeks a Research Fellow who will be expected to carry out independent and team research relevant to alcohol epidemiology, including the design and analysis of longitudinal cohort studies, and to undertake activities to develop their research expertise relevant to this field.
Research Assistant	Sydney, NSW	10 Nov 2025
A Research Assistant (Level 5) provides technical and research assistance to the research project/team.
Postdoctoral Fellow – Psychology	Sydney, NSW	13 Nov 2025
This role will work in collaboration with the Australian Defence Force to conduct programs to understand and promote better mental health in Australian Defence Force personnel. This involves participating in controlled trials of mental health interventions for personnel, mental health studies, project management, statistical analysis, and report writing.

Postdoctoral Fellow – Physics	Sydney, NSW	13 Nov 2025
The Postdoctoral Fellow (Level A) is expected to contribute towards the research effort of the School of Physics and UNSW and to develop their research expertise through the pursuit of defined projects relevant to their particular field of research, in particular spin quantum bits, spin relaxation mechanisms and qubit coupling in p-type quantum dot devices.
Research Associate in Carbon Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications	Sydney, NSW	13 Nov 2025
Conduct research in nanomaterials independently and as part of a team.
Research Assistant	Sydney, NSW
The Research Assistant will provide technical and research support for the UNSW–Grace Energy collaborative project on developing a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) for Commercial and Industrial (C&I) applications. The role will focus on supporting research activities across battery energy storage systems (BESS), and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. Working closely with UNSW researchers and industry partners, the Research Assistant will contribute research activities to advance the VPP prototype and associated commercialization pathways.
Casual Professional Talent Pool – Lifelong Learning – Learning Designer	Sydney, NSW
Passionate about learning design? Bring your skills to UNSW and craft high-quality, impactful courses in a dynamic team environment.
Casual Talent Pool – Research Assistant – School of Management and Governance (Level 3)	Sydney, NSW	29 Jul 2026
The School is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals for research assistant opportunities in the research areas of Human Resource Management (HRM), International Business (IB), Organization Behavior (OB), Organization Theory (OT), and Strategy, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship (SIE).
Casual Talent Pool – Research Assistant – School of Management and Governance (Level 4)	Sydney, NSW	24 Jul 2026
The School of Management and Governance at UNSW Business School is inviting expressions of interest for research assistant roles in HRM, IB, OB, OT, and Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Casual Talent Pool – Research Officer – School of Management and Governance (Level 6)	Sydney, NSW	20 Jul 2026
The School of Management and Governance (SoMG) is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals for research assistant opportunities in the research areas of Human Resource Management (HRM), International Business (IB), Organization Behavior (OB), Organization Theory (OT), and Strategy, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship (SIE).
Casual Research Assistant	Sydney, NSW
A Research Assistant provides routine support to research activities under guidance.

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