Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow in Cyber Security (Cyberpsychology) Full-time

Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow

Step into a role where your research can shape the future of cyberpsychology and cyber resilience. As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow, you'll drive high-impact, in-depth research and publish in leading outlets, while contributing to postgraduate and Honours supervision within a vibrant and growing Cyber Security Research Group.

You'll collaborate closely with industry leaders—including IDCARE.org and other major partners—gaining rare access to real-world expertise in online scams, identity security and cybercrime. In this role, you'll also support contract research, contribute to competitive grant development, and foster industry research collaborations that advance both the School's mission and the broader cyber security landscape.

Key responsibilities will include:

Academic Level A:

• Research: Establish a research program, collaborate on research projects, seek and manage research funding, publish in reputable journals, utilize best practice research methodologies, and participate in project discussions.

• Teaching: Contribute to teaching of undergraduate courses as required.

• Supervision and Researcher Development: Supervise students, recruit and manage employees, provide performance feedback and training, resolve conflicts, and ensure correct remuneration and benefits.

• Citizenship and Service: Develop partnerships, demonstrate leadership through mentoring, engage in internal service roles and committees, perform administrative functions, provide support to colleagues, and uphold university values.

Academic Level B (in addition to Level A Responsibilities):

• Research:

  • Conduct high-quality research and publish in top international journals, books and conference proceedings, while delivering new insights and translatable research in cyber security, online deception and privacy.

  • Collaborate with the IDCARE Cyber Security Clinic, co-producing agreed research outputs and mentoring sponsored research and placement students.

  • Design, prepare and manage competitive research grant applications that align with agreed research priorities.

  • Work closely with colleagues and postgraduate students on joint research projects, including participation in regular meetings to define objectives, methodologies and outcomes.

  • Translate applied research into meaningful community engagement, producing artefacts that strengthen resilience across community, industry and government.

• Teaching:

  • Assist in the guest lecturing work of cyber security undergraduate and graduate subjects in the Master of Cyber Security program and other programs as required.

  • Contribute at least 0.2 FTE to convene and/or teaching courses in the Master of Cyber Security program led by School of EECS.

  • Develop and deliver courses, engage in curriculum design, coordinate courses, assess students, provide academic counselling, and adhere to university teaching rules.

• Supervision and Researcher Development: Supervise students, recruit and manage employees, provide performance feedback and training, resolve conflicts, and ensure correct remuneration and benefits.

• Citizenship and Service:

  • Manage a range of research project activities within the UQ Cyber Research Centre.

  • Strengthen the School's relationships with industry, government, professional bodies and the broader community.

  • Coordinate industry or academic engagement activities linked to the UQ Cyber–IDCARE partnership.

  • Lead and contribute to government policy consultations and engagement with relevant agencies.

  • Support increased regional engagement and researcher development across Oceania, including work with DFAT and other departments.

  • Build emerging external partnerships by cultivating links with industry, government, the profession and the community.

  • Demonstrate UQ-aligned behaviours and leadership, including mentoring, collaboration, active contribution to unit priorities, and effective participation in internal service roles, decision-making and committees.

  • Support smooth unit operations, providing backup during staff absences and contributing to external service activities beyond the immediate organizational unit.

This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ's Criteria for Academic Performance.

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, access to exclusive internal-only vacancies, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

Academic Level A:

• Completion or near completion of a PhD in the area of cyber security, computer science, software engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, mechatronics, information systems, mathematics or applied cryptography.

• An emerging profile in research in cyber security, cyber resilience or cyberpsychology.

• Evidence of publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences.

• Evidence of contributions towards successfully obtaining external research funding.

• Some experience in meaningful internal service roles and contributions towards external activities.

In addition to the above, Academic Level B:

• PhD in the area of cyber security, computer science, software engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, mechatronics, information systems, management, psychology, law, statistics, mathematics or applied cryptography.

• Expert knowledge in the interdisciplinary fields of cyber security, cyber resilience or cyberpsychology with strong knowledge in experimental design and statistical/empirical analysis

• Technical capability in behavioural and organizational cyber security, and desirable experience applying AI or machine learning to cyber security contexts.

• Proven publishing ability across technical, sociotechnical and social/political science.

• Strong track record and pipeline of publications into top journals and conferences.

• An ability to establish effective relationships and to represent and promote academic discipline at a university and wider community level, including industry, government and professional bodies.

• Evidence of a contribution to research, including successful external grant applications.

• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.

Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Ryan Ko, Centre Director of UQ Cyber Research Centre at ryan.ko@uq.edu.au

For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at talent@uq.edu.au, stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

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