11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

PhD student innovates sustainable timber-steel building material

International student Shelley Karkoodi is working hard to create a new sustainable building material that is a composite of timber and steel.
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Arts Education Law

Nothing fishy about Krish’s winning 3MT presentation

Topics ranging from the future of cruise tourism and the detection of a new species of irukandi jellyfish to developing an effective vaping cessation program were all part of the 2023 instalment of Griffith University’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation final held at South Bank campus in early September. Twelve current PhD confirmed candidates, three […]
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17 Partnerships for the Goals

Research aims to prevent swimmer shoulder injuries

Shoulder injuries can be devastating when it comes to an elite swimmer’s career, causing costly time out from training and sometimes even spelling the end of a sporting journey. But that’d a problem that Alec McKenzie hopes to be able to prevent, with research in partnership with the Queensland Academy of Sport and Swimming Australia.
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Arts Education Law

17 ARC Discovery Projects for Griffith researchers in 2023

Griffith University researchers will lead 17 new Discovery Projects across a broad field of knowledge after being awarded over $7.735 million from the Australian Research Council.
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Corporate

Clare burns to victory in 3MT Presentation Final

Clare Burns has spent several years interviewing business and finance leaders as she investigates Australia’s growing corporate greed culture. The PhD student has at last count recorded 1400 observations and 260 pages worth of notes from her interviews and research. The challenge she set herself was to whittle the data down to a concise, three […]
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Arts Education Law

Kungullanji conference showcases Indigenous research

Talented up-and-coming researchers from across Griffith University presented their findings at the Kungullanji Indigenous Student Research Conference.
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Business and government

Charity donations in spotlight with O-it campaign

The first community trials being carried out as part of a progressive Griffith University research project into improving the quality of charity donations have been hailed a success.
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Alumni

Griffith graduate named Australia China Alumnus of the Year

Global health crusader and Griffith University graduate, Professor Qiyong Liu, has been named the 2019 Alumnus of the Year at the Australia China Alumni Awards (ACAA) in Beijing. Professor Liu won the award in recognition of his remarkable achievements and sustained successes in public health, and particularly working with poor and vulnerable communities. “I was […]
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Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution

Griffith appoints distinguished academic to DVC Research

A highly regarded chemical biologist with a distinguished record in championing research across several continents, Professor Mario Pinto, has been announced as Griffith University’s new Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research).
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Griffith Graduate Research School

Indigenous Griffith students present at World Congress

Two of just three Australian students chosen to present at the World Congress of Undergrad Research were from Griffith.
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Griffith Graduate Research School

Researcher seeks aid in preserving memory of historic Cleveland Scout Hall

PhD candidate Jessica Stroja is undertaking a project to memorialise the beloved building, which was destroyed in a fire last year.
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Arts Education Law

Vice Chancellor awards recognises research excellence

Griffith University’s leading researchers have been recognized at the 2019 Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Awards.
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Alumni

Griffith launches Australian-first HDR outcomes website

In an Australian-first, a new website has been launched showing Griffith's higher degree by research (HDR) graduate outcomes.
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Griffith Graduate Research School

Kungullanji program highlights value of Indigenous research

The program gives students a taste of what it’s like to be a researcher, and the impact their research could have on the community.
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