Outstanding Griffith research excellence honoured
Architecture
Leading Griffith University researchers have been honoured at the Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Awards held at Nathan campus.
Business and government
Academic recognised for contribution to sustainable tourism
Griffith University’s Professor Susanne Becken has been recognized for her contribution to sustainable tourism with two prestigious awards.
Arts Education Law
Griffith’s commitment to sustainable development shines in high profile film
Griffith’s EcoAdapt project and Griffith Centre for Coastal Management highlighted in BBC-produced film.
Griffith Business School
Marine ecosystem values the focus of Rising Star of research
Multidisciplinary approach needed to enhance awareness of marine ecosystems values, says researcher.
Architecture, construction and planning
Geography and tech key to sustainable development
Learning how to use technology and geography to aid in creating sustainable developments was the aim when Griffith University STEM students Martin Juncal and Jacob Breslin traveled to Thailand last month on a scholarship.
Alumni
Graduate’s sustainable Lady Elliot Island design wins national architecture award
Griffith University graduate Sobi Slingsby recognised for being at the forefront of architecture and climate change.
Engineering, IT and aviation
Partnership builds community capacity for clean, renewable power after Cyclone Pam
Researchers train Vanuatu school students and staff in off-grid renewable power systems.
Business and government
Symposium explores climate impact on health, attitudes and environment
One-day event examines broad impacts of climate change during Climate Week QLD 2019.
Australian Rivers Institute
Cheers – charge your glass with a Griffith scientist
Science will be on tap when researchers trade the lab for the pub.
Centre for Environment and Population Health
Witoelar Dialogue responds to the region’s climate change challenges
The two-day event was part of the Collaborative Australia-Indonesia Program on Sustainable Development and Climate Change (CAIPSDCC).
Griffith Asia Institute
Inaugural ‘Witoelar Dialogue’ to deepen regional cooperation on climate change and sustainable development
The dialogue is part of a wider Collaborative Australia-Indonesia Program on Sustainable Development and Climate Change led by Griffith University.
Arts Education Law
Griffith academics to share expertise at key UN climate change conference
Griffith delegation to engage at highest level of global climate policy.
Corporate
Griffith supports Queensland Government to address climate risks
Griffith University and the Queensland Government unite to tackle current and future climate risks.
Architecture, construction and planning
Public health workers in the spotlight in new Griffith film
A uniquely Queensland story of strong disaster management in the context of climate change is the focus of a new Griffith University produced film.
Architecture, construction and planning
Griffith adds climate change expertise to world-leading report
Two Griffith University academics are among the world’s best in climate change research to be named as authors in the next report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Alumni
School of Environment celebrates 40 years of graduating students
Martin Taylor is doing his first mammal survey. He’s an excited student in Griffith University’s brand new School of Australian Environmental Studies. As part of the environmental studies foundation program – the first in the country for a university – nothing was off limits. Dr Taylor set his traps in the forest. He had no […]
Australian Rivers Institute
Griffith expert warns of more flooding if ecosystems aren’t remedied
A leading Australian rivers expert warns flooding will continue to impact our rivers and coastal waterways because our catchments are no longer resilient to extreme weather events. As parts of South-East Queensland experience flooding after a heavy rainfall band crossed the coast, rivers and water catchments are being pushed to the brink. Professor Stuart Bunn […]
Architecture, construction and planning
Marine biogenic aerosols – the “Holy Grail” of climate science
Most people think of aerosols as something you’d get from a spray can but scientists are discovering more about how these atmospheric particles are protecting the planet. Research led by Griffith University and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in the USA, recently published by the American Meteorological Society, has revealed the role marine biogenic […]