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New research program launched to support digital innovation among small-scale entrepreneurs in the Pacific region

In partnership with the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC), the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), and ACCESS Advisory Services, the Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) is proud to announce a new research program to explore and test opportunities to enhance the support ecosystem for digital innovation and entrepreneurship in the Pacific region. Recognising the important role […]
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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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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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1 No Poverty

Griffith selected to host 2023 UN Millennium Fellowship Class

Griffith University is one of two Australian universities selected to host a United Nations (UN) 2023 Millennium Fellowship Class (MFC), designed to foster student-led projects which support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Griffith seals landmark partnership with Oceania Paralympic Committee

The Oceania Paralympic Committee (OPC) is building on a powerhouse partnership with Griffith University in the lead up to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, taking up head office residency at the Gold Coast campus. Emphasising the shared commitment to excellence, innovation and community engagement, a memorandum of understanding was officiated at Griffith’s Nathan Campus […]
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11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Australia’s leading research and environment organisations call for major reform at 2023 Right to Repair Summit

Griffith University, Ewaste Watch Institute, Clean Up Australia and the Australian Repair Network are calling for essential reforms that will incentivise and support the repair of products, machines and equipment at the 2023 Australian Repair Summit to be held at the National Library in Canberra on August 11. Trailblazers of the environmental movement, Boomerang Alliance […]
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17 Partnerships for the Goals

Griffith University and Gene Company partner to create exciting RNA-based COVID anti-viral

Griffith University has entered into a $135 million commercial partnership with Gene Company o further develop a new drug treatment for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
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10 Reduced Inequalities

A new law in Nigeria lights the way for worldwide cancer prevention strategy

Griffith University researchers influenced passing of Nigerian bill making breast, cervical and prostate cancer education compulsory in high schools, providing a sustainable pathway to cancer prevention.
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1 No Poverty

Empowering Pacific Island economies through digital transformation

Griffith University has joined forces with ReGov Technologies in Malaysia to connect vulnerable economies in the Pacific Islands to global markets through the National Digital Innovation Launchpad (NDIL).
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17 Partnerships for the Goals

Sharing stories and experiences in the Outback

Outback Queensland has just seen an influx of 120 Griffith University-led students and staff who travelled to Winton for the Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival.
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10 Reduced Inequalities

VR Dreaming transports students 20,000 years to teach traditional health and healing

Set fireside beneath a magnificent celestial tapestry, a new virtual reality experience from Griffith University’s First People’s Health Unit invites you to listen and learn hands-on about knowledge from 20,000-years ago. Professor James Charles, Director of Griffith’s First People’s Health Unit (FPHU), is honouring the wisdom and work of his Elders this NAIDOC week as […]
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Griffith backs progress for para-athletes in the Pacific with first visit to Palau

Griffith University’s Director of Games Engagement and Partnerships, Dr Caroline Riot, has recently returned from a trip to “pristine” Palau in the western Pacific, having been invited to support the program delivery of a Paralympic committee. The highly positive engagement with Palau shows Griffith’s commitment to delivering on inclusion, diversity, equity and sporting excellence within […]
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17 Partnerships for the Goals

Griffith Asia Institute supports APEC policy dialogue to expand green financing of MSMEs

Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have an important role in driving economic growth in developing economies, contributing to job creation and the development of innovative products and services. Governments, policymakers, and banks have a crucial role to play in supporting MSMEs, as they often encounter high barriers to accessing financial support, such as limited […]
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Meet the 2023 academic group Outstanding Alumni Award Winners

Griffith University has announced the winners from its four academic groups in the 2023 Outstanding Alumni Awards, with a talented group of recipients from across the world – and outer space. Sixteen high-achieving alumni have earned top spots in the University’s 2023 Outstanding Alumni Awards in the academic groups of Arts, Education and Law (AEL); […]
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Funding boost creating a buzz for insect research

A study looking into the effects of climate change on insects within Lamington National Park is set to go international following a funding injection of $470,000.
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10 Reduced Inequalities

First annual report reveals lived experience of Queenslanders with disability

A Griffith University-led research initiative to discover the lived experience of Queenslanders with disability was released at Australia’s Disability Strategy Forum in Brisbane today.
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Meet the Griffith researcher carving for change

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. For Dr Indigo Willing, that volition saw her take up skateboarding at age 41 and just recently, co-present at the International Stoke Sessions Conference on Surfing and Skateboarding in San Diego USA for which Tony Hawke was keynote. Bringing new ideas center-stage, Dr Willing, who is a Research […]
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11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Set for take-off: Griffith joins emission-free aviation Alliance

Research, teaching key for Australia’s first commercial hydrogen-powered flight in 2026. 
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