Our research is focused on confronting the challenges and uncertainty of the next century.

We are committed to supporting researchers to operate as future-focused problem solvers working across the built and natural environments, social science, and public health. Our research takes place outside the traditional definition of “the city” in peri-urban, regional, and remote areas. At the same time, cities are changing, especially with regard to green infrastructure, green transport, and the blue economy – research fields which we are actively engaged in. We also host researchers who focus on human-centred disciplines, including public health and wellbeing (e.g., heat and housing, recycled water, First Peoples environmental health, and human geographies).

Explore each of our research themes below in more detail.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and committed to tackling global challenges around sustainable cities and communities, and climate action.

Research Themes and Groups

Adaptation Science

This theme delves into the intricacies of climate adaptation, with a strong focus on long-term and robust decision-making processes in managing local and global change.

Building Science and Construction Innovation

This theme generates important and relevant research for the construction sector, seeking to improve the integrity, robustness and safety of various building structures and approaches.

Coastal Resilience

This theme addresses multifaceted challenges confronting cities in coastal zones, encompassing issues including erosion, inexorable rise of sea levels, and storm surge hazards.

Digital Earth and Resilient Infrastructure

Researchers in this theme are investigating decision-making pathways for complex built-environment concerns, with an emphasis on nature-inspired and place-based solutions.

Digital Multi-Utility Transformation

This theme endeavours to seamlessly integrate 'big data' metering and monitoring technologies, along with their associated expert systems, into critical infrastructure.

Gold Coast Futures

For a decade, the City of Gold Coast has actively collaborated with CRI across a range of collaborative projects investigating urban planning and growth management within the city.

Housing

This theme draws together our multifaceted housing research driven by an era of shifting demographics, economic disparities, and urbanisation, seeking to shape a more equitable and liveable future for all.

SeaCities Lab

This theme examines the interplay between land and sea, forecasting future development scenarios through the application of hydrodynamic modelling.

Transport Research Group

Researchers within this theme collaborate closely with a diverse array of industry partners to facilitate strategic planning, construction, and effective management of transportation systems.

Water and Waste Management

This theme centres on collaborative design and practical implementation of applied research tailored for the water and waste management sector, bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and real-world applications.

Coastal and Marine Research Centre

The Coastal and Marine Research Centre integrates our coastal expertise with wider questions of city planning. Through rigorous research and community engagement, the Centre explores the vulnerabilities of Australian coastal cities helps them to be more resilient into the future.

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