Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

As Griffith approaches it’s 50th anniversary we relect on the thriving community of artists, designers, musicians, performers and others who are shaping and changing the creative landscape of Brisbane. With arts education under pressure to demonstrate its relevance, Griffith has maintained its commitment to education across a range of creative…

To mark World Children’s Day, an important knowledge sharing and capacity building workshop was held in Dublin, Ireland, about the steps that are needed from individuals, organisations, and governments to end orphanage volunteering and visits, and to promote child-centred, family-based care around the world. Global care reform is a long-term…

Orphanage Trafficking, in which children are recruited and trafficked into institutions for the purpose of financial profit and other forms of exploitation, is a form of institution-related trafficking of children. This Roundtable, organised by CPA UK in partnership with the BGIPU, the OSCE and Griffith University from Brisbane, aimed…

24/7 Respect – Respect at Work. This project provides academic knowledge and metrics to support the development of 24/7 Respect, a Hastings Deering’s program tackling bullying, discrimination and harassment to promote better workplaces, comply with new psychological safety legislation and improve employee retention. This project aims to encompass an approach…

This project aims to scope Indonesian policy and business responses to forced labour and the impacts on vulnerable women and children, especially those exposed to natural disasters, exacerbated by climate change. The project took a particular focus on the risks of rising sea levels to coastal villages, the risk of…

With the accelerating pace of social and economic change the HR discipline has rapidly evolved from being transactional to transformational. HR professionals need to understand the relationships between business strategy, organisational change strategy and HRM strategy and their role in each. The primary purpose of the course is to provide…

The Australia Awards Short Course Aus4ASEAN Skills Forecasting for the Fourth Industrial Revolution was delivered under the Australian Governments Digital Transformation and Future Skills initiative, as part of a package aimed at supporting Australia’s Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the Association of South Asian Nations (ASEAN). The course was delivered to…

1. Identify barriers and motives for each stakeholder to understand the factors that would facilitate changes to current practices for low valuable plastic waste management. 2. Explore how to introduce a new waste technology that could convert low valuable plastics from Cibubur East Jakarta City into an energy source.

The Digital Empowerment Program equipped small-to-medium sized (SME) Gold Coast tourism operators with skills to develop their digital marketing strategy, aiming to generate more awareness and visitation to their business. The evidence-based 5-step digital marketing process underpinned the training to upskill operators…

This is the overall research focus of Dr Abkhezr. Dr Abkhezr’s research projects aim to highlight the role of the field of career development and its career counselling and vocational guidance strategies and activities to bridge the gap between research, theory and practice among several diciplines that aim to support…