Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Project type Community Engagement or Service, industry partnerships

Sustainble Food Choices on Campus

13 - Climate Action

The aim of this project is to direct food choices to more plant-rich dishes on Griffith University Campuses, thereby reducing the environmental footprint of food outlets. The goals are two-fold: making climate-friendlier dishes more visible/available and shifting behaviours so that more customers pick those options. The program uses pre-and-post consumer… Read More

Trust in Police

16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

After spending many years conducting research on Public Trust in Police, I was invited in February 2023 to serve as an expert advisor to the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) for a Report they were preparing on ‘Trust in Police’ for the UK Parliament. I was interviewed… Read More

Making Tracks in Children’s Health: co-designing a culturally appropriate weight management health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families

3 - Good Health and Well-Being

The Making Tracks in Children’s Health (MaTCH) project is working to co-design a health service to address weight management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families. Funded by a Woolworths Nutrition-Related Health Services Research Grant, the project brings together the Queensland Health departments (Child and Youth Clinical… Read More

EcoSummit 2023

13 - Climate Action

EcoSummit 2023 is a forum for scientists, policy-makers and practitioners to take a cross disciplinary approach focused on climate adaptation and the development of environmental and socio-economic resilience and, sustainable global prosperity. All areas of engineering, science, environmental modelling and policy will be considered in this work. An additional focus… Read More

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management (DRM) into Annual National and Sub-national Planning and Budgeting (APBN and APBD) Short Course

11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

This course aims to improve the participants’ knowledge and skills on the importance of mainstreaming DRM into annual development programming and budgeting both at national and sub-national levels. This course complements the work of DFAT’s DRM program (a.k.a. SIAP SIAGA program) aims to improve Indonesia’s ability to prevent, prepare for,… Read More

Native Bee Workshop with Dr Tim Heard

15 - Life on Land

The workshop will include a presentation where you will learn about the basic biology, social life, nesting and foraging habits followed by a practical demonstration of hive design and how to divide a hive. It will finish with a second presentation on task behaviour, colony multiplication, mating, natural enemies, swarming… Read More