Project type Research

The project aim is to design a commercially viable tabletop boardgame which engages and entertains players while educating them about the challenges and trade-offs involved in designing future resilient cities. The game can also be incorporated into co-design toolkits for use in community consultation processes. The project also explores the… Read More

The Australia Awards Renewable Energy Short Course aimed to contribute to the shared ambition of Australia and Indonesia to cooperate more closely to enable transition to lower emission economies and understands that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge. Twenty-five participants from across Indonesia joined course leaders Associate Professor… Read More

Funded by the Australian Government’s Water for Women Fund, the research was undertaken from January to December 2022. This study aimed to provide regionally appropriate evidence about what kinds of processes and systems could be explored within different urban contexts in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The… Read More

This project developed a methodology to identify the best strategies to finance (through blended finance) the delivery of water and sanitation services in developming countries. This was designed for use by Development Partners, such as the Australian Government.

The International WaterCentre at Griffith University was commissioned by World Health Organization (WHO) to undertake desk-based research and prepare a report on climate resilient sanitation in South East Asia. This contributed to WHO’s support to its eleven member states in advocating and raising awareness of the health impacts of climate… Read More

The Media Benchmarking Study in Australia program assisted mid-career journalists in learning about Australian public policy as well as build linkages and undertake cultural activities to deepen their understanding. The presentations and site visits in the program were designed to expose the participants to a range of government organisations, newsroom… Read More

The Media Benchmarking Study in Australia program assisted mid-career journalists in learning about Australian public policy as well as build linkages and undertake cultural activities to deepen their understanding. The presentations and site visits in the program were designed to expose the participants to a range of government organisations, newsroom… Read More

The Australia Awards Short Course saw twenty-five senior Indonesian government officials and civil society members participate in presentations, networking events and site visits in Brisbane and Canberra to support Indonesia’s transparency, accountability and anti-corruption development in the region’s public sector.

This Short Course facilitated an exchange of knowledge and lessons learned between ASEAN countries and Australia, including between the two different cohorts. Fifty participants from seven countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Vietnam spent two weeks connecting with Australian organisations, analysing data sources to anticipate future skill… Read More

Synthetic N-fertiliser is a foundation of modern agriculture; however, its efficiency is often only 50%, leading to nutrients runoff into nearby creeks, causing e.g. eutrophication and fish kill events. Nitrogen pollution and climate change constitute the two greatest risks to the survival of the GreatBarrier Reef (GBR). To address N… Read More