Project type Research

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…

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…

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…

This program acknowledged the shared ambition of the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy to enable energy cooperation as an important pillar that will contribute significantly to the two nations’ growth of commercial and investment turnovers. Course Designers developed a program addressing the energy industry related areas of technology, economics,…

The short course aimed to contribute to improved nutrition indicators and food security policy in Sri Lanka and opened the door to further collaboration and capacity development between Sri Lankan practitioners and their Australian counterparts. This short course provided a point of reference in considering the future of health and…

The program acknowledged the shared ambition of the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy to enable energy cooperation as an important pillar that will contribute significantly to the two nations’ growth of commercial and investment turnovers. Course Designers developed a program addressing the energy industry related areas of technology, economics,…

The Water and WASH Futures Conference 2023 is part of the Water and WASH Futures knowledge forums – a series of knowledge sharing and learning activities for practitioners and professionals in the international water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and water resource management (WRM) sectors. We also encourage and welcome…

Making Good Alliance (MGA) is a social enterprise that focuses on mitigating climate change by building regenerative, resilient, and inclusive communities through innovation, collaboration, and education. MGA has partnered with Architecture at Griffith University for a new exciting project- the Regenerative Precinct- that aims to give a place to nest…

The City of Ipswich has partnered with Griffith University and the University of the Sunshine Coast to conduct a three-year analysis about the identification of Urban Heat Island (UHI), the residents’ perceptions about urban heat and how changes in urban design might mitigate these effects. Methodologically, three sites…