Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Project type Research

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Inequality of Opportunity

10 - Reduced Inequalities

The project is about identifying the relationships between individuals’ backgrounds and their economic outcomes. Since background factors such as race, gender and social class at birth are uncontrollable, the inequalities that these factors generate form a particularly socially corrosive.

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Progressive Collapse (Robustness) Resistance of Tall Frame Timber Buildings with Cross Laminated Timber Floors

11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

This project aimed to advance industry knowledge about the performance of engineered wood products (EWP) mass timber products such as Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) used in mid-rise to tall timber buildings which are becoming internationally popular. With increased building height, these buildings must be designed…

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Transport Innovation and Research Hub

11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

The Transport Innovation and Research Hub (TIRH) is a research agreement between the Brisbane City Council (BCC), Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Queensland. The Hub exists is to undertake strategic transport research and development, and build mutual transport capability within the university sector, BCC and…

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Transport Academic Partnership

11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

The Transport Academic Partnership (TAP) is a $3.7 million agreement between the Department of Transport and Main Roads, the Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Griffith University (Griffith) and University of Queensland (UQ). The TAP agreement aims to build mutual transport capability within the university sector,…

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Roles of music and culture in reducing poverty

11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

The project explores: (1) the potential of music, especially “traditional” music, to contribute to poverty reduction efforts, and (2) the relationships between poverty and the sustainability of musical and other cultural expressions. In its first phase, the project worked with youth musicians in Cambodia to gauge their experiences and perspectives…

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High frequency remote water quality monitoring

6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

High-frequency water quality monitoring technology has considerably improved in the last decade. New generation optical sensors allow for reliable, in-situ monitoring, with real-time data often remotely accessible through the cloud. Since 2020, two mobile water quality stations have been built, consisting of trailers with solar panels, batteries, pumps and sensors;…