Analysis of microplastics in stormwater – Part 3
14 - Life Below WaterMicroplastics are small plastic particles…
Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Project type Research
Saving Nemo: Reducing animal use in toxicity assessments of wastewater
14 - Life Below WaterHuman activities release large quantities of wastewater to rivers and oceans. This wastewater often contains toxic chemicals, which can adversely affect living organisms. Our current methods to assess the toxicity of wastewater effluent are relatively insensitive and expensive, which means that monitoring is only infrequently conducted and is not protective…
Open access to Griffith University research
10 - Reduced InequalitiesGriffith Research Online (GRO) is a digital repository of openly accessible research and scholarship from Griffith University. GRO increases the impact and influence of Griffith research and scholarship by ensuring it is visible, discoverable and accessible; the research is indexed by Google Scholar and harvested by Unpaywall, NLA Trove and…
Fluorescence Dissolved Organic Matter Coagulation Control Model Beta Testing and End-User Training
6 - Clean Water and SanitationThe purpose of this project is to complete the beta-testing phase of a coagulation prediction model, for optimal performance at relevant SEQwater drinking water treatment plants, as well as appropriate end user training. This is to ensure the uptake of the research outputs of a recently completed ARC Linkage Project,…
Family businesses and SDG#4 – Quality Education
4 - Quality EducationThe book ‘Family businesses on a mission: Attaining the Sustainable Development Goal of Quality Education’ focuses on how family businesses on an international basis can align themselves to SDG#4. It features case studies of family businesses from Australia, Algeria, USA and Austria.
National Digital Innovation Launchpad
1 - No PovertyGriffith University has collaborated with ReGov Technologies in Malaysia to connect vulnerable economies in the Pacific Islands to global markets through the National Digital Innovation Launchpad (NDIL). Starting in Tonga, the NDIL is designed to accelerate the use of technology and build local capacity to implement digital projects and solutions…
“Node 11”: An interdisciplinary project to develop a tabletop boardgame about designing sustainable cities
11 - Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesThe 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…
Australia Awards Short Course Renewable Energy (Indonesia)
7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyThe 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…
Planning for Climate-resilient Urban WASH in Pacific Islands
6 - Clean Water and SanitationFunded 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…
Blended finance for WASH – development of diagnostic method, and application in Cambodia
6 - Clean Water and SanitationThis 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.