Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Gender Equality

Social Science Community for the Great Barrier Reef Symposium

13 - Climate Action

In 2024, Griffith University hosted the 2024 Social Science Community for the Great Barrier Reef Symposium over three days 11-13th September. This symposium brought together a community of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. It highlighted diverse stories of the Reef and its peoples, unpicked moral dilemmas around decision-making in an uncertain… Read More

Australia-Mekong Water Facility – Technical support to improve reservoir water quality management in Thailand

6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

Thailand faces challenges with managing water quality in many of its reservoirs due to pressure from agricultural, domestic, and industrial pollution coupled with urbanization, increasing demand and climate change. The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) joined Australian experts to gain knowledge and strategies to monitor, prevent and decrease water quality impacts. Read More

Tallowwood Green Impact 2023

4 - Quality Education

The overall aim of the activities, “What’s on My Plate for Morning Tea,” “Reptile awareness Program”, “Healthy Lunch Box Week,” “Bucket Filling,” “8 Ways of Aboriginal Knowing,” and “Celebrating Cultural Days in Kindergarten,” was to introduce kindergarten children to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by nurturing five essential attributes/characters… Read More

SAGE Cygnet Award on LGBTQIA+ inclusion

10 - Reduced Inequalities

The work completed to achieve a SAGE Cygnet Award aimed to improve outcomes for people of diverse genders, bodies and sexualities (DGBS/LGBTQIA+) staff and students at the university through a range of initiatives such as: – Increasing the availability of LGBTQIA+ inclusion resources and professional development frequency –… Read More

Water and WASH Futures Conference 2023

6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

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… Read More