Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced Inequalities

Making Tracks in Children’s Health: co-designing a culturally appropriate weight management health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families

3 - Good Health and Well-Being

The Making Tracks in Children’s Health (MaTCH) project is working to co-design a health service to address weight management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families. Funded by a Woolworths Nutrition-Related Health Services Research Grant, the project brings together the Queensland Health departments (Child and Youth Clinical… Read More

Climate Scape 2

13 - Climate Action

This is a practice-led research collaboration between CARI researchers and Vulcana Women’s Circus, a physical theatre community arts organisation. In association with Drs Samid Suliman and Kaya Barry (HLSS/GCSCR) Climate Scape unites performance researchers with social scientist/scholars and professional circus artists to explore how physical theatre and circus methods can… Read More

Common Purpose Leadership Development Programs for Students

4 - Quality Education

In 2021, Griffith Global Mobility provided funding for 400+ students to participate in Common Purpose’s Global Leadership Forums and Global Citizenship Programs, which are non-academic (but with a micro-credential upon completion), online leadership development programs that focus on the UN SDGs. The uptake in these programs has shown that students… Read More

Graduate Certificate in Counselling

3 - Good Health and Well-Being

The course was designed for representatives from the Government of PNG, employees of universities and the NGO and civil society sector, who are involved in the provision of counselling services in PNG. It built on the success of the 2018/19 Australia Awards PNG ‘Graduate Certificate in Counselling and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment… Read More

Inclusive Leadership Program – Mekong Region & Laos

5 - Gender Equality

2015 saw the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which marked the establishment of a highly integrated market with a combined purchasing power of US2.3 trillion. For Mekong countries, this provided great economic potential by providing access to regional markets and value chains. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely… Read More

Creative Change Project

10 - Reduced Inequalities

The Creative Change Project is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship at the Creative Arts Research Institute, investigating the role community music can play in addressing social inequities in Australia. Through our research and partnerships with communities that address social inequities and create music, we aim to map current… Read More