Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced Inequalities

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

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.

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… Read More

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,… Read More