Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Australia Awards Short Course in Climate Finance

7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

The Climate Finance course provided participants from across Indonesia with opportunities to network with Australian experts and organisations, explore climate finance opportunities to support Indonesia’s green economy transition, share case studies under the Australia-Indonesia Joint Statement on Cooperation on the Green Economy and Energy Transition and evaluate policies and initiatives…

Environmental Planning Studio 1511ENV

2- Zero Hunger

Project title: “Loganlea State High School Urban Farm and Indigenous Food Forest Project” Our team actively planned opportunities for Environmental Planning student’s holistic development by building professional and authentic relationships with industry members on a real-life local food resilience project in the City of Logan, Australia. Students worked in teams…

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…

Mangrove Timelapse VR

15 - Life on Land

This project is a pilot project aiming to create an interactive VR time-lapse video of a mangrove forest from the perspective of its different animal inhabitants. It combines science and animation by embodying the imperceptible “aliveness” of a mangrove forest from multiple perspectives to highlight the importance of the ecosystem.

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…

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…