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The Australia Awards Fellowship is a partnership between Griffith University and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of India to develop technical assistance materials aimed at enhancing project managers’ ability to design investment-ready projects for climate-resilient development. The Fellowship focused on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and disaster risk reduction. By… Read More

The Australia Awards Short Course acknowledges Bhutan as a unique country, guided by its strong cultural principles and focus on national happiness, in addition to sustainable economic development and prosperity. The course was designed to align with the Government of Bhutan’s Thirteenth Five Year Plan and its priorities of developing… Read More

At COP26, Vietnam and Australia jointly committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050. Both nations face similar energy transition challenges, with strong reliance on fossil fuels despite abundant renewable energy resources. Australia, a major coal exporter to Vietnam and a potential LNG supplier, remains a trusted energy partner. The… Read More

The four-week Short Course was delivered in person at Griffith University’s Logan campus in Queensland, with participants accommodated in Brisbane and daily transportation provided. Prior to arrival, a pre-departure online workshop prepared participants for travel, introduced Australian culture, and outlined course expectations. Drawing on Griffith’s existing expertise in Papua New… Read More

The primary project or activity is an initial exploration of the potential contributions of process relational theology to Islamic feminist theology. This engagement aims to significantly enrich existing efforts to reinterpret Islamic tradition through a gender-justice lens. It seeks to challenge traditional hierarchical views of divine-human relationships and gender dynamics… Read More

The project is a groundbreaking book series titled “Islam and Process-Relational Thought”. Its core purpose is to explore the untapped intellectual frontier where Islamic tradition meets process and open-relational thought. The series aims to bring together scholars from both Islamic studies and process philosophy/theology to investigate the profound connections between… Read More

This research partnership aims to advance educational inclusion, social awareness, and cultural recognition of the Marapu Indigenous cultural and religious minority group of Sumba Island, Indonesia. Through cultural documentation, participatory action research, and cultural sustainability initiatives, it works with Indigenous Marapu religion practitioners to advance social and cultural goals and… Read More

Future leaders in Indonesia’s film industry joined Course Leaders Dr Dean Chircop, Associate Professor Maragret McVeigh and Ms Martha Goddard for the short course aimed at promoting Indonesia’s creative industry for economic growth, strengthening participants’ skills in content creation, screenwriting, directing, and producing visual media projects. Key learning objectives included… Read More

This conceptual study critically examines the often-overlooked working conditions within the wellness tourism sector—a rapidly growing industry framed around health, wellbeing, and self-care. Despite its appealing image, the wellness tourism workforce frequently endures precarious, low-paid, and emotionally intensive roles. The project undertakes a narrative literature review to map the complexities… Read More

In 2024 we finalised a six-year-long project to repaint and preserve an artwork that has been in the Griffith University Art Collection since 1979. The second public artwork commissioned by Griffith University, Alun Leach-Jones’s ‘Crossing to Capricorn’ (1979) has been installed in various locations at Brisbane South (Nathan) as the… Read More