Social and Environmental Sustainability

The Centre works on a range of cross-cutting themes to explore and address the complex challenges that governments and societies face to respond to rapid changes in our global environment. We work across the most significant issues including:

• climate change mitigation and adaptation
• water and urban planning
• sustainable production and consumption
• the implementation of the SDGs
• the use of new and emerging technologies for environmental conservation

Our work in these domain draws upon UQ’s research expertise from a range of disciplines, providing the capacity to address sustainable development issues using a multidisciplinary, applied approach.

Current Projects:

• The Legitimacy Crisis of Expertise: International case studies on government uptake of expert advice in the development of COVID-19 policy responses.
• Developing a Business Case for Organics Recycling Opportunities
• The Past, Present and Future of Indigenous Ethnobotanical Knowledge
• Crown of Thorns Starfish Control Innovation Program
• Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP)
• Blue Economy CRC

Past Projects:

• Climate Change and the role of Sub-National Governments
• Towards Greener Taxes and Subsidies in Pacific Island Countries and Territories
• Queensland’s Energy Transition Roadmaps
• ecoBiz Circular Economy for Business Pilot
• Rapid Switch
• UN Global Environmental Outlook 6
• Intergrated Bio-economy and the controlled Biosphere
• Conservation Gene Drive Governance in Australia
• UK Ministry of Defence Global Strategic Trends: Out to 2050 in Oceania
• Australia and the European Union: a study of a changing trade and business