The following research centres are affiliated with the Griffith School of Environment:

• Centre for Environmental Systems Research - The core business of the Centre for Environmental Systems Research is to understand the complex interactions of our environmental systems, prevent the release of more pollutants through the redesign of industrial processes and by filtration, manage the pollutants that are already present in our environmental systems and model the pollutant pathways and interactions in our environmental systems to optimise management practices.
• Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies - The Centre has been established to achieve effective conservation within and beyond the reserved natural areas estate, including urban, agricultural and reserved areas, public spaces and private land. Its mission is to identify and promote effective conservation solutions with a mix of ecological, social and economic mechanisms, and to engage researchers, the community and stakeholders in conservation at all levels through effective education and extension programs.
• Australian Rivers Institute - The Australian Rivers Institute was established by Griffith University in 2006 to provide a focus for Australia's largest group of university-based scientists with expertise in river, catchment and coastal research and education and builds on the University's long-standing reputation in environmental science.
• Centre for Riverine Landscapes - Members of this Centre have a broad range of research experience and skills, including aquatic ecology, population genetics and phylogeography, hydrology, chemistry and biogeochemistry, economics, soil physics, geomorphology, and contaminant modelling (in air, soil and water). We aim to undertake multidisciplinary research within the unifying context of rivers in their landscape and to enhance the quality of research higher degree training for our students.
• Centre for Aquatic Processes and Pollution - This Centre provides a platform on which members can launch new and innovative initiatives in collaborative inter and multi-disciplinary research in the field of aquatic processes, monitoring and pollution studies.
• Griffith Centre for Coastal Management - This Centre develops and promotes, on a national and international level, targeted research that contributes to all aspects of sustainable management of coastal regions. The objectives of the Centre are to develop a broad research and training agenda related to coastal management.
• International Centre for Management of Pest Fruit Flies - International Centre for the Management of Pest Fruit Flies is a new Queensland based initiative to improve food security and nutrition, reduce poverty and facilitate international trade within the Australian-Asian region. The Centre addresses the problem of fruit flies, which are serious pests of fruits and vegetables.
• International Centre for Ecotourism Research - The International Centre for Ecotourism Research provides a focus for ecotourism research both within Australia and worldwide. The centre’s interests are indeed international and cover the environmental impacts and management of tourism, the management of visitors and resources in protected areas, the economics of ecotourism and a range of related issues.
• Urban Research Program - This program has identified urban governance, transportation, urban liveability, housing, infrastructure, ecology, urban economy and health as research areas of strategic importance. In all our research we are mindful that contemporary urban life is, more than ever before, part of a national and global dynamic.