World-class research focused on meeting current and future challenges
Our world-class researchers work in collaboration with industry, government and the community to tackle global challenges.
Research centres
- Australian Rivers Institute
- Griffith Climate Change Response Program
- Griffith Climate Action Beacon
- Environmental Futures Research Institute
- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy
- Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre
- Cities Research Institute
- Griffith Centre for Coastal Management
- Indigenous Research Unit
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Centre
- Griffith Institute for Tourism
- Law Futures Centre
- Grifith Centre for Design and Innovation Research
Externally supported centres and facilities
Australian National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
Focus areas
Climate change adaptation
The Griffith Climate Change Response Program and Climate Action Beacon lead Griffith University's research into climate change adaptation and mitigation - promoting multidisciplinary approaches to climate change research and action inclusive of the environmental, social, economic and governance dimensions.
Environmental sciences
Environmental Science at Griffith is largely addressed through the activities of the Environmental Futures Research Institute. The Environmental Futures Centre is trans-disciplinary, diverse in research expertise - combining fundamental, applied and social sciences, solutions oriented and locally active and globally engaged.
Sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism is one of the University’s areas of strategic investment, bringing together two research programs:
Water science
Griffith's Australian Rivers Institute is home to more than 120 scientists and research students, making it the largest concentration of university-based water researchers in the country. The Institute plays a leading role in managing water resources with a focus on freshwater, estuarine and urban water.
Contact us
Griffith Sustainability Room -1.10F, Building N16, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan QLD, 4111