Sustainability research cuts across all faculties and disciplines, from natural and social sciences to engineering, arts, humanities, health and business. Our researchers take a solutions-oriented, systems-thinking approach to solving complex sustainability challenges, addressing both local and global issues through environmental, societal and/or economic lenses. The scope of sustainability research at the University spans all 17 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Sustainable Earth Institute is currently focusing on select sustainability challenge themes that transcend disciplinary research and bring together a critical mass of interdisciplinary expertise to look at the issue holistically rather than in isolation. These themes are Healthy Landscapes (SDG 15 Life on Land), Natural Resources and Energy (SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy), and Net Zero Carbon (SDG 13 Climate Action), with environmental intelligence and sensors providing expertise and tools integral across themes.
