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Global Partnerships

Australia

The University of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has a strong presence in Australia across several research, education, industry and alumni links. The largest and most notable of these is our flagship partnership with the University of Queensland, where we have come together to establish the QUEX Institute; an initiative designed to bolster our joint global research impact.

The UQ-Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Institute of Global Sustainability and Wellbeing, is a pioneering collaboration between The University of Queensland and the University of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.  Officially launched in 2017 as a high-profile strategic partnership, UQ-Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Institute seeks to address significant global challenges through interdisciplinary collaborative research, academic, student and professional staff mobility; high-impact policy publications; and industry and community engagement. 

Australia

The Institute currently has four themes - Healthy Living, Global Environmental Futures, Digital Worlds and Disruptive Technologies, and Mineral Security and Sustainability - around which research is focussed. Themes have been chosen in response to analysis highlighting areas of interest for research, as well as to reflect expertise at the University of Queensland and the University of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.

Central to achieving the UQ-Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Institute vision is nurturing a strong pipeline of the next generation of researchers, who will benefit from our combined strengths in teaching, research, business engagement and entrepreneurship. The UQ-Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Institute has therefore directed a large proportion of its investment to sustain multiple cohorts of PhD candidates, a total of 52 by early 2023, to strengthen connections between research groups at the partner universities.

UQ-Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Institute investment has also been allocated to collaborative research projects through a number of seeding funding schemes and as of mid-2023 has supported upwards of 40 research initiatives of varying scale, which have in turn gone on to attract more than $30 million in external funding and boast over 200 UQ-Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Institute related co-publications.  

The UQ-Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Institute also encourages links between professional services teams to promote sharing best practices and staff development, with 19 Professional Services Fellowships awarded thus far.