Our staff and students are at the forefront of research into globally important issues including climate change, loss of biodiversity, urbanisation, population growth and the sustainable development of minerals, energy and environmental resources.

Select the links below to see the variety of investigations currently underway and to find out about available project topics.

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Our students work on projects of national and international significance in a unique interdisciplinary environment. Select the links below to see the range of topics that are currently being investigated.

Featured projects Duration
An analysis and characterization of coastal landslide occurrence and hazard and assessment of its potential impact in southeastern Queensland
20162022
Plastic food and beverage packaging material management in small island developing states: How documenting the flow could help identify locally appropriate innovation to effect change
20162020
Numerical Modeling and High Frequency Inversion of Fine structures in Porous Media
20162019
Automated Microseismic Event Detection with Machine Learning
20162019
Development of ferruginous duricrusts (canga) in tropical iron ore systems
20162019
Palynology of the Galilee Basin
20162019
Using Lidar to develop a Forest Inventory Projection System for Plantation Forest Management in South Eastern Queensland
20162022
Transfer of Sustainable Development Policies Among Commonwealth Nations
20162021
Climate Velocity and the Effects on Marine Protected Areas
20162020
Deformation of the Permo-Triassic Brook Street Terrane (South Island, New Zealand) and implications for regional tectonic reconstructions of Gondwana
20162020
Bioleaching of copper
20162019
Bushfire Convective Plume Experiment
20162019
Understanding Pacific Islander knowledge and attitudes towards changes in mangrove ecosystems and associated coastal resources: a case study of Bua Bay, western Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
20162019
The Problematic Land Acquisition Process for Infrastructure Development in Indonesia
20162019
Evaluation of FIFO/DIDO Employee Satisfaction with Current Strategies for Alleviating Psychosocial Stress and Identification of Strategies Employers can use to Minimise Psychosocial Risk in this Group of Workers
20162019
Developing a Site BasedThe Politics of Safety Outcomes
20162019
Ecology and Conservation Biology of the Night Parrot
20162019
Optimising climate change adaptation in the Pacific Islands
20162019
A Flow Network Approach to Integrate Ecosystem Services into Spatial Conseration Prioritization
20162019
Optimization of pollination services and conservation of forests in agricultural landscapes. Decreasing agricultural expansion
20162019
Understanding the Environmental, Economic, and Social Trade-offs of New Economic Development in the Xi River Basin
20162019
Diversity Patterns and Practical Conservation Priorities in the North of South America, one of the most Biodiverse Zones of the World
20162019
The Association between Temperatures and Occupational Injuries/ illness in Queensland
20162019
Hydro-climatology
20162019
Assessing housing subjectivity: an analysis of value systems through the Australian property ladder
20162019
Canopy Reflectance Modelling for Mapping Coastal Wetland Vegetation of South East Queensland
20162019
Understanding the impact of the three gorges dam on environmental sustainability
20162019
Finance Mechanisms and Conservation Prioritization for Large African Felids
20162019
The Effectiveness of Natural Predators and Management Agencies at Controlling Problem Species
20162019
Identifying opportunities for private land conservation
20162019
Urban consolidation in Brisbane: A study into the constraints of property boundaries
20162019
Cat control and its ecological consequences for Christmas Island indicator species
20162019
Develop patterns of road space utilization in the metropolitan city as a public space that supports quality improvement of urban life as well as strengthening of local identity.
20162019
Evaluating the Return on Investment from Implementing Interventions Aimed at Preventing or Minimising the Occurrence of Musculoskeletal Disorders
20162019
Exploring and Managing the use of Handheld Mobile Devices at work: A University Case Study
20162019
The Conservation Actions needed for Australian Threatened Species
20162019
Crowd Sourced Mapping with Smartphones to Augment and Improve Place Information for Location-based Services
20162018
Dynamic System Modelling of Relationships between Environmental Sustainability, Food System and Health Issues
20162018
Developing Great Australian Cities: The case for and significance of a Glasshouse Urban Corridor in South-East Queensland
20162018
Return Migration in Australia
2016
The Walloon–Birkhead transition: changes in coal and interburden character
20152018
The relative roles of tectonism, metamorphism and hypogene processes in the enrichment of banded iron-formations
20152019
Environmental and Socio-economic Consequences of Bio-based Energy Production in Brazil
20152019
Process modelling of gravity flow systems in deep water
20152018
Estimating Thomsen parameters from thin coal seam targets via seismic velocity analysis methods
20152018
Immobilization of lanthanum, cerium, europium and holmium by co-precipitation with iron and aluminium (hydr)oxides in aqueous solutions
20152018
Determining the geological controls on the spatial distribution of phosphorus and fluorine within coal
20152019
Post-disaster Recovery in Practice: an Asia-Pacific Perspective — Evidence from Earthquake-displaced Households in Nepal, China and New Zealand
20152018
Optimising Drone Image Acquisition and Analysis for Mapping Horticultural Crops
20152018
Integrating LiDAR and Satellite Multispectral data for Monitoring Mango, Avocado and Macadamia Tree Crops
20152018
Quantifying the risk of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing in coal seam gas operations in Australia
20152018
Understanding the geomechanical and structural controls in the production behaviour of the coal seam gas reservoirs in Queensland
20152018
Adaptive mesh refinement for geophysical inversion
20152019
Controls on palaeo-channel distribution in the Late Permian Rangal coal measures and implications for geotechnical assessment
20152016
Understanding the Gradual Ecosystem Changes in Native Pastures of the Arid and Semi-arid Rangelands of the Northern Territory
20152020
The Role of Walking towards Achieving a Disaster Resilient Community
20152019
Missing the Bus: transport disadvantage and social disadvantage in south east Queensland
20152019
Strengthening Clean Energy Policy to Decarbonise Indonesia's Electricity System: A Hybrid Energy Modelling & Analysis
20152019
Strategies and Preferences used by Middle-middle class to access housing in Jakarta, Indonesia
20152019
Bioleaching of copper sulphides
20152018
Palynology of the Jurassic–Cretaceous transition in the northern Surat Basin
20152018
Settling into a new place: Individual and collective coping strategies in an involuntary urban relocation context in Yangon, Myanmar
20152018
Using Circular Economy Principles to Increase Resource Efficiency in the Australian Food Industry
20152018
Spatial evolution and settlement pathways of People's Republic of China-born migrants in Australia
20152018
Identifying and Managing Ecosystem Service Relationships in Dynamic Landscapes
20152018
Modelling of Urban Development and Future Urban Growth Impacts on Traffic Congestion and Housing Shortages in Kuwait
20152018
Climate and Environmental History of the World's Largest Downdrift Sand System, Fraser Island and Coolooa Coast, Queensland
20152018
Biophysical Dynamics of Coastal Marine Habitats and Satellite Imagery Validation using LiDAR, Multi-spectral and other Remote Sensing Techniques on Unmanned Vehicles.
20152018
Integrating Development Objectives into Conservation Planning
20152018
How does human induced environmental change affect human well-being at different scales?
20152018
Marine Biodiversity Offseting: Identifying Opportunities to Deliver Better Outcomes for Species and Ecosystems
20152018
Optimal ecosystem management using network theory
20152018
Enhancing the Role of Private Sector in Achieving Transitional Renewable Energy Targets in Indonesia
20152018
From Home-based Work to Live/work Communities: Modelling Urban Planning Responses to Changing Work-family-territory Arrangements
20152018
Time Series Data Fusion Methods for Monitoring Woody Vegetation Change in Cloudy Conditions
20152018
Tethyan Ophiolites of the India-Asia suture zone: Insights into subduction and collision
20152018
Evaluating interventions to manage conservation conflicts
20152018
The potential of the Mineral Liberation Analyser for the characterisation of airborne particulate matter
20142019
Supercomputer modelling of multiphase dynamics at pore scale for quantitatively analysing and predicting dynamic transport behaviours in coal seams
20142018
Geodynamic evolution of the Thomson Orogen and implications on Paleozoic plate tectonic reconstruction of eastern Australia
20142018
Holocene reef development and water quality reconstruction, Heron Reef, Great Barrier Reef
20142017
Quantifying 39Ar recoil and the diffusivity of argon in hypogene and supergene alunites and jarosites
20142017
Preservation of geochemical signatures in lacustrine microbialites and sediments
20142017
Integrated investigation of pressure transient testing in coal seam gas reservoirs
20142018
The Land tenure security issues: the case of urban kampung in Jakarta
20142018
Corundum trace element and isotope geochemistry
20142017
Palaeoclimate reconstruction and anthropogenic influence on the high-latitude sub-tropical inshore coral reefs on the eastern coast of Australia
20142017
Who Governs the ‘Ungovernable’?: Examining the Modes of Governance in Urban Informality
20142017
The Permo-Triassic Gympie Terrane and implications for the Hunter Bowen Orogeny
20142018
Evolution and migration of Cenozoic Australia: Precision 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, geochemistry and paleomagnetic data for east Australian Cenozoic magmas
20142018
Understanding physical and chemical diagenetic processes that occur during fossilisation of biomineralised vertebrate remains
20142018
A Path Dependent Analysis of the 1970 Wilbur Smith South East Qld - Brisbane Public Transport Plan with Reference to Coordinating Institutions and Rail, Busway and Light Rail Infrastructure
20142020
Local Planning Schemes as Tools for Community Engagement
20142020
Exploring views and responses to the environmental crisis in the Urban Planning body of knowledge
20142019
Impact of high-speed rails in China
20142018
Initial skeletal growth in Ordovician radiolarians: Micro-CT imaging and digital exploration techniques
20142018
Landscape Effects on Species Richness and Functional Diversity. A Case Study from the Brisbane Local Government Area (LGA)
20142018
Coordinating Urban-rural Development under Contemporary China's Urbanisation Policy
20142018
Mapping Coral Reef Primary Production and Calcification from a Light Use Efficiency Model with in situ and Remotely Sensed Data
20142018
The Urban Heat Island and the Impact of Increasing Urbanization and Climate Change
20142018
A limits-oriented Approach to Sustainable Planning Assessment
20142018
Intentional Communal Living Arrangements: Sustainable, affordable, social additions to the contemporary Australian housing landscape
20142018
Diversity and Resilience of Aquatic Fauna in Queensland Spring Ecosystems
20142018
Spatial and Temporal Changes in Structure and Floristics of a Subtropical Rainforest
20142018
Early evolution of the kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes) from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area: phylogeny, palaeoecology, diversification and extinction
20142018
Understanding the Impact of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Land Values: A Case Study of Brisbane’s BRT System
20142018
Urban Land Use Planning and the Persistence of Class-based Risk to Disaster
20142018
Cloud Removal Analysis of Remote Sensing Satellite Image
20142018
Understanding residential solar and battery adoption dynamics: a systems thinking approach
20142017
Impacts of Environmental Factors on Koala Diet and Habitat use in South-West Queensland
20142017
Drivers of Benthic Composition, Marine Biodiversity, and Coral Health along the North Coast of Timor-Leste
20142017
An Integrated Framework for Construction Waste Management using the Concept of Circular Economy
20142017
Implications of fire management in relation to resource distribution within grassy patches for the recovery of the Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis Brachypterus)
20142017
The Applicability of organic spring deposits for reconstructing late Quaternary climatic and Environmental Change
20142017
Improving Land-sea Planning in a time of Global Change
20142017
Determining the Feedback Connections of Anthropogenic Influences on Ecosystems Services in an Estuarine Lagoon for Improving Environmental Management Targets in Dong Ho Lagoon, Kien Giang, Vietnam
20142017
Sustainability, Strategy and Design: Designing a Communication Platform to Empower Sustainability Advocates by Integrating New Theory with Digital Media
20142017
Sustainable Construction in a Post-disaster Context: An Appraisal Framework for Benchmarking Sustainable Disaster-resilient Homes
20142017
The Impact of Governance on Regional Natural Resource Planning
20142017
Drivers of coral reef condition in the Central Maldives using kilometre scale survey techniques from the XL Catlin Seaview Survey
20142017
Planning for Dynamic Threats in Conservation
20142017
Grassroots Innovations as Sustainable Place-making? Exploring Community-owned Renewable Energy in Australia
20142017
Climate-Smart Agriculture in practice: Insights from smallholder farmers, Timor-Leste and the Philippines, Southeast Asia
20142016
Numerical simulation and evaluation of rock mass response in fault zones of deep mines
20132018
Loose Praxis: Methodological assemblage in the social complexity of the Australian private rental system
20132017
Enhancing the predictive capability of coal seam gas facies models, Walloon Subgroup (Surat Basin, Queensland)
20132017
Hotspot volcanism down under: a product of mantle plumes or the unique structure and motion of the Australian plate?
20132017
Potential Implications of Canal Estates for Nutrient Budgets in Coastal Systems
20132017
Identifying and quantifying the chemical, physical, and biological processes controlling the formation, evolution, and degradation of cangas
20132017
Managing Trade-offs in Human-wildlife Conflict and Conservation Value: A Case Study of Fraser Island Dingoes
20132017
Local Governments as advocates for local communities in the assessment of major projects
20132020
Understanding the Synergistic Impacts of Climate Change and Land-use Change on Terrestrial Biodiversity
20132019
The Osteology and Palaeoecology of Megalania (Varanus) prisca
20132019
Healthy Neighborhood Design. Is Path Dependency Holding us Back?
20132019
Greenspace, who needs it? Examining the Social Sustainability of Urban Greenspace
20132018
Astronomical Forcing of Sub-Milankovitch Climate Oscillations during the Late Quaternary
20132018
Late Quaternary stream channel adjustment in hydrologically variable catchments, subtropical Australia
20132018
Integrating Measures of Indigenous Land and Sea Management Effectiveness as National and International Scales
20132017
Integrating Residential Solar Photovoltaic Systems with Battery Storage: Modelling an Optimal Deployment Pathway
20132017
The Potential of Shrimp Product Certification and Carbon Finance in Supporting Enhanced Sustainability Outcomes in the Mangroves of East Kalimantan Indonesia
20132017
Using Biosphere Reserve as an Integrated Tool on Coastal Forest Management in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study in Kien Giang, Vietnam
20132017
Assessing Species Vulnerability to Climate Change in Tropical Asia: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management
20132017
Oil Depletion and the Threat to Biodiversity and Food Security
20132017
Cyclone Disaster Mapping, Monitoring and Management Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
20132017
The Political Economy of Carbon Management in the International Aviation Industry: How can the International Aviation Industry more Effectively Reduce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
20132017
Mapping forest dynamics in Bangladesh from satellite images: Implications for the global REDD+ program
20132017
Developing a Site Based Index of Vegetation Structure Complexity from Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data
20132017
Extreme Flood Events in Southeast Queensland - Evidence and Implications
20132017
A Spacial Analysis: Regional Tourism employment and Natural amenities
20132017
Developing and evaluating decision support tools in Marine Protected Area management
20132017
Understanding Long Term Livelihood Resilience of Resettled Ethnic Groups in the Yali Falls Dam Basin, Central Highlands of Vietnam
20132017
Enhancing Emergency Fire Service Delivery Response – a Geostrategic Approach
20132017
The ecology of Dung Beetles and energy flows associated with water buffalo dung in the Kizilirmak Delta Wetland (KDW) in Samsun Province, Turkey
20132016
Maligned, Misaligned or Misconceived? The developmental Ebb and Flow of the Queensland Cotton Industry, 1860-1940
20132016
Changing Fire Regimes of South East Queensland Great Sandy Region
20132016
A Land Surface Temperature Model-data Differencing Approach to Quantifying Subsurface Water use by Vegetation
20132016
Modeling of Physical and Economical Inputs and Outputs to Agricultural Systems in Australia at High Resolution and Large Spatial Extent
20132016
Regional governance and integration of pluralistic values in coastal management policy
20132016
The spatial and temporal variation in the ecohydrology of catchments: functioning, drivers and changes in streamflow generation
20132016
Species-area Relationships in Fragmented Landscapes - Identifying Thresholds for Incorporation into Conservation Planning and Land Management
20132016
A synoptic climatology of precipitation events, Snowy Mountains, Australia
20132016
Managing Ecosystem Services under Climate Change
20132016
Does Habitat Fragmentation Impact Sedentary Bird Species through Reduced Resource Availability?
20122016
The Energy Balance of Contrasting Vegetation Types on a Subtropical Sand Island
20122018
Distribution, Resilience and Conservation of Endemic Birds in the Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
20122018
An integrated strategic planning and sustainability process for improving master planned community development outcomes
20122018
Integrated System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation of Food and Water Resource Systems under Changing Environmental and Socio-economic Conditions: A Case Study of the Volta River Basin, West Africa
20122017
Urban Growth Modelling: A Case Study in a Developing World Context
20122016
Spatially Explicit Approach to Operationalizing Social-ecological System to Inform Land Use Planning: Case study: Baffle Basin, Australia
20122016
Climate Change and Resilience – the Improvement in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
20122016
Evaluating Participatory GIS toward a more Effective Public Participation for Land Use Planning in Malaysia
20122016
Wither the ‘City Beautiful’: Evaluating the Contribution of the Construction and Implementation of Planning Legislation and Regulation in Urban Design
20122015
Participatory Wetland Conservation in Yokdon National Park, Vietnam
20122015
What’s cooking in paradise? An Ethnobotanical Study of People’s Changing Relationship with Plant Food Resources in Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
20122015
Selecting Indicators for Conservation Decision Making
20122015
Protected Area Management in the Face of Climate Change – A Socio-ecological Model to Manage Climate Change Impacts on Protected Areas
20092015
Mesozoic gymnosperms
Stratigraphic controls on Late Permian sediments in the eastern Galilee Basin: a key to understanding a frontier coal resource
Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs
Coastal Plains Thunderstorm Experiment: Understanding Sea-breeze Boundary Interactions with Deep Convection
Coal strength and deformability from synthetic rock mass
Core analysis and pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharge (PAED) of coal seam interburden
A comparison of non-linear geostatistical methods for resource estimation using a mining case study.
Hydrogeological and microbial controls on the isotope and molecular composition of coal seam gases and production waters of the Walloon Subgroup
Understanding the geomechanical and structural controls in the production behaviour of the coal seam gas reservoirs in Queensland
Microbially enabled carbonate mineral precipitation in natural and engineered environments