Our research is reaching global sustainable development goals
QUT is committed to the integrated pursuit of planetary health, economic development and social justice. Our researchers are exploring real-world problems and opportunities related to the environmental, social, economic, cultural and legal dimensions of sustainability.
In collaboration with government, industry and communities, our research centres address all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a common platform where all can contribute to solving the world’s biggest sustainable development challenges.
QUT is progressing the SDGs through its research, teaching, operations, policies and partnerships. The university is strengthening the focus on sustainability in all undergraduate courses to give graduates a broad view of the sustainability agenda and how it relates to their specific field or industry.
The graphic below maps how QUT aligns with each SDG. Click on the arrow beneath each goal for more information.

Making real progress

Feed the world: adequate healthy food for all increases global health
Lack of access to adequate nutritious food is a worldwide health challenge – it exists for two thirds of people in low-income countries, and in disadvantaged households in high-income countries, a review of food insecurity’s effect on global health has found.

Qld Black Summer bushfire study reveals building vulnerability & path to resilience
A QUT study of buildings lost to bushfire on Queensland’s Scenic Rim in the 2019/20 Black Summer has identified key vulnerabilities of homes in bushfire-prone areas and ways communities could increase their homes’ resilience.

Road safety boosted with eight research grants totalling $3.2 million
QUT researchers have been awarded a total of $3,236,122 for eight projects from the Federal Government’s National Road Safety Action Grants Program – four under the Technology and Innovation stream and four in the Research and Data stream of the grants program.

MRFF awards QUT $4.9 million to support medical research
Three QUT research projects have secured more than $4.9 million from the Medical Research Future Fund Survivorship Care and Collaborative Research Prioritisation Grant program.

MRFF funding supports QUT research project in residential aged care
Associate Professor Margaret MacAndrew has received a $960,323.95 grant from the Medical Research Futures Fund Dementia Ageing and Aged Care Mission for the project, Identify, Report and Respond to Acute Deterioration (IRRAD) intervention bundle for Aged Care Homes: Co-design and Feasibility Pilot Trial.

B2B knowledge transfer mechanisms critical to building stronger relationships
QUT marketing research has shown the vital role that both formal and informal mechanisms - such as training and coaching - play in enhancing customer loyalty and trust in Business to Business relationships through the extent of knowledge transferred by a supplier.