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Centre for Future Enterprise

Our research brings together world-leading academics with CEOs, founders, policy makers and industry leaders. We help current and future leaders to navigate a fast-emerging new world and to differentiate requirements from distracting noise.

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Australian Centre for Health Law

We are a group of transdisciplinary researchers who conduct innovative research at the intersection of law, health, ethics, and policy. We aim to generate new knowledge to inform reforms to law, policy and practice.

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Centre for Decent Work and Industry

We progress social change by critically examining the nexus of business, work, education and society.

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Our research groups and projects

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Australia-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Our centre is working to solve some of the greatest medical challenges of our time

Chair in Digital Economy

The Chair in Digital Economy investigates the dynamics of the digital economy and how it impacts Brisbane, Australia and the world.

Sit and Shower Project

Difficulties in bathing have been linked with increased safety concerns, lower quality of life, higher care costs, further disability and loss of autonomy. Implementing automated showering systems could (1) reduce the need for direct assistance from carers, improve workforce efficiency and (2) promote the dignity, privacy, and independence of older people, empowering them to maintain their personal hygiene. Automated technology has the potential to shift a carers’ main workload from being of a physical nature (doing the ‘dirty job’) to freeing time to do higher quality care tasks while the elder person is showering with the automated technology.However – the end-users of the technology (carers and older people themselves) - must see value in the process. In this project, we assess the impact of automated technology on the showering experience in residential aged care – thanks to support from Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation (ARIIA), Polish technology company Automation for Humanity is collaborating with QUT Design Lab researchers to trial their “Sit & Shower” showering device in a Southern Cross Care (NSW) aged care home in Sydney.

HEAL

The Health Excellence Accelerator Lab (HEAL) in the QUT Design Lab is working with Clinical Excellence Queensland (CEQ) to bring design thinking to wicked problems across Queensland Health, with eighteen projects during 2020-2021.

Rhythm and Movement for Self-regulation

RAMSR is a series of rhythmic movement activities that encourage beat synchronization and challenge one or more of the executive functions in a fun and engaging way.

Law research

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Research news

17 Dec 2024

Surgeons hesitant to adopt medical innovations for bone defects

Two million bone transplants are performed worldwide yearly, including half a million in the United States alone. Yet, a QUT-led study has found surgeons are slow to adopt newly developed biomaterials or tissue-engineered solutions.

10 Dec 2024

QUT advertising educators get a gong in inaugural advertising educators awards

Two QUT advertising academics were recognised in the inaugural National Advertising Educators Awards at the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) conference.

9 Sep 2024

QUT project helps regional teens be ‘esports-able’

QUT will develop and host an inclusive esports program for regional Queensland high school students, with the support of a $1.19 million grant from the Australian Government.

Law research news

10 Dec 2024

2024 Business and Law Recognition Program Winners Announced

The Faculty of Business and Law is thrilled to announce the recipients of its 2024 Faculty Recognition Program.

27 Aug 2024

QUT experts - The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, is one of the world's seven natural wonders, a UNESCO World Heritage Area, and can be seen from outer space.

31 Jul 2024

Picture-perfect day at our 2024 QUT Open Day

QUT opened its two beautiful campuses in inner Brisbane to thousands of people on July 28 for the university’s 2024 Open Day.

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