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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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Digital media, location awareness, and the politics of geodata

This project examines the increasingly pervasive role of location metadata (or geodata) in Australian smartphone practices and cultures and the implications this has for users, industry and public administration.

Australian Hartford Consortium of Gerontological Nursing Excellence

Enhancing the capacity and competency of nurses in Australia to provide quality care to older adults through staff development, advancing gerontological nursing science, facilitating adoption of best practices, fostering leadership, and designing and shaping policy.

Esports Performance Optimisation Wellbeing Research

Dedicated to enhancing the sustainability and growth of the esports ecosystem through pioneering research in athlete wellbeing and performance. As Australian leaders in esports health research, we bring together a multidisciplinary team of academics, research students, industry professionals, and international collaborators. Our research spans key areas of performance, including psychological interventions to optimize focus and resilience, physical activity and exercise strategies to support gameplay endurance, and studies on cognition to enhance decision-making and reaction times. In optimisation, we investigate the effects of caffeine, the role of exercise in boosting gameplay performance, and innovative approaches to support mental health for esports athletes. Our focus on wellbeing includes groundbreaking research on women's health and the menstrual cycle in esports, the impact of nutrition on sustained performance, and the integration of physical activity for overall health and career longevity in competitive gaming. Together, we are shaping the future of esports performance and athlete care.

Centre for Materials Science

Learn how the QUT Centre for Materials Science (QCMS) leads the way for materials research at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research

Working towards a better understanding of the key issues in childhood nutrition, and how to tackle them

Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

We are the leading hub in Australia for research-based knowledge in entrepreneurship.

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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