The Sustainability Research Centre's research focuses on societal responses to emergent local and global change forces in sustainability. We contribute knowledge to a range of sustainability issues such as coastal management, climate change, and water management (recognised as significant at local through to international scales). We adopt a transdisciplinary, collaborative approach broadly aligned with human geography, embracing the disciplines of social, behavioural, economic and management sciences.

Website

https://www.usc.edu.au/research/sustainability-and-environment/sustainability-research-centre

Organisation type

• University Research Centre

Number of research staff

20-100 research staff

Address

90 Sippy Downs Drive, Innovation Centre, IC1.49, Sippy Downs QLD 4557

Strengths and capabilities

• Adaptive capacity
• Social learning
• Capacity building
• International development
• Institutional policy analysis
• Indigenous knowledge
• Adaptive management
• Social capital

Lead researchers

• Professor Tim Smith—Leader in sustainability, coastal management and climate change adaptation research. Awarded a 2009 Australian Museum Eureka Prize
• Professor Patrick Nunn—Leading researcher on climate, sea-level change and human–environment interactions. Lead Author on the IPCC Report (AR5, 2014)

Achievements of the centre

• Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment of '5 - well above world standard' for environmental science and management.

Key science sectors

More information about the sectors this centre is involved in:

• Environment and nature
• Social sciences
• Tropical