Global Change Institute

To celebrate Youth Week 2022, UQ and the Queensland Government are inviting UQ students to brainstorm the most pressing research questions we need to resolve for the future.

At Carpe Futurum, a special youth research forum on 1 April 2022, facilitator and fantasy writer Professor Kim Wilkins will immerse participants in imaginative games to create a vision of their collective future.

As well as being able to influence the future direction of UQ research, participants will be eligible to apply for research scholarships valued at up to $5000 each.

Limited places, don't miss out. We'll even have pizza :)

See our event registration page for more information.

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How will Australian households respond to home energy storage opportunities?

With greater availability and affordability of home energy storage batteries, electric vehicles and other supporting services, Australian households have new opportunities to store, use, sell and even share their home’s solar energy.

However, Australian energy network operators, energy retailers, regulators, policy makers, technology manufactures, installers and other stakeholders lack a clear understanding regarding future consumers’ willingness, needs, expectations and behaviours regarding these home energy storage opportunities.

This evidence-gap is inhibiting organisations from developing evidenced-based, tailored products, policies, strategies and investments to ensure a smooth and optimal uptake and use of energy storage opportunities.

Through collaboration and co-investment with industry and government partners, UQ’s Global Change Institute is establishing a series of ‘Living Labs’ to answer these critical future consumer behaviour questions.

The labs will enable more effective use of renewable energy being generated and help minimise costly new energy infrastructure.

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Know a postgraduate looking to fast track their future in digital health? There are six new PhD available. Applications close 15 March. https://tinyurl.com/mvxdyrnr

GCI's Whitney Jeffery has made a lasting contribution to staff wellbeing with a personal initiative that has been well-recieved across campus.

Plants in mugs help waste and wellbeing Saving items from landfill, improving wellbeing and building community are three key outcomes from the lovely Plant in a Mug workshops, the first of which was held late last year, with support provided by the UQ Green Fund.

GCI is a proud supporter of the Research & Innovation portfolio's Diversity and Inclusion Committee chaired by Director, Researcher Development Professor Linda Lua. The University of Queensland

GCI has a new Collaborative Research Initiative looking into "Customer focused energy transition". The goal: to bring about an energy-transition strategy that is more consumer-focused, yet integrated with energy networks and respectful of both new technology, existing infrastructure and real-world economic drivers. https://gci.uq.edu.au/customer-focused-energy-transition

Customer focused energy transition Governments locally and globally have committed to significant emissions reduction targets by 2030 (generally ranging from 45% – 65% reductions on 2005 levels). Over the same period, total global electricity consumption is forecast to rise significantly:

GCI staff are organising a 'Plant in Mug Workshop' to create desktop plants that help promote overall mental wellbeing at UQ.

All members of the UQ community are welcome to attend.

The workshop will aim to provide an opportunity for UQ Community members to step back from their work, be creative and get in touch with nature.

Materials for the workshop will be sourced via the environmentally friendly mindset of 'Reuse and Recycle'.

Mugs/teacups will be sourced from kitchen cleanouts from the UQ Community.

Plants will also be sourced from local UQ Community donations and from the UQ Community Garden, St Lucia.

Who: All UQ Community members invited (both staff and students welcome)

What: Workshops to create desktop plants via recycled materials

What to bring*: A mask

When: Tuesday, 30 November 12.00 pm -1.00 pm

Where: Global Change Institute (Blg 20), Group Learning Room (273)

*Optional to bring any plant cuttings you would like to use or donate to the workshop.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/plant-in-a-mug-workshop-st-lucia-campus-tickets-203603211687?aff=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_confirm&utm_medium=email&ref=eemailordconf&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent

Addressing global challenges requires strong teams to deliver pathways to impact. Along with the UQ research community, the UQ Global Change Institute is developing Collaborative Research Initiatives (CRIs) to address important global challenges such as anti-microbial resistence. https://tinyurl.com/xpxrtfvu

An area on which we expect to concentrate in 2022 is GCI's new Research Collaborative Initiatives (RCIs). The Healthy Kids & Families RCI focuses on addressing the importance of community-based, co-designed interventions to address the needs of children, adolescents and their families in the health system. https://tinyurl.com/xpxrtfvu

Meet us at the frontier: the furthest reaches of human knowledge and achievement, beyond which lies uncharted ground.

Launching Thursday, 18 November, the Frontier Forum is a new space for meaningful, research-backed conversations about the major developments shaping our world.

Presented by the UQ Global Change Institute, this series of live, online events brings together leading researchers and experts from across the community who are at the coalface of significant global challenges.

Join us as we debate the issues, confront the broken systems, and get into some blue-sky thinking around where we go from here.

Hear from our host and moderator, Tegan Taylor, and sign up for our first event:

First event: killer superbugs – a problem much bigger than human health Launching Thursday, 18 November, the Frontier Forum is a new space for meaningful, research-backed conversations about the major developments shaping our world.

GCI's Digital Health Research Network (DHRN) is comprised of more than 30 academics from five UQ faculties. A summary outlining members of the DHRN is available, which includes researchers from:

Faculty of Medicine
Business Economics and Law
Engineering Architecture and Information Technology
Health and Behavioural Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences
UQ Centre for Policy Futures
UQ Centre for Health Services Research
UQ Diamantina Institute

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A swag of Research & Innovation Week activities happening at the Global Change Institute this week (Mon-Wed listed below).

Check-out UQ's amazing research talent in Health Data, Information & Utilisation Research.

RESEARCH CAPABILITY - Issuu Information retrieval; health search; formal models of search and search interaction; and health data science Dr Zuccon’s research interests include information retrieval, health search, formal models of search and search interaction, and health data science. Regarding formal models of information...

Masterclass panel discussion on co-designing research with impact at scale -- GCI Atrium, Wed 15 Sep 2021 (10.00 am - 12 midday) The University of Queensland UQ Alumni All welcome
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Unpacking the modern workspace Attendees at GCI’s next-generation workspaces workshop collectively examined the question of where the modern workplace might be heading in a Covid-19 world.

UQ & ANU researchers, led by UQ's Professor Colleen Lau, have created a web program to consolidate Covid-19 health data from government websites. https://bit.ly/3xAVsVh

University researchers help track Covid-19 outbreaks

University researchers help track Covid-19 outbreaks A senior member of GCI’s Digital Health Research Network has helped deliver a new web-based platform to make pandemic data and information more easily accessible to the public. UQ Professorial Research Fellow Prof. Colleen Lau has led a team from the UQ and the Australian National University to pr...

With the global population expected to increase by about a third by 2050, it's essential we develop new ways of reducing waste and improving water efficiency in food production. https://bit.ly/3trpsAa

Huge potential in UQ's network to develop a digital Learning Health System that will ensure data gathered during routine clinical care can be re-purposed for quality improvement and research. The network is a direct response to the challenge of transformation in Australian healthcare that’s seen us expand from two digital hospitals in 2015 to more than 150 today with complete or partial electronic medical records.

GCI backs bid to unlock digital storehouse potential The University of Queensland is working to develop a digital Learning Health System that will ensure data gathered during routine clinical care can be re-purposed for quality improvement and research. A tsunami of digital information generated at the frontline of clinical care has encouraged clinici...

Some of the great research that evolved from an earlier Global Change Institute Flagship project. During the next few months, we expect to announce application details for our 2020 Global Change Research Partnerships. Watch this space. UQ Business School LIPI

Indonesia’s coastal communities shoulder the impacts of ocean plastic The urgency of reducing single-use plastic in global supply chains has been highlighted by a University of Queensland study in collaboration with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

More exciting news from the vaccine team today.

They're recruiting 96 new volunteers who are 56+ to join their ongoing clinical trial.

“We’re hoping Queenslanders get behind us and sign up,” – Professor Paul Young.

Find out how you can get involved here: https://bit.ly/3joeN4R

The University has started human testing of UQ’s promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate. 🧪💉🩺

Healthy adult volunteers received the first dose of the vaccine at the Brisbane clinic of clinical trials specialist, , earlier today.

The first human trial is about evaluating the safety of the vaccine and the immune response it generates in a group of healthy volunteers.

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It’s been another stellar year for UQ in the Shanghai Rankings with four top 10 appearances in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

4 – Nursing
7 – Biotechnology
8 – Hospitality & Tourism Management
10 – Geography

In addition we scored the top ranking in Australia in Biotechnology, Food Science and Technology and Ecology, as well as a first-second ranking in the country for Sociology and Political Science.

ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 | Shanghai Ranking - 2020 ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018

The UQ Global Change Institute has upgraded its website to better reflect our +2020 strategic direction. Explore www.gci.uq.edu.au for more info.

The UQ Global Change Institute is delighted to welcome its new director: Professor Rachel Parker https://bit.ly/3cGBb61 The University of Queensland

UQ partners with Aboriginal health clinic to expose urgent needs for health housing to prevent coronavirus transmission.

https://gci.uq.edu.au/uq-partners-aboriginal-health-clinic-expose-urgent-needs-health-housing-prevent-coronavirus

To Fix America's Broken Recycling System, States Want Companies to Foot the Bill A growing number of states, led by Maine, are poised to pass bills requiring producers to collect and dispose of products when consumers are finished with them

We must prioritise the protection of ecosystems Prioritising and tracking the protection of countries’ ecosystems – from wetlands to reefs, forests and more – is critical to protecting Earth’s biodiversity.

Encouraging new development in solar technology by a team led by UQ's Professor Lianzhou Wang.

Solar technology breakthrough at UQ The development of next generation solar power technology that has potential to be used as a flexible ‘skin’ over hard surfaces has moved a step closer, thanks to a significant breakthrough at The University of Queensland.