GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE
http://gci.uq.edu.au/Home.aspx
Addressing the challenges of a changing world Global change is the hallmark of our age. Whether it is population growth, climate change or revolutions in technology - understanding and responding to global change is more important than ever.
In keeping with this, The University of Queensland has established the Global Change Institute to generate ideas, foster innovative research and collaborate with multi-disciplinary partners worldwide.
The development of fresh insights into how mankind addresses the challenge of life in our changing world demands forward thinking, long-term commitment and strategic relationships.
Now is the time to meet this challenge.
The University of Queensland is a research leader in many areas associated with global change. About Us The University established the Global Change Institute (GCI), led by world-renowned researcher Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, to provide a vehicle for collaborative research, learning, engagement and advocacy in major global change issues.
The GCI will contribute to evidence-based, progressive solutions to the problems of a rapidly changing world within the existing and projected frameworks of those problems: political, environmental, social, economic, technical.
It will investigate complex, interconnected issues in innovative ways to achieve multi-disciplinary, integrated solutions.
Context: Global change encompasses the interactions of natural and human induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society. These changes are occurring at an unprecedented scale and speed. Fundamental global sustainability challenges include issues as diverse as climate change (carbon mitigation and adaptation); human population growth and shift; resource security and consumption (food, energy sources, water and minerals); stewardship of biodiversity and natural ecosystems; and, within a systems framework, managing the complex impacts (including cumulative impacts), convergences and responses on ecosystem health, social resilience and economic prosperity (including business and industry).
The University of Queensland has established leadership in many of the issues associated with global change, and is positioned to provide national and international leadership in these areas. The Global Change Institute (GCI) will provide a vehicle for collaborative research, learning, engagement and advocacy in major global change issues.
Vision: The Global Change Institute will contribute to evidence-based, progressive solutions to the problems of a rapidly changing world within the existing and projected frameworks of those problems: political, environmental, technical, social, economic.
The Institute’s vision is to be an internationally respected source of knowledge for addressing the challenges of a changing world
Mission: In achieving the Vision, the Global Change Institute will investigate complex, interconnected issues in innovative ways to achieve multi-disciplinary, integrated solutions.
The Institute’s mission is therefore:
“To foster discovery, learning and engagement by creating, applying and transferring knowledge for innovative and integrated solutions to address the challenges of a changing world”.
The Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland was established in 2010 to respond to the global challenges of escalating global population, a changing climate and increasing demand on finite resources.
Harnessing the efforts and brilliance of researchers across multiple disciplines, the GCI will work on finding solutions to the key challenges such as sustainable cities, food security, water, climate change, renewable energy, population health, and the environment.
The Institute will integrate solutions and opportunities across social, economic, cultural, and environmental issues while engaging with key external stakeholders, and play a key role in ensuring that research findings directly inform policy at each level of government, industry and the community sector.
Current linkages
Contact the Deputy Director for more information about:
Addressing the challenges of a changing world Global change is the hallmark of our age. Whether it is population growth, climate change or revolutions in technology - understanding and responding to global change is more important than ever.
In keeping with this, The University of Queensland has established the Global Change Institute to generate ideas, foster innovative research and collaborate with multi-disciplinary partners worldwide.
The development of fresh insights into how mankind addresses the challenge of life in our changing world demands forward thinking, long-term commitment and strategic relationships.
Now is the time to meet this challenge.
The University of Queensland is a research leader in many areas associated with global change. About Us The University established the Global Change Institute (GCI), led by world-renowned researcher Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, to provide a vehicle for collaborative research, learning, engagement and advocacy in major global change issues.
The GCI will contribute to evidence-based, progressive solutions to the problems of a rapidly changing world within the existing and projected frameworks of those problems: political, environmental, social, economic, technical.
It will investigate complex, interconnected issues in innovative ways to achieve multi-disciplinary, integrated solutions.
Context: Global change encompasses the interactions of natural and human induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society. These changes are occurring at an unprecedented scale and speed. Fundamental global sustainability challenges include issues as diverse as climate change (carbon mitigation and adaptation); human population growth and shift; resource security and consumption (food, energy sources, water and minerals); stewardship of biodiversity and natural ecosystems; and, within a systems framework, managing the complex impacts (including cumulative impacts), convergences and responses on ecosystem health, social resilience and economic prosperity (including business and industry).
The University of Queensland has established leadership in many of the issues associated with global change, and is positioned to provide national and international leadership in these areas. The Global Change Institute (GCI) will provide a vehicle for collaborative research, learning, engagement and advocacy in major global change issues.
Vision: The Global Change Institute will contribute to evidence-based, progressive solutions to the problems of a rapidly changing world within the existing and projected frameworks of those problems: political, environmental, technical, social, economic.
The Institute’s vision is to be an internationally respected source of knowledge for addressing the challenges of a changing world
Mission: In achieving the Vision, the Global Change Institute will investigate complex, interconnected issues in innovative ways to achieve multi-disciplinary, integrated solutions.
The Institute’s mission is therefore:
“To foster discovery, learning and engagement by creating, applying and transferring knowledge for innovative and integrated solutions to address the challenges of a changing world”.
The Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland was established in 2010 to respond to the global challenges of escalating global population, a changing climate and increasing demand on finite resources.
Harnessing the efforts and brilliance of researchers across multiple disciplines, the GCI will work on finding solutions to the key challenges such as sustainable cities, food security, water, climate change, renewable energy, population health, and the environment.
The Institute will integrate solutions and opportunities across social, economic, cultural, and environmental issues while engaging with key external stakeholders, and play a key role in ensuring that research findings directly inform policy at each level of government, industry and the community sector.
Current linkages
- Australian Water and Environmental Research Alliance (AWERA) - SEQ Water and Griffith University
- International Water Centre (IWC)
- Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
- NASA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- World Bank
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAFFI)
Contact the Deputy Director for more information about:
- Actively partnering and collaborating in new and established research projects
- Funding professorial chairs in key research areas
- Contributing to the development of Showcase GCI building on St Lucia campus