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.