Focusing on Global Change at UQ
The University of Queensland has responded to the global challenge of escalating global population, a changing climate, and increasing demand on finite resources, with the establishment of the Global Change Institute (GCI).
The GCI will focus on providing a vehicle for
collaborative research, leadership, engagement and advocacy in major
global change issues as well as creating expert based innovations for
the problems and opportunities of today and tomorrow.
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Founding Director of the Global Change
Institute, is well known as a trailblazer of scientific research on
climate change, particularly relating to corals. He has built a
successful marine studies program at UQ, and has combined his academic
and research activities with worldwide communication and engagement
with industry, government, the non-government sector, research
organisations, and communities.
Harnessing the efforts and brilliance of UQ’s researchers across the
disciplines, the Global Change Institute will work on finding solutions
to key challenges such as sustainable cities, food security, water,
climate change, renewable energy, population health, and the
environment.
