Applied research projects

• Research project
• – Solomon Islands

Promoting Safe Child Faeces Management in Solomon Islands 

Full research title: Promoting Safe Child Faeces Management: Behaviour Change Interventions that Leverage Local Ways-Of-Knowing And Address Inequitable WASH Gender Norms In Solomon Islands Duration: July 2019 – June 2021

• Research project
• – Indonesia and Fiji

Engaging corporate actors for inclusive WASH-at-work 

The objective of the project is to understand current GESI WASH-at-Work and broader water stewardship issues in the tourism sectors of Indonesia and Fiji.

• Research project
• – Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, PNG

Planning for climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene in urban settlements in Melanesia 

Full research title: Participatory and integrated planning processes in urban informal settlements and areas of new housing growth to improve the resilience of water, sanitation and hygiene service delivery to climate change and future population changes in Pacific Island cities. Duration: January 2022 – September 2022 Funded by:  

Project Outputs:

• Research Outline
• Research report – Policy review – water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and climate change in urban planning systems in Melanesia (October 2022)
• Technical brief - Pilot study – autonomous identification of informal settlements in Pacific Islands using machine learning and satellite imagery (July 2022)

• Research project
• – Lao PDR

Technical support in developing water legislation in Lao PDR 

Research Focus: International WaterCentre and Griffith University researchers are currently working on a project to support improvement of water governance and management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR).