Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions
A 国产探花-led study shows greenhouse gas emissions from tourism have been growing more than 2 times faster than those from the rest of the global economy.
11 December 2024
Fermenting a future for food in Australia
Forming a National Food Plan and appointing a food minister are among the key recommendations of a white paper into growing a precision fermentation industry in Australia.
18 November 2024
The COP29 climate talks are about to kick off in Baku, Azerbaijan
Here's what to expect as the next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, gets underway.
11 November 2024
The question of whether the future will be powered by coal and oil or by renewable energy is crucially important, both to the medium-term future of the Australian economy and to the long-term future of the planet. For either to succeed, there is a...
8 January 2015The controversy ignited by the Australian National University in October, when it decided to sell its shares in seven resources companies, has raised two important questions about divestment from assets such as fossil fuels.
1 December 2014The world鈥檚 biggest iron ore producer, Vale, has announced its intention to expand production despite a falling price. This follows similar announcements by Rio Tinto and BHP.
10 November 2014As part of its program to cut red tape and bureaucracy, the Australian government is set to repeal the 100-member rule.
30 October 2014Miners do much more than extract minerals and make profits. All over the world mining corporations are collaborating with governments, local populations and NGOs. Their logos, mottoes and CEOs seem to pervade the news media, including the social...
30 October 2014
The Economist has ranked The University of Queensland鈥檚 Master of Business Administration as the number one MBA program in Australia and the Asia Pacific region for the third year in a row.
10 October 2014
Budding entrepreneurs can grow their business ideas from seed, with ilab鈥檚 intensive three-month ilab Germinate 6 program, which includes up to $20,000 in funding.
1 October 2014
University of Queensland students Christopher Heard and Wayne Chan have won the newly established Matthew McLennan and Richard Howes Outstanding Honours Collaboration Scholarship.
18 September 2014
Global food systems can no longer rely on “business as usual”, according to an internationally renowned economist visiting The University of Queensland this week. ...
18 August 2014
Queensland start-ups are to benefit from a new $10 million early stage investment fund.
12 August 2014
From dating to dieting, from music to sports, economics can be used to explain just about anything, according to award-winning economist Dr Andrew Leigh.
14 July 2014Topics ranging from primary school performance analysis to the effect bad loans have on bank efficiency will be on the agenda at a conference at The University of Queensland from 8 July.
4 July 2014Leading economist and Harvard Professor Dale W. Jorgenson will discuss Australia鈥檚 position in the world economy at a public lecture on 8 July.
4 July 2014
Future international business leaders will be able to gain a double postgraduate degree 鈥� one from The University of Queensland and one from a top European business school 鈥� under a newly launched innovative program.
14 May 2014
If necessity is the mother of invention, then frustration must be its father because that is what drove entrepreneur and University of Queensland engineering student Paul Knittel to develop a visual on-line tool for website designers.
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