Business transformation

Take 5: Our researchers make sense of the world 5 questions at a time

uqccla15 — Mon, 20 May 2024 01:40:48 +0000

20 May 2024Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa is striving to answer the question: how can we produce, process, preserve and protect our food in the most natural way possible?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Social understanding

From the outback to the Olympics: how native food is changing how we eat and buy

uqccla15 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:15:32 +0000

26 April 2024Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa has a vision: native food telling the story of Australia's Indigenous culture at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Environment

Impact

Leading healthy lives

Transforming societies

Ola has left Australia. What does it mean for the future of ridesharing in Australia?

uqccla15 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:33:24 +0000

15 April 2024Indian rideshare giant Ola announced in April that it would cease operations in Australia. What does it mean for the cost of rideshare fares?

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Social understanding

Why Coles just hired US defence contractor Palantir

uqccla15 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 02:28:58 +0000

22 February 2024What does the Australian supermarket chain Coles have in common with the CIA? Both are now clients of Palantir Technologies.

Business transformation

Defence, cyber and space

Digital technology

Social understanding

Who’s lobbying whom?

uqccla15 — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 03:38:51 +0000

16 November 2023When it comes to alcohol, tobacco, food and gambling firms, our ��̽�� expert found that we're mostly being kept in the dark.

Business transformation

Social understanding

Bouncing back into your career

uqccla15 — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 01:48:28 +0000

13 November 2023Our experts share their top tips for overcoming a professional setback or break in your career.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Business transformation

Social understanding

��̽�� designates campus in Queensland biomed hotspot

uqccla15 — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 23:48:29 +0000

1 November 2023��̽�� is cementing its presence in the rapidly growing biotechnology precinct in Brisbane’s south, announcing that an existing site will become ��̽��’s fourth campus: ��̽�� Dutton Park.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Business transformation

Transforming societies

After school care needs to be more than a babysitting service

uqccla15 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:28:29 +0000

22 September 2023New research shows how designing activities with children and their communities can help improve the quality of these services.

Business transformation

Leading healthy lives

Transforming societies

The future of telehealth

uqccla15 — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 01:45:53 +0000

11 September 2023Health consumers are inviting ��̽�� researchers to their tables to work out how to improve telehealth.

Business transformation

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Groundbreaking report details how Australia can make net zero happen

uqccla15 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 01:46:32 +0000

21 July 2023Australia will need to speed up and broaden its decarbonisation efforts to achieve net zero by 2050, according to the final report of the Net Zero Australia project.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

Are skyrocketing interest rates really in Australia's best interests?

uqccla15 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:49:07 +0000

19 July 2023The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept interest rates on hold this month at 4.1%. But any reprieve could be short lived.

Business transformation

Social understanding

Unpacking the 2023 federal budget

uqccla15 — Fri, 12 May 2023 04:45:26 +0000

12 May 2023Our experts explain what the federal budget means for you.

Agribusiness

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Social understanding

Interest rates could return to normal next year, but here's what you should know in the meantime

uqccla15 — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:08:36 +0000

16 March 2023Research News spoke to ��̽��'s Dr Lin Mi about what she thinks will happen next, and what the latest research is telling us about property prices.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Business transformation

Social understanding

Does a 4-day work week help or hinder business?

uqccla15 — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:18:14 +0000

25 November 2022Companies participating in a new trial, along with business, economics and law experts have shared their critical insights into the viability of a 4-day work week.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Business transformation

Transforming societies

Addressing the gender inequality caused by COVID-19

uqccla15 — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:31:24 +0000

2 November 20228 crucial tips for organisations looking to achieve gender equality post COVID-19.

Business transformation

Social understanding

Many companies not on track to meet Net Zero

uqccla15 — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:27:05 +0000

3 November 2022Only one Australian energy company is on track to comply with the Paris Agreement, ��̽�� research has found. A new tool has been created to help other businesses get there.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

Optus says it needed to keep identity data for 6 years. But did it really?

uqccla15 — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:36:34 +0000

4 October 2022The big problem with Australia’s data retention laws is that there’s really no limit on how long a company can keep personal data, Dr Brendan Walker-Munro explains.

Business transformation

Defence, cyber and space

Social understanding

Is 'quiet quitting' the right decision for your career?

uqccla15 — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:09:45 +0000

29 August 2022'Quiet quitting' is the act of doing the bare minimum at work for the sake of your mental health. But how healthy is that approach, and what else can you do to find work-life balance?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Business transformation

Social understanding

How to subdue the Sunday scaries

uqccla15 — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:54:41 +0000

28 July 2022Six ways staff and leaders can conquer returning-to-work anxiety after a weekend or holiday.

Business transformation

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding

Lessons from the Robodebt debacle

uqccla15 — Mon, 23 May 2022 22:42:14 +0000

24 May 2022While there are benefits to using algorithmic decision-making, including efficiency, cost savings and operational transparency, its use can also have unintended negative consequences. This was the case with Centrelink’s Online Compliance Intervention program – otherwise known as Robodebt.

Business transformation

Digital technology

Social understanding

Transforming societies

What impact will inflation have on you?

uqccla15 — Thu, 05 May 2022 03:25:27 +0000

5 May 2022Three ��̽�� Business and Economic experts share insights on housing, investment and wages growth, as inflation in Australia hits its highest level in more than 20 years.

Business transformation

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Exploring non-fungible tokens

uqccla15 — Thu, 05 May 2022 00:37:27 +0000

1 May 2022There’s never been a better time for brands to experiment with Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), according to ��̽�� researchers. The Business School shares its top 3 ways for people to capitalise.

Business transformation

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

Why it's profitable to put your customers first over products

uqccla15 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 22:49:47 +0000

14 March 2022Associate Professor Tim Kastelle says all businesses must think of themselves as delivering a service to thrive, regardless of their product offerings.

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Meet Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

uqccla15 — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:48:44 +0000

15 December 2021Professor Sultanbawa grew up in Sri Lanka in a family of seven. She now works in agriculture research and focuses on agribusiness development framework, specifically in the area of food processing, preservation, food safety and nutrition.

Agribusiness

Business transformation

Environment

Get your research out there: 7 strategies for high-impact science communication

uqccla15 — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:03:43 +0000

9 February 2022From news angles to dealing with trolls, here are seven areas to consider when sharing your findings with the media and wider public.

Business transformation

Digital technology

Social understanding

The new challenge facing the COVID-hit tourism industry

uqccla15 — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:35:36 +0000

17 September 2021Associate Professor Richard Robinson is investigating the impact of COVID-19 on Queensland’s tourism workforce and developing a crisis resilience and recovery plan with the support of the state government.

COVID-19

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Ticket to freedom

uqccla15 — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:12:10 +0000

12 July 2021Should Australia introduce a vaccine passport?

Business transformation

Digital technology

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Transforming societies

The cryptic world of cryptocurrencies

uqccla15 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 23:06:59 +0000

2 June 2021How does Bitcoin actually work? Is it a good investment? And what on earth is Dogecoin?

Business transformation

Defence, cyber and space

Digital technology

Social understanding

Taking rehabilitation to where it’s needed

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 05:54:12 +0000

26 March 2019��̽��’s telerehabilitation research has improved the lives of thousands of people around the world by allowing them to receive therapy in their own homes.

Business transformation

Impact

Public and allied health

Wild encounters

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 05:34:18 +0000

20 March 2019��̽�� researchers have partnered with some of the world’s most popular wildlife attractions to develop strategies and tools to enhance the experiences of more than 700 million visitors each year – while also boosting their conservation efforts.

Business transformation

Environment

Impact

Teach them well and let them lead the way

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 03:28:59 +0000

10 September 2018To celebrate Research Week 2018, ��̽�� is proud to share how ��̽�� research is creating change, right across the world, every day. Find out how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad to transform society through education.

Business transformation

Impact

Social understanding

Resourceful solutions

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 05:10:19 +0000

5 January 2018In the first collaboration of its kind, ��̽��’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining is advising and working with some of the world’s leading mining companies to improve the lives of people affected by resettlement.

Business transformation

Impact

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Social understanding

Sky's the limit for voluntary carbon offsetting

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:51:06 +0000

3 January 2018��̽�� Business School researchers are partnering with a major airline to educate travellers on the benefits and positive impact of offsetting.

Business transformation

Environment

Impact

Designing transdisciplinary research for impact

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:58:52 +0000

27 March 2019For decades, we’ve known that research leading to sustainable development and impact needs to be transdisciplinary and collaborative, but doing it is quite another story.

Business transformation

Impact

Social understanding

Design Dash

uqccla15 — Sun, 09 May 2021 23:41:43 +0000

7 May 2021How big businesses are using design sprints for fast innovation.

Business transformation

How fintech can help Indonesia’s small and medium enterprises survive the COVID-19 pandemic

uqsoutra — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 01:24:40 +0000

5 November 2020Almost 50% (around 30 million) Indonesian SMEs have been forced to close temporarily, as demand plumetted due to the pandemic.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Business transformation

Social understanding

Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?

uqsoutra — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 02:24:12 +0000

3 September 2020Contrary to what might have been expected, working from home was one part of the pandemic response that went remarkably smoothly. Most kinds of office work continued almost as if nothing had changed.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Social impacts

Business transformation

Social understanding

First-of-a-kind study reveals the global socio-economic and environmental impacts of coronavirus

uqsoutra — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:52:32 +0000

23 July 2020Two researchers from The University of Queensland (��̽��) have contributed to a world-first study that has quantified the global socio-economic and environmental impacts of COVID-19. (��̽�� Business School)

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Social impacts

Business transformation

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Cutting taxes for the wealthy is the worst possible response to this economic crisis

uqsoutra — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:03:58 +0000

15 July 2020Australia’s response to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is rightly considered one of the world’s best. At their best, our federal and state politicians have put aside the sterile games dominating politics for decades. (The Conversation)

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Business transformation

Social understanding

BHP Foundation commits $2M to vaccine research

uqsoutra — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 23:51:59 +0000

29 April 2020Thank you to all those staff and students who have provided comment and feedback on the Consultation (Issues) Paper regarding the Organisation of Research Administration Services at The University of Queensland.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Business transformation

��̽�� scholars advise government on COVID-19 recovery

uqsoutra — Tue, 19 May 2020 06:28:54 +0000

12 May 2020In April 2020, four ��̽�� Global Change Scholars collaborated with leading researchers from ��̽�� and other Group of Eight (Go8) universities to produce the Roadmap to Recovery report – an independent report aimed at addressing the most pressing question of our times: how can Australian society recover from COVID-19?

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Business transformation

Podcast: Planes, trains and a whole lot of pain: Tourism and COVID-19

uqsoutra — Mon, 18 May 2020 11:58:20 +0000

11 May 2020Cruise ships stuck at sea, airlines going into voluntary administration, borders closed and travellers racing deadlines to get home. There’s no doubt the travel and tourism industry was an early victim of COVID-19.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Business transformation

We need to plan for life after JobKeeper now. We need to make it portable.

uqsoutra — Thu, 14 May 2020 03:42:14 +0000

14 May 2020As the crisis continues, the number in these categories is going to grow, while the number of workers protected by the scheme will shrink.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Business transformation

��̽�� scholars advise government on COVID-19 recovery

uqsoutra — Mon, 11 May 2020 07:35:46 +0000

Business transformation

Sunny outlook for domestic tourism post COVID-19 restrictions

uqsoutra — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:40:00 +0000

24 April 2020Australians are keen to travel close to home when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, with new national data revealing positive signs for the domestic tourism industry.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Business transformation

To get out of this well we are going to have to think like central planners

uqclayt — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:29:10 +0000

24 March 2020How might a social planner respond to the COVID-19 crisis, and the lockdowns it has necessitated?

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Business transformation

Research Business Transformation Program Update 30 August 2017

uqbcroo1 — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 05:23:52 +0000

30 August 2017Download the Research Management Business Transformation Program (Update for ��̽��RAN 30 August 2017).

Research Management Business Transformation

Business transformation

Launch of Research Equipment and Infrastructure web page

uqabond1 — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:04:19 +0000

1 September 2017The aim of this page is to assist researchers to find databases, laboratories, imaging technology, fabrication, microscopes, spectrometers, vehicles for field work and other resources available across ��̽�� and at our two research stations.

Research Management Business Transformation

Business transformation

Change of PGC and automated workflows

uqabond1 — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 05:32:19 +0000

18 August 2017Exiting PGCs should try to clear their UniTask worklist of tasks assigned to them as these tasks will not be automatically routed to the new PGC after the change occurs.

Research Management Business Transformation

Business transformation

��̽�� appoints ORCID Project Manager

uqadegre — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:37:33 +0000

28 July 2017Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) provides a free, and easy to obtain, persistent digital identifier that uniquely distinguishes researchers and supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their research and publications are identified, recognized and protected.

Research Management Business Transformation

Business transformation

Research Management Business Transformation Project update - 2017

uqanuge1 — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:45:00 +0000

9 January 2017In 2017, we will move to the next phase of this large project. This will involve detailed planning and documentation of the design requirements for an integrated research management system.

Candidature Management Portal

Research Management Business Transformation

Business transformation

Business transformation

Take 5: Our researchers make sense of the world 5 questions at a time

From the outback to the Olympics: how native food is changing how we eat and buy

Ola has left Australia. What does it mean for the future of ridesharing in Australia?

Why Coles just hired US defence contractor Palantir

Who’s lobbying whom?

Bouncing back into your career

����̽�� designates campus in Queensland biomed hotspot

After school care needs to be more than a babysitting service

The future of telehealth

Groundbreaking report details how Australia can make net zero happen

Are skyrocketing interest rates really in Australia's best interests?

Unpacking the 2023 federal budget

Interest rates could return to normal next year, but here's what you should know in the meantime

Does a 4-day work week help or hinder business?

Addressing the gender inequality caused by COVID-19

Many companies not on track to meet Net Zero

Optus says it needed to keep identity data for 6 years. But did it really?

Is 'quiet quitting' the right decision for your career?

How to subdue the Sunday scaries

Lessons from the Robodebt debacle

What impact will inflation have on you?

Exploring non-fungible tokens

Why it's profitable to put your customers first over products

Meet Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

Get your research out there: 7 strategies for high-impact science communication

The new challenge facing the COVID-hit tourism industry

Ticket to freedom

The cryptic world of cryptocurrencies

Taking rehabilitation to where it’s needed

Wild encounters

Teach them well and let them lead the way

Resourceful solutions

Sky's the limit for voluntary carbon offsetting

Designing transdisciplinary research for impact

Design Dash

How fintech can help Indonesia’s small and medium enterprises survive the COVID-19 pandemic

Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?

First-of-a-kind study reveals the global socio-economic and environmental impacts of coronavirus

Cutting taxes for the wealthy is the worst possible response to this economic crisis

BHP Foundation commits $2M to vaccine research

����̽�� scholars advise government on COVID-19 recovery

Podcast: Planes, trains and a whole lot of pain: Tourism and COVID-19

We need to plan for life after JobKeeper now. We need to make it portable.

����̽�� scholars advise government on COVID-19 recovery

Sunny outlook for domestic tourism post COVID-19 restrictions

To get out of this well we are going to have to think like central planners

Research Business Transformation Program Update 30 August 2017

Launch of Research Equipment and Infrastructure web page

Change of PGC and automated workflows

����̽�� appoints ORCID Project Manager

Research Management Business Transformation Project update - 2017

��̽�� designates campus in Queensland biomed hotspot

��̽�� scholars advise government on COVID-19 recovery

��̽�� scholars advise government on COVID-19 recovery

��̽�� appoints ORCID Project Manager