Sustainability Research Centre (SRC)

University of the Sunshine Coast

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The Sustainability Research Centre's research focuses on societal responses to emergent local and global change forces in sustainability. We contribute knowledge to a range of sustainability issues such as coastal management, climate change, and water management (recognised as significant at local through to international scales). We adopt a transdisciplinary, collaborative approach broadly aligned with human geography, embracing the disciplines of social, behavioural, economic and management sciences.

Website
https://www.unisc.edu.au/about/structure/schools/school-of-law-and-society/sustainability-research-cluster
Organisation type
  • University Research Centre
Number of research staff
100-200 research staff
Address
School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs QLD 4556

Strengths and capabilities

  • Adaptive capacity
  • Social learning
  • Capacity building
  • International development
  • Institutional policy analysis
  • Indigenous knowledge
  • Adaptive management
  • Social capital
  • Climate change adaptation

Lead researchers

  • Professor Patrick Nunn—Leading researcher on climate, sea-level change and human–environment interactions. Lead Author of the last two IPCC Assessments (AR5, 2014 and AR6, 2021)

Achievements of the centre

  • Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment of '5 - well above world standard' for environmental science and management.

Key science sectors

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