University Research Strengths

As part of the Research and Research Training Management and Planning Process, the University of Queensland has explicitly defined areas of research strength where we demonstrate national and/or international significance, and areas of emerging strength:

Existing Research Strengths

Australian and Postcolonial Studies
Cognition, Performance and Human Interaction
Cultural, Historical and Media Studies
Governance and Citizenship
Institutional and Organisational Change
Social and Economic Disadvantage
Aetiology and Management of Disease
Population Health and Health Promotion
Biotechnology
Cellular and Molecular Bioscience
Complex and Intelligent Systems
Environment, Biodiversity and Sustainability
Food and Health
Hypersonics
Imaging Science and Technology
Marine Studies
Materials and Nanotechnology
Neuroscience
Quantum and Photon Science and Technology
Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems

Emerging Research Strengths

Full details on all areas of expertise are available in the Research Solutions database. 

Existing Research Strengths

Australian and Postcolonial Studies
· Australian Social and Cultural History
· Australian Politics and Government
· Australian and Postcolonial Literature and Drama
· Australian Linguistics
· Aboriginal Studies

Cognition, Performance and Human Interaction
· Human factors (ARC Key Centre)
· Social Psychology
· Cognitive neuroscience and clinical neuropsychology
· Communication
· Ageing
· Ergonomics

Cultural, Historical and Media Studies
· Cultural Theory
· Television and Film Studies
· European Cultural History
· Histories of Religion
· Asian Identities
· New Media Cultures
· Critical Literacy Studies

Governance and Citizenship
· International Relations
· Economic and Legal Studies of Institutions
· Dispute Resolution
· Corporate governance
· Governance and policy
· International and social development

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Institutional and Organisational Change
· Organisational Behaviour and Change Management
· Industrial Relations
· International Relations
· Strategy, Marketing, Services, Tourism
· Service Quality
· Innovation Diffusion and Infusion

Social and Economic Disadvantage
· Disability and Special Education
· Social Policy
· Indigenous Health
· Gender and Sexuality
· Prejudice and Discrimination
· Urban and Regional Housing and Sustainability
· Rural and Remote Health Care

Aetiology and Management of Disease
· Cardiovascular biology and disease
· Diabetes (Human and Animal)
· Cancer
· Renal Disease
· Muscular-skeletal Disease, Injury and Rehabilitation
· Mental Health
· Tropical Health
· Injury and Rehabilitation
· Infectious Diseases
· Intervention Trials

Population Health and Health Promotion
· Physical Activity
· Population Health
· Health Systems Organisation and Policy
· Health Education and Promotion
· International Health
· Quality Use of Health Care

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Biotechnology
· Drug Discovery and Delivery
· Tissue Engineering
· Stem cell biology
· Biomaterials
· Genetic Engineering
· Microbial Pathogenicity

Cellular and Molecular Bioscience· Structural Biology
· Cell Biology
· Developmental Biology
· Biological Chemistry
· Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
· Tissue Inflammation
· Immunology
· Genomics (AGRF MNRF and ARC SRC for Functional and Applied Genomics)
· Proteomics
· Human and Animal Genetics
· Cell Based Therapies
· Molecular Plant Sciences

Complex and Intelligent Systems
· Information and Communications Technology
· Advanced Computation, Modelling and Visualisation
· Computational Science
· Economic and Financial Modelling
· Smart Sensor Technology
· New Technologies and Society
· Computational Solid Earth Geophysics
· Mathematical Modelling and Analysis
· Information Systems
· Smart Machines

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Environment, Biodiversity and Sustainability
· Environmental Management and Rehabilitation
· Water Management
· Social and Behavioural Aspects of Sustainability
· Environmental Toxicology
· Sustainable Mining and Minerals
· Ecology
· Resource and Ecological Economics
· Plant Protection
· Sustainable Resource Management
· Evolution
· Environmental Microbiology
· Microbial Biodiversity
· Wildlife and Exotic Species

Food and Health
· Nutrition
· Food Safety
· Food Processing
· Food Technology
· Toxicology

Hypersonics
· Flight and Laboratory Testing
· Super-orbital facility development
· Re-entry test and capsule design
· Rarefied gas dynamics and computational fluid dynamics
· Optics

Imaging Science and Technology
· Microscopy and Microanalysis
· Magnetic Resonance Imaging
· Biomedical engineering

Marine Studies
· Coral reef biology
· Marine parasitology
· Aquaculture
· Marine botany
· Maritime law
· Marine Biotechnology
· Coastal zone management
· Marine ecology
· Marine mammals

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Materials and Nanotechnology

· Surface Chemistry
· Bio-Engineering
· Materials and Product Design
· Pyrometallurgy

Neuroscience
· Vision, Touch and Hearing
· Brain Research
· Autonomic Nervous System
· Pain and Pain Management
· Developmental Neurobiology
· Movement Control, Co-ordination and Rehabilitation

Quantum and Photon Science and Technology
· Photon and Laser Science
· Quantum Computing and Information Processing (ARC SRC)
· Quantum Optics
· Artificial Photosynthesis

Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
· Plant and Animal Improvement
· Soil and Land Resources
· Agribusiness

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Emerging Research Strengths

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
· Drama
· Environmenal Studies in the Humanities
· Ethics and Value Theory
· History of Sexuality
· Early Modern Studies
· Educational Research: Policy, Pedagogy and Reform
· Youth Families and Social Institutions
· Evidence Based Health and Social Practice
· New Technologies: Pedagogy, Cognition and Social Impact
· Peace and Conflict Resolution and Mediation
· Diversity: Changing Rights, Institutions and Culture


Health and Medical Sciences
· Tissue Inflammation and Repair
· Quality Use of Health Care
· On-line Health and Education
· Health Policy
· Animal Health and Welfare
· Waste Management
· Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology

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Science and Technology
· Evolutionary and Molecular Ecology
· Fresh Water Management
· Bioinformatics and Molecular Modelling
· Spatial & Quantitative Ecology
· Biopharmacology and Pharmacokinetics
· Molecular Modelling
· Development Diseases and Mouse Models of Disease
· Biobusiness
· Proteomics and Intermolecular Interactions
· Ecommerce and Cyber-Law
· International Trade, Finance & Economic Development in Asia-Pacific
· Business Communications
· Isotope Analysis, Trace Element Chemistry and Geochronology
· Statistical Modelling
· Earthquake Science
· Combinatorial Algorithms and Algorithm Design
· Mathematical Physics
· Architecture
· Astrophysics

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