QUT and the games
The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will provide a platform to amplify, accelerate and transform the region’s future on a global scale. It will allow us to highlight Connections: QUT Strategy 2023-27 which will see us move resolutely to deliver our purpose to provide transformative education, student experiences and research relevant to our communities.
QUT looks forward to the opportunity to harness, grow and promote our research strengths, real-world learning strategies, and industry and community partners to deliver opportunities across the university.
QUT's 2032 vision: Sport for the real - and virtual - world
QUT and Brisbane have embarked on a golden decade of sports technology development, according to the university’s new Director of Sport, Olympian Emily Rosemond.
Ms Rosemond said the lead-up to the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games would see a new generation of athletes coming through, with the backing of improved programs and facilities across Queensland in the private, government and tertiary sectors.
The new QUT Virtual Cycling Centre is just one example of new technology set to make a difference to the real and virtual worlds of sport, with other projects in the pipeline.
Games legacy to benefit wider community
Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee Board director Professor Sarah Kelly has joined QUT as Head of the Graduate School of Business.
An expert in sports law and the business of sport, and a former commercial lawyer, Professor Kelly also mentors elite female athletes including swimmer Cate Campbell and Hockeyroos player Morgan Gallagher through the Minerva Network of businesswomen, which she co-leads in Queensland with QUT Chancellor Ann Sherry.
Professor Kelly said she was pleased to be joining QUT at such an exciting time in the 'green and gold decade' of sports events leading up to the 2032 Games, and all the benefits it would bring Queensland and Australia.
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Ripple effect for QUT sports expertise in lead up to Brisbane 2032
QUT sports expertise is set to have a ripple effect across Oceania, with the university announcing plans to share sports technology, sports science research and training facilities with Pacific Island nations in the lead up to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Elite ambitions: QUT sports scholarships launched for 2024
Ten QUT student-athletes, including archer Patrick Willis and sport climber Clea Hall (both pictured above), have been awarded $10,000 QUT-Australian Institute of Sport Scholarships to help them pursue their sport and education ambitions in 2024.
QUT and Qld Academy of Sport join forces for new student-athlete scholarships
QUT and the Queensland Academy of Sport have announced five new $10,000 scholarships that will be awarded to elite athletes who study at QUT in 2024.
QUT to host AusCycling Esports National Championships in Brisbane Cycling Festival
QUT will host Australia’s first national championships for cycling esports during the Brisbane Cycling Festival in March, as part of a partnership with AusCycling.
QUT Motorsport debuts cars of the future
QUT students who are part of the changing face of university motorsport technology have debuted an electric car and driverless car at the Formula SAE-A in Melbourne over the weekend.
Best of both worlds: Elite athletes like Txai balancing study & Olympic dreams
QUT Elite Sport Scholarship recipient, law student and champion 400m runner Txai Anglin is shining on and off the track, after finding a healthy balance between her sport and studies in 2023.
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Meet our experts
Discover the Olympic and Paralympic Games experts at QUT.
Sport
- Professor Sarah Kelly - a director on the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee Board, Head of the QUT Graduate School of Business, and internationally known for her sports research, teaching and consulting
- Emily Rosemond OLY - Director of Sport at QUT, former Winter Olympian and Commonwealth Games medallist
- Professor Gene Moyle - senior sport and exercise psychologist, senior performance psychologist for the Australian Institute of Sport, senior advisor for the Queensland Academy of Sport
- Professor Nick Brown - head of QUT School of Clinical Sciences, previously AOC director of performance services at 2016 Olympic Games
- Associate Professor Vince Kelly - world leader in sports science and strength and conditioning research, previous roles in the NRL, Super Rugby and with the Australian Institute of Sport and Queensland Academy of Sport
- Dr Kath O'Brien - senior lecturer in QUT School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, recognised as one of Australia's leading women shaping the future of sports innovation
- Dr Paul Wu - leads the sports systems domain in the QUT Centre for Data Science, industry research fellow in QUT's strategic partnership with the Australian Institute of Sport and Queensland Academy of Sport
- Dr Edgar Santos-Fernandez - sport analytics and data science researcher and expert from the QUT School of Mathematical Sciences
- Associate Professor Geoff Minnett - sports scientist and discipline lead for sport, exercise, health and physical education in the QUT School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Social justice
Sustainability
- Professor Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor of Sustainability and Research Integrity at QUT and one of Australia's leading environmental scientists
- Professor Leonie Barner - director of QUT Centre for Waste-Free World, principal research fellow at QUT Faculty of Science School of Chemistry and Physics
- Professor Marcus Foth - founding member of the More-than-Human Futures research group
- Professor Tan Yigitcanlar - professor of urban studies and planning at the QUT School of Architecture and Built Environment
Tourism
- Dr Char-lee McLennan - from QUT School of Management and Centre for Data Science, expertise in tourism, event management, major infrastructure monitoring, digital twins, and community impacts of mega events
Transport and infrastructure
- Professor Michael Milford - expert in autonomous vehicles, robotics, navigation, positioning and artificial intelligence technologies
- Dr Mark Limb - lecturer in the QUT School of Architecture and Built Environment, expertise in urban and regional planning with a particular focus on land use and policy evaluation
- Professor Shimul Haque - internationally recognised researcher in road safety engineering, professor of transportation engineering at the QUT Faculty of Engineering School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Associate Professor Jonathan Bunker - from the QUT Faculty of Engineering, conducts research in transit performance
