About
The Institute for Future Environments brings together researchers, industry and government to develop solutions for real-world challenges.
Our institute
QUT's Institute for Future Environments is a collaborative research and innovation institute that brings together researchers, students and partners to create and exchange knowledge that makes our world more sustainable, secure and resilient.
Real-world research
Real-world
research
research
Our research creates real-world solutions to today's and tomorrow's challenges in agriculture and the bioeconomy, clean energy, waste technologies and practices and the protection and conservation of the environment.
Explore our researchMeet our leaders
Professor Kerrie Wilson
Executive Director, Institute for Future Environments
"By galvanising the incredible interdisciplinary expertise across QUT and connecting that with external partners, we have become an exemplar of science for society with society."
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Professor Jennifer Firn
Director, Centre for the Environment
"I am passionately committed to developing a better understanding of how the loss of native biodiversity impacts on ecosystems and subsequently finding better ways to restore biodiversity and build more resilient landscapes."
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Professor Ian Mackinnon
Director, Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices
"For future generations to come we really need to have visionary and committed indiviuals now, within this place and in the future, and train our individuals and students to become visionary and committed and to, of course, innovate exponentially. "
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Professor Leonie Barner
Director, Centre for a Waste-Free World
"My research brings together transdisciplinary researchers, industry and government to discover and design more efficient and sustainable materials for diverse applications."
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Professor Sagadevan Mundree
Director, Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy
"We look forward to advancing the needs of Australian farmers by developing crops and traits that will help maintain our competitive edge in the global arena."
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News
QUT researchers to head to Antarctica in preservation efforts
QUT researchers are working on building the technology necessary to help preserve, model, and monitor the harsh Antarctic environment and its wildlife.
Rebuilding Australia’s masonry industry
Rebuilding Australia’s masonry industry will take a change in trade perceptions of product performance and manufacturing innovation to address a declining workforce according to QUT experts.
Events
What's On in 2021 for QUT Young Accelerators
QUT's Young Accelerators program offers on-campus curriculum-mapped STEM workshops, events and teacher professional development sessions that aim to excite and inspire learning by combining STEM with creative learning and entrepreneurship.
Contact us
Institute for Future Environments
Level 6, P Block
Gardens Point
2 George St
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Postal address
Institute for Future Environments
GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4001
