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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Impact
News
New QUT-led Reef project puts policy impact under the microscope
Researchers from QUT’s Centre for the Environment are leading a new project to determine how government policy influences farming practices that improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
QUT is top Young Uni in Australia
QUT has been named Australia’s best young university in the Times Higher Education rankings announced tonight (24 June 2020).
Events
Online Lunch and Learn with QUT foundry
JOIN US DURING SEMESTER BREAK with guest speaker Wesley Huffstutter. Zoom in with your own lunch, your own questions and a hunger to learn while we hear from a selection of industry experts who will share their time, knowledge and experience with us over an informal lunch learning session.
QUT Entrepreneurship Open Pitch Night - Online
Come pitch your business or social enterprise to a virtual audience at our online event held on the first Wednesday of the month. From the comfort of your own home, join us for an opportunity to have your idea heard, get feedback and put an ask out the broader community in an encouraging and inclusive environment.
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
