Institute for Future Environments

Research themes and enabling platforms

About

The Institute for Future Environments (IFE) studies how our natural, built and virtual environments interact, change and converge, to find ways to make them more sustainable, secure and resilient.

Through our partnerships with national and international industry, government and community organisations, our research has a lasting impact on the real world.

Facilities

Research centres and programs

Academic profiles

Professor Laurie Buys

Professor

Creative Industries Faculty

School of Design Office

Discipline: Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning
Professor Peter Grace

Professor of Global Change and Theme Leader

Science and Engineering Faculty

Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences

Discipline: Environmental Science and Management, Soil Sciences
Professor Roger Hellens

Deputy Executive Director

Institute for Future Environments

IFE Directorate

Discipline: Other Biological Sciences
Professor Ian Mackinnon

Professor

Science and Engineering Faculty

Dean's Office

Discipline: Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Other Earth Sciences
Professor Ian O'Hara

Principal Research Scientist

Science and Engineering Faculty

Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering

Discipline: Chemical Engineering, Industrial Biotechnology
Associate Professor Robert Perrons

Associate Professor

QUT Business School

Management

Discipline: Business and Management