Our research focus areas

Our research responds to the complex challenges facing society today through three interconnected domains: thriving communities, equitable futures and transformative technologies.

These domains are underpinned by five focus areas that reflect the faculty's commitment to creativity, education and social justice:

  • Empowering children and young people.
  • Fostering community resilience and wellbeing.
  • Designing for impact.
  • Shaping our understanding of media, technology and society.
  • Creating sustainable futures.

Together, these focus areas guide our interdisciplinary research efforts, enabling us to collaborate across disciplines and sectors to deliver real-world impact.

Bold ideas, real impact

Our centres

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child

We integrate research into child health, education, and digital and social connectedness. Our vision is for Australian children to be healthy, educated and connected in a digital world.

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Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC)

We provide a stimulating and supportive research training environment, where research students from around Australia and the world work alongside senior researchers to address emerging challenges and help solve practical problems.

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QUT Centre for Justice

Our vision is to democratise justice by improving opportunities for health and well-being and enhancing the inclusiveness of work and education while widening access to justice.

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QUT Design Lab

As our world gets increasingly complex, volatile and uncertain, we need ideas, innovative collaborations and imagination – the ability to reshape what is and conceive, create, and design things that don’t yet exist.

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Centre for Inclusive Education

The Centre for Inclusive Education (C4IE) at QUT contributes to genuine inclusive education by conducting high-quality research.

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ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society

We are a cross-disciplinary, national research centre which aims to create the knowledge and strategies necessary for responsible, ethical and inclusive automated decision-making.

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Our research projects

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Transforming Aged Care with Virtual Reality

Transforming Aged Care with Virtual Reality is a collaboration between the QUT Design Lab, Griffith University, The University of Melbourne and La Trobe University to investigate whether the integration of virtual reality into six Australian aged care facilities in Queensland and Victoria has an impact on staff and resident social connection.

Wellbeing and Rights at School

This research is aimed at determining what matters to students in relation to their wellbeing at school.

Young Women's Voices

The Young Women's Voices project aims to document young women's experiences of the youth justice ecosystem across Australia.

Youth-Adult Participatory Action Research

This research relates to students, teachers and researchers working as partners in education.

YuMi Deadly Centre

YDC is dedicated to enhancing the learning of all students to improve their opportunities for further education, training and employment, and to equip them for lifelong learning.

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Be a part of a more progressive, collaborative approach to research and contribute to your field, progress into academia or grow your career.

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Work with our students

Research student internships bring a fresh perspective, new skills and innovative approaches to your workplace.

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Research news

QUT researchers awarded more than $15 million in ARC Future Fellowships
11 Sep 2026

QUT researchers awarded more than $15 million in ARC Future Fellowships

QUT researchers have secured more than $15 million in Australian Research Council Future Fellowship funding, with 13 researchers awarded support for projects spanning renewable energy, robotics, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, education, environmental science and disaster resilience.

Too much emotion in digital marketing reduces sales: QUT research
8 Sep 2026

Too much emotion in digital marketing reduces sales: QUT research

PhD researcher Sichen Meng has won the QUT 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition with her presentation “More Likes, Fewer Sales: Helping Small Sellers Turn Attention into Purchases”, which found more attention did not equal more sales.

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