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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Australian ePortfolio Project

The project seeks to enhance the use of ePortfolios in Australian universities to benefit individual students, the quality of learning and the value of higher education outcomes, thereby contributing to the competiveness of Australian graduates in a global employment market.

Cardiovascular Technology Laboratory

Cardiovascular Technology Laboratory

Central QLD Leading Inclusion

This collaboratively designed research project seeks to develop the capability of system and school leaders in the Department of Education Central Queensland Region to lead implementation of inclusive education in their contexts.

Co-Design Workshops & Design Thinking Sprints

A depository of design thinking sprints and co-design workshops run by the QUT Design Lab.

Co-Designing the Palliative Care Hospital Experience

In partnership with St. Vincent's Hospital, this site acts as a conduit between researchers and participants to collect and present data addressing the project's three key research questions: 1. What is ‘good palliative care’ from the perspective of the patient, carer/family member and staff – and what changes should be made? 2. How might arts-based research and participant generated produced visual images inform hospital palliative service improvements? 3. How might arts-based research and participant generated produced visual images engage staff and transform the palliative care experience?

Co-creating Cultures of Inclusion

The Co-creating Cultures of Inclusion project, led by Associate Professer Janice Rieger, will improve access to museums and galleries for people with disabilities.

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Research news

25 May 2026

Seven ARC Linkage projects receive more than $3.6 million funding

QUT is celebrating the success of seven ARC Linkage Projects 2025 Round 2 applications totalling $3,668,784.

30 Apr 2026

QUT reinvents the Bachelor of Arts for the age of AI

QUT has launched a reimagined Bachelor of Arts to prepare real-world graduates with the future-focussed critical skills needed to tackle complex challenges at the intersection of technology, humanity and artificial intelligence.

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