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Airbnb has become a whale in holiday accommodation. Despite promoting itself as a more sustainable way to travel, this study suggests it has a bigger carbon footprint than many realise.

POLICY BRIEF | Employees and journalists who expose organisational corruption are in danger of criminal charges under severe and complex national security laws.

JOURNAL ARTICLE | New research from Dr Danusha Jayawardana and Professor Brenda Gannon has highlighted an increase in the use of telehealth mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

REPORT | Australia's digital health regulation provides opportunities for global competitiveness in the development of cutting-edge medical technologies.

JOURNAL ARTICLE | Regular exercise can improve brain function and may protect against dementia in middle-aged and older adults, with women benefitting almost twice as much as men, according to University of Queensland research.

The University of Queensland (UQ) Master of Business Administration (MBA) program has again proven itself as an international heavyweight, ranking number one for the fifth year in a row for its quality of students according to The Economist MBA global ranking.

JOURNAL ARTICLE | New research from Dr Jonas Fooken and his Master student Link Vo shows that patterns of malnutrition are changing following economic development in Asian economies.

REPORT | Stephen Birch led an international expert panel on improving workforce planning for dentists and other oral health workers.

JOURNAL ARTICLE | A brief analysis of the My Aged Care platform dataset for home care provision in Queensland and potential uses for policy development.

REPORT | University of Queensland researchers have contributed to a new CSIRO report that establishes a strong link between bold risk-taking and the financial success of top-performing ASX companies.

Six projects involving University of Queensland business and economics resesarchers have secured $4.4M in federal government funding.

UQ researcher Dr Andreas Schloenhardt reflects on 20 years of fighting organised crime.

Business and economics at UQ has soared 14 places in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject, placing at 41 in the world and second in Australia.  

Eight recipients of the Frank Finn Scholarship share how the scholarship has helped them overcome the challenges faced by the COVID-19 pandemic while continuing to excel in their education.

Following efforts by UQ Law researchers, The Conversation has made changes to ensure authors who are contributing Indigenous knowledge are acknowledged. 

ARTICLE | Emerging research from Dr Terry Fitzsimmons suggests that a person’s gender might be a significant factor that influences how greatly someone is impacted by this virus.

ARTICLE | Under Queensland's revised biodsicovery law, anyone engaging in biodiscovery must take all reasonable measures to form agreement with the custodians of Indigenous knowledge being used. This includes a benefit-sharing agreement.

How far should governments go in restricting people's freedoms in the name of public health?

ARTICLE | The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the sudden shift of around half the workforce to working at home. This unplanned experiment suggests we might have stumbled upon a massive opportunity for a microeconomic reform.

REPORT | The COVID-19 crisis has revealed pre-existing issues in the aged care sector and shows the need for person-centred support.