Research
Using research to improve lives, communities and industry
Thank you to our supporters and collaborators who make our world-class research possible. Through our partnerships with communities, businesses and government, we ensure that our research translates into valuable outcomes for the benefit of all.
Explore this site to discover our expertise and how we may help you find opportunities in the challenges you face.
World ranking expertise in business, economics and law
Excellence in Research for Australia ranks our research above world standard or well above world standard across
all our disciplines.
We employ 275 researchers and supervise 160 higher degree research students as part of the wider UQ research community.
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With our world-class facilities, we can capture and predict consumer and citizen behaviour, model and simulate business and economic scenarios, and research law for local and global innovation.
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Discover our research
Find a researcher who is a potential collaborator through their published insights and analysis
- ARTICLE | While the UN urged Australia to end the use of coal by 2030, export prices are rising. Economics Professor John Quiggin argues that despite the demand of global markets, decarbonising our own backyard is achievable.
- JOURNAL ARTICLE | Our researchers Dr Marcin Sowa and Prof Luke Connelly, in collaboration with colleagues from the Faculty of Medicine, have identified a new opportunity for keeping Australians out of the hospital.
- ARTICLE | Professor John Quiggin explores how the framing of vaccine passports can affect whether Australians see them as a carrot or stick.
- ARTICLE | UQ experts weigh in on legislation expected to be introduced into Queensland Parliament in September 2021.
- ARTICLE | UQ Associate Professor Paul Harpur and Peter D. Blanck of Syracuse University argue that university students have had to be vaccinated against other diseases, and COVID-19 is no different.
- ARTICLE | Professor John Quiggin argues that the divestment movement has been a key factor in BHP getting out of the carbon-based fuel industry.
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