Global development

UQ International Development delivered the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) funded Australia Awards Women in Executive Leadership Development Short Course (Bhutan) between June 2020 and May 2021.

Broadcaster and Communication Studies Program facilitator, Rocky Prasetyo Jati, talks about his experience at The University of Queensland (UQ) and Universitas Indonesia (UI) Bilateral Research Forum on Communication for Development and Social Change – Diverse Applications, One Goal.

Last month, The University of Queensland (UQ) hosted the 2021 Research Development Impact (RDI) Conference. Held online, this year’s Conference focused on the future of sustainable development and socio-economic recovery in the Pacific and Southeast Asia regions.

Meenah Tariq is a powerhouse. For the past two years she’s had a front row seat witnessing the growth of Pakistan’s entrepreneurship ecosystem as a partner in the Venture Capital fund, Karavan.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Member States are rich in a variety of mineral resources, discovered and undiscovered, and are benefiting from rapidly growing investment and trade in the sector. If this trend is to continue, ASEAN must maintain a modern framework for cooperation that ensures Member States’ and ASEAN partners can implement effective and sustainable approaches in minerals development and promote investment and trade. 

The University of Queensland (UQ) Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AO officially launched the Global Development Impact Plan and inaugural Global Development Dialogue Series at Customs House on 10 June 2021.

Global businesses, donors and governments have each pursued a Green Revolution agenda in Africa, Asia and South America since the 1960s. Its aim was, in theory, to produce more food, reducing food insecurity and poverty. This was done via improved seed varieties, chemical fertilisers and other agrochemicals.

Women are largely being excluded from decisions about conservation and natural resources, with potentially detrimental effects on conservation efforts globally, according to research.

Researchers from UQ and the Universitas Negeri Papua (State University of Papua) are taking up the challenge of developing HIV education for customary leaders in rural and remote areas of West Papua province so that they can support HIV prevention and care.

The Partnership for Australia–Indonesia Research (PAIR) is a bilateral research initiative of the Australia–Indonesia Centre, with support from the Indonesian and Australian Governments, the University of Queensland and other leading universities. PAIR seeks to enhance research linkage between Australia and Indonesia across a range of fields. Research is focused in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, where UQ will contribute to research on agricultural commodities.