Our researchers tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, focusing on five priority areas: Healthy People, Resilient Societies, Prosperous Economies, Secure Planet and Innovative Technologies.
Our pioneering culture has encouraged and inspired researchers to break free from conventional thinking, and to actively shape the complex issues that define the future of the world we live in. Their research translates into real-world impact for society, culture, the environment and the economy.
Discover just a few of the innovative ways our researchers have created change:
We stream music and listen to audiobooks, flock to free festivals, and attend live concerts, theatre and dance. 98 per cent of Australians engage with the arts. 84 per cent agree that the arts make a positive difference to individuals and society. Yet, as...
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Since the early days of Facebook, Professor Bronwyn Carlson has been overturning misconceptions about Indigenous peoples’ engagements with digital technologies. Professor Carlson, Director of Macquarie’s Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, h...
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Technological change is critical to improving health care. But innovation comes with potential costs. As surgeons ‘try something new’, often with the intent of improving an individual patient’s outcome, they run the risk of seriousl...
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Macquarie’s Cross-cultural Ecology lab group, led by Associate Professor Emilie Ens, is working closely with remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia’s Arnhem Land to develop new cross-cultural approaches to science and environmenta...
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Since its inception in 2013, Macquarie’s Motor Neuron Disease Research Centre has driven the growth of MND research nationally and internationally. Motor Neuron Disease (MND) has a devastating impact on the Australian community. Two Australians die ...
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