RESEARCH THEME

Governance

Research programs and groups

Leadership and Organisational Improvement: strategic program aiming to challenge and support the resources sector to consider how changes to organisational, and leadership approaches can produce better outcomes for workers, communities and the environment.

Development Minerals: transdisciplinary research program that undertakes research, education, technical assistance and capacity building on the local materials most important for local development

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Highlight projects

Explaining High Reliability Organisations with Susan Johnston

Capacity Building of the Minerals Council of Australia Water Accounting Framework

UNEA resolution 4/19 on Mineral Resource Governance

Strengthening ASEAN Cooperation in Minerals

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Minding the governance gaps in rush for critical minerals

Published on: 16 June 2023

The urgency to provide metals for the energy transition is putting pressure on the legal safeguards and approval processes governing mining, according to University of Queensland (UQ) researchers, and the consequences could compromise sustainable development.
Mineral security essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Published on: 11 October 2022

A new paper led by researchers from The University of Queensland is calling for a public conversation about why minerals are not explicitly referenced in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Mapping the risks

Published on: 30 June 2022

The global database that highlights supply risk for critical metals
Lessons from Izok Lake: an innovative and integrated approach

Published on: 30 June 2022
UN–UQ partnership underpins new resolution on minerals sustainability

Published on: 7 April 2022

A new United Nations resolution on Environmental aspects of minerals and metals management will build on work undertaken by the United Nations Environment Programme and The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute.
New collaborative research to help drive tailings transparency

Published on: 11 August 2021

UQ researchers will collaborate with industry and university partners on a new three-year, $1.65million research project that aims to drive transformational change in the public disclosure requirements of mine tailings information.
Researchers call for cautious progress in deep sea mining

Published on: 4 January 2021

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have urged for regulatory caution in a new paper which emphasises just how little is known about the potential impacts of deep sea mining (DSM).