Projects
IRU promotes collaboration between member universities across a wide number of areas including research, teaching and learning, internationalisation and academic staff development.
Ecosystems Tipping Points
Environmental sustainability is an IRU area of research strength.
A team of 26 eminent ecologists from across the network have identified the environments in our continent which are of greatest risk of catastrophic change - and what we can do to save them.
They have identified Australia's 10 most endangered landscapes and their main threats
"Protecting Australia's most endangered landcapes".
Disaster Resilience
An IRU network area of research strength addressing one of the major challenges of our times.
The Asia Pacific region is one of the most disaster prone in the world. In comparison to other regions it experiences disaster at a rate disproportionate to its land mass.
Across the IRU network our universities are focused on evaluating the effectivenss of current strategies and developing better disaster management approaches to ensure we are all well prapred for future events.
Our most recent publication (February 2012) sets out the major themes to our work.
On 24 September 2012 the Disaster Research Centre at Flinders University will be hosting a network forum.
Work Integrated Learning
Work integrated learning (WIL) provides opportunities for higher education students to apply the theory and skills they learn at university in a workplace.
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