We are Australia’s largest research facility focused on all aspects of cities and urbanisation
We conduct quality research in collaboration with government, industry and community that aims to address the complex issues cities and communities face throughout Australasia. In short, we do research that helps make cities and communities better places.
Incorporating the Coastal and Marine Research Centre, (formerly known as the Griffith Centre for Coastal Management), our expertise spans a range of academic disciplines, bringing to bear a strong multidisciplinary research capacity ready to understand and meet urban challenges.
Director's Welcome
´Welcome to the Cities Research Institute website. We came into existence in November 2016 with a mission to harness the tremendous talent and expertise of researchers at Griffith University who share a passion for helping to make our cities and communities better places.
We know that contemporary cities and communites are increasingly complex and connected places and that what makes them great and what presents them with challenges are also complex and interconnected. And so to address these challenges and uncover the foundations of greatness, we need to bring different disciplinary perspectives to bear.
Within the Institute we can draw on the expertise of architects, civil and coastal engineers, land use and transport planners, urban designers, systems analysts, economists and lawyers and public health specialists.'
Cities News
Griffith planners and students scoop up industry awards
30 Nov 2023
Clean sweep continues at the Minister’s Planning Awards.
New interactive report shows financial vulnerability hotspots across Australia
31 Oct 2023
The newly released CofFEE Financial Resilience Barometer reveals locations experiencing hardship...
‘Oystertecture’ builds a pathway to SWELL for architects
12 Sep 2023
Architects share stage amongst more than 70 artists at this year’s Gold Coast sculpture event.
Improving water access in remote and isolated communities
22 Mar 2023
Griffith University contributed to a global review highlighting the effects of racism, social...
Cost savings and consumer ease drives sustainable transport solutions at...
01 Mar 2023
Griffith University is trialing a suite of sustainable transport technologies to alleviate parking...
Half-century of cyclone data puts researchers on track to explore future risks
19 Jan 2023
Fifty years of BOM data reveals unusual characteristics and trends of tropical cyclones from Coral...
Griffith University welcomes new Professor of Practice — Disaster Management
19 Jan 2023
Griffith University’s disaster management credentials have been boosted following the appointment...
Long-running success continues for Griffith planning stars
15 Nov 2022
Griffith students and graduates dominate awards for third year running.