ISF is an independent research institute within the University of Technology Sydney. We conduct transdisciplinary, project-based research in line with our vision of creating positive change towards sustainable futures. Browse a selection of our projects below.

Social Access Solar Gardens

Study shows solar gardens can offer every home access to affordable solar power.

Solar panels shine in smart grid management

Smart inverters, batteries and solar panels offer an exciting solution to providing stable electricity in Australia’s fast-changing electricity grid.

Newell highway off Moree town in Artesian basin of Australian wheat belt at flat plains of developed agriculture farms along Gwydir river with rest area by the road

Water scarcity risk for Australian farms and the implications for the financial sector

ISF partnered with AgTech company The Yield to come up with a new method for calculating the water risk exposure for farms.

Park and path with Sydney city in background

Measuring urban green space in Australia

Developing a nationally consistent set of criteria for evaluating urban green space.

The politics of place identity in peri-urban environments

What role for productive farming landscapes? A case study of Wollondilly Shire, NSW, Australia.

Two men and one woman having a discussion in a field at sunset

Community perceptions of hybrid solar biomass: the potential for social license and social acceptance

Finding out communities' attitudes towards biomass will help to plan renewable energy innovations in the Riverina and Hunter Valley regions.

Cycling and walking tracks run around the Penrith Lakes

Strategic biodiversity conservation planning in New South Wales: economic appraisal of the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan

Analysing the value and viability of proposed conservation measures in Western Sydney.

Landholder participation in biodiversity offsetting

This project sought to discover how landholders in Western Sydney perceived and engaged with the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme.

Financing peri-urban agriculture: conceptual development and review of the Agricultural Enterprise Credit scheme

Our research supported the case for a world-leading reward scheme for urban food production.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

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