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Interactive stepping tile for rehabilitation

Can interactive technology and design research help with physicial rehabiliation? Associate Professor Bert Bongers’ work with therapists and hospital patients demonstrates the possibilities.

High possibility classrooms prepare teachers too

There’s universal agreement that STEM knowledge and skills – from science, technology, engineering and maths – are vital for today’s students to be ready for the future of work. But preparing young people for that future also means preparing teachers, who need the capacity and confidence to integrate STEM effectively into learning for children as young as five.

The economics of primary health care

When it comes to primary health care, understanding public perceptions, usage patterns and values is helping researchers make recommendations about how public health funding should be spent.

The politics of coal and climate

A UTS team of political sociologists is investigating the coal industry with a research project that challenges the development of new mining projects.

Data mining the High Court

How can we make courts more efficient while retaining a just judicial system? Law Professor Anita Stuhmcke and Senior Lecturer Pam Stewart are mining data from High Court decisions to find out.

Enabling access to clean water and sanitation

Associate Professor Juliet Willetts, Research Director at the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures, has spent the last three years immersed in Enterprise in WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene), a research initiative in Vietnam, Indonesia and Timor-Leste to advise national policymakers and practitioners.

Haru the endearing robot sparks joy

Remember the cute robot from the 2008 Pixar film WALL-E? The reality of a robot companion with emotional expression might not be such a far-off fantasy, after researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Honda Research Institute (HRI) collaborated to design a personal robot with the explicit intention of ‘bringing joy’.