Site navigation

Home
Home

For students
For industry
Research

Explore

Courses
Events
News
Stories
People

For you

Library
Staff
Alumni
Current students

Study at UTS
Student information
Admissions

arrow_right_altVisit our hub for students

For you

Library
Staff
Alumni
Current students

For you

Library
Staff
Alumni
Current students

For you

Library
Staff
Alumni
Current students

All ISF projects

Institute for Sustainable Futures

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.

Anticipatory action in the Pacific Islands

Anticipatory action can help reduce food insecurity, save lives, and protect natural and physical assets.

Australian Council for International Development Climate Action Framework

This project supports operationalisation of the Australian Council for International Development Climate Action Framework and explores enablers of best practice of climate action integration in NGO programs.

Institutional barriers to climate finance through a gendered lens

Using a gender lens to explore climate finance allocations in the Pacific.

Gender and social inclusion in disaster risk reduction in the Pacific

This research focuses on the intersect between gender and social inclusion and disaster risk reduction in the Pacific.

Man picking tea leaves during sunny day in Sri Lanka

Sustainable organic waste value chains Phase 2

Turning organic waste into sustainable livelihoods for Sri Lanka.

Image of animated characters holding hands

Amplifying diverse voices and decolonising knowledge production in WASH

ISF has developed a guidance note to improve awareness of issues in recognition in authorship, and outlines principles and practices that elevate voices from lower- and middle-income countries in knowledge production.

Astute analysis and advocacy pave the way for ATN emission cuts

ISF’s sophisticated analysis and persuasive advocacy were behind a dramatic cut in greenhouse gas emissions achieved by the Australian Technology Network of Universities.

Unlocking the value of organics in Western Sydney Parklands

ISF’s assessed the economic and environmental benefits of a circular economy approach to processing organic waste in Western Sydney

A green infinity symbol with an arrow on the end

NSW Circular Rapid Review Reports

UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures leads NSW Circular Rapid Review research

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses now stand. 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.