Research strengths
Our research informs teaching and learning and can be applied to benefit industry and communities in Australia and overseas.
The VU Research Plan 2012-2016 continues to support the strategic development of multidisciplinary research in seven specialised areas.
In this section:
- Applied informatics
- Research on web mining, data management, health informatics, E-health and service-oriented computing to manage issues in the environment, health services, sport performance, tourism, law and other sectors.
- Diversity and wellbeing
- Research on health and wellbeing, cultural diversity, discrimination, international development, languages and communication, workplace diversity and wellbeing, young people, refugee resettlement, and indigenous culture, education and rights.
- Education, diversity and lifelong learning
- Research on changing nature of work and workplaces and the impact on vocational, work-based and problem-based learning, as well as engaging young people in education and assisting the transition from secondary school.
- Supply chain, logistics and transport
- Research on information technology and information systems, mathematical modelling, distribution systems, international trade and the economics of transport and distribution, logistics and supply chain management.
- Sport, exercise and active living
- Research that brings together the disciplines underpinning sport, exercise science and active living, and contributes to our understanding of the impact of these programs on the economic, social, health and wellbeing of communities.
- Strategic economics
- Research on technology, innovation and industrial change, sustainable development and the environment, economic and organisational impact of information and communication technologies, governance and regional economies, growth, trade and development, and inequality and work.
- Sustainable environmental technologies
- Research on managing increasing and competing demands for resources and the development of sustainable environmental technologies, including water, sustainable buildings and risk engineering, fire safety engineering and viable food industries.
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