Research

We’re living in an era with unprecedented levels of uncertainty and change. Our existing systems for managing natural resources, food production, infrastructure design and delivery, housing provision and disaster management need to be transformed to overcome the challenges we face.

It's essential to mobilise the research community to find new approaches to existing problems and create an evidence base for new courses of action.

At Living Lab Northern Rivers, we've formed an academic community of researchers with a diverse range of expertise to investigate the ongoing adaptation in the Northern Rivers region.

This community, known as the Adaptation Research Network, comprises leading academic institutions worldwide enabling an environment that enhances transdisciplinary responses to complex problems. Our network intersects applied, pure, creative and practise-based researchers in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, planning, environmental sciences, social sciences, arts, communications, and mental health, among others.

Responding to questions posed by locals and government at all levels, we'll be rallying these teams to come up with innovative solutions.