Areas

We are a research-intensive university and our research priorities reflect the challenges facing the world today.\

Our areas of expertise

The ANU College of Systems & Society is an interdisciplinary venture. Our College conducts research within its six schools. Each contains distinct activity clusters of academic and strategic focus.

School of Computing

Computing Foundations

Computational Science

Intelligent Systems

Data Science and Analytics

Software Innovation Institute

School of Cybernetics

Education

Futures

Projects

School of Engineering

Aerospace

Energy

Environmental

Information and Signals Processing

Mechatronics

Fenner School of Environment and Society

Biodiversity and conservation

Climate and energy

Food, soil, water and agriculture

Forests and fire

Indigenous people and the environment

Integrative methods and application

Urban systems and sustainability

Mathematical Sciences Institute

Algebra and topology

Analysis and geometry

Applied and nonlinear analysis

Bioinformation science

Computational mathematics

Fusion plasma theory and modelling

Mathematical physics

Stochastic analysis and risk modelling

Theoretical astrophysics

Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science

Public engagement and informal science

Public policy and science advice

Responsible innovation and emerging technologies

Science, media and culture

Theories and frameworks in science communication

Topics in science communication

Our people also engage in specialised research across multidisciplinary projects and strategic initiatives, including:

ANU Defence Institute

ANU Integrated AI Network

Agrifood Innovation Institute (formerly CEAT)

ASD-ANU Co-Lab

Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program

Humanising Machine Intelligence

InSpace: the ANU Institute for Space

Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions

Institute for Water Futures

MakerSpace

Sustainable Farms

W3C World Wide Web Consortium

Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific