Areas
Learn about our broad range of research expertise
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 and 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
Multidisciplinary projects and strategic initiatives
Our people also engage in specialised research across multidisciplinary projects and strategic initiatives, including: