Go beyond traditional thinking
We are driven to tackle problems that matter, supporting industry, communities and society, positively evolve today, and into the future.
We integrate expertise from diverse academic disciplines with expertise from professions, policy and lived experiences. Our approach combines creativity, reflexivity, systems thinking and more to evaluate complex challenges and to propose new ways forward. We operate across UTS and regularly collaborate with colleagues across all faculties and institutes.
The Transdisciplinary School (TD School) does research for real-world impact and supports a wide range of organisations in the public and private sectors, both locally and across the world. We recognise that to tackle problems that matter, we must draw on expertise across academic disciplines, non-academic professions and stakeholder groups. We invite you to join us in grappling with these challenges.
Our research themes
Enabling the achievement of the United Nations development goals (SDGs).
Unleashing the transformative potential of learning for individuals, organisations and society.
Technology can transform our lives in so many ways and redefine what it means to be human.
Understanding the social and technical system in which health and wellbeing is managed, including knowing which data and experts to trust.
Humans or animals? Prey or predator? Domestic or wild? Native or introduced? How can we coexist with less conflict and more appreciation of each other’s benefits?
Beyond new products and services, innovation includes new ideas, paradigms and methods that significantly change our productivity and our lives.
Our research centres and degrees
The Centre for Compassionate Conservation (CfCC) is dedicated to transforming conservation actions by reimagining the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Engaged research on people, productivity, place, and policy relating to entrepreneurial capabilities and innovation.
Explore our Master’s by Research and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees for local and international students.
This training centre is a pioneering research hub dedicated to advancing automated vehicle (AV) technologies tailored for rural, regional, and remote Australian roads.
Society’s inability to discuss and navigate complex and contested topics contributes to Australia’s underperformance on the nation’s biggest issues.
We live and work in a world with diverse, complex challenges. Navigating them requires new, collaborative and innovative methods, such as transdisciplinarity.
An immersive art installation built by a creative team including UTS researchers brings to life the experiences of young women who have navigated self-harm and found their way to healing.
Committed to continually evolving the media landscape in new and vibrant ways, the ABC partnered with UTS, engaging students from their award-winning Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation degree (BCII), to investigate new ways of targeting and increasing engagement with young people across Australia.
Society’s inability to discuss and navigate complex and contested topics contributes to Australia’s underperformance on the nation’s biggest issues.
We live and work in a world with diverse, complex challenges. Navigating them requires new, collaborative and innovative methods, such as transdisciplinarity.
An immersive art installation built by a creative team including UTS researchers brings to life the experiences of young women who have navigated self-harm and found their way to healing.
Committed to continually evolving the media landscape in new and vibrant ways, the ABC partnered with UTS, engaging students from their award-winning Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation degree (BCII), to investigate new ways of targeting and increasing engagement with young people across Australia.