- Posted on 16 Dec 2025
This year, ISF provided crucial knowledge and skills to international and Australian professionals.
Empowering them to apply the latest sustainability thinking in their own contexts. And we continued to nurture and develop emerging sustainability leaders with our Graduate Research Program, which offers students a unique transdisciplinary perspective on their research topics.
Program highlights
Evaluation Course for the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance
Following the success of 2024’s pilot, ISF researchers developed and delivered a bespoke learning experience for a delegation of 20 mid-to-senior-level officials from the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance. Through a series of workshops, participants learned to design and implement effective monitoring and evaluation frameworks and to use evaluation findings to support decision-making. The course was tailored so that participants felt empowered to utilise their new skills to support Cambodia’s current Public Financial reform.
Systems Thinking and Practice for Sustainable Futures
ISF’s flagship short course is designed give participants a clear understanding of the theory behind systems thinking – an increasingly popular decision-making technique for addressing complex challenges – and to demonstrate how it could be applied in practical work and life situations. The online course featured weekly live sessions, opportunities for participants to connect and discuss, and video testimonials from international systems experts who’ve used the technique effectively in their own work.
Click here if you’d like to hear about systems thinking courses in 2026
Australia Awards for Water Security, Resilience and Circular Cities
In 2025 we delivered our third Australian Awards Course, Supporting Water Security, Resilience and Transitioning to Circular Cities, to a cohort of water professionals from Pakistan. The Australia Awards are prestigious government-funded training opportunities for emerging leaders from countries in the Asia-Pacific region on topics of strategic interest. The course combines classroom learning, site visits, and guest lectures. Each participant develops a project that integrates course content into their workplace.
Delivering the Australia Awards courses creates a rich exchange of technical and policy knowledge—for participants and the ISF team alike.
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Accelerating Australia’s electric vehicle-to-grid integration through cross-sector collaboration.
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People experience climate resilience differently, but we rarely measure it at the individual level. We want to change that.
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Accelerating Australia’s electric vehicle-to-grid integration through cross-sector collaboration.
News
Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, need a pep talk, or just someone to listen, they’re here to help you thrive.
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Study science at UTS, where you’ll get one of the best hands-on degrees Australia can offer. UTS Science Open Day will pave the way for all the possible careers in science that lie ahead.