Society and Environment

RMIT University’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) team has been awarded the 2025 AHEIA Award for Workplace Culture Excellence, recognising their leadership in fostering a more inclusive and accessible workplace culture across the university. 

A new study highlights how far Melbourne still has to go in becoming a cycling city, warning the state government’s plan for strategic cycling corridors must be complemented by local government efforts to make local streets safer for cyclists.

RMIT Council has recognised internationally renowned urban ecologist and placemaking expert Salvador Rueda Palenzuela with an honorary doctorate.

RMIT visiting professor and urban planning expert Salvador Rueda has called for a more unified approach to designing Melbourne’s future, during an urban ecology roundtable hosted by RMIT.

Engineers at RMIT University have invented a small ‘neuromorphic’ device that detects hand movement, stores memories and processes information like a human brain, without the need for an external computer.

Engineers from Australia and China have invented a sponge-like device that captures water from thin air and then releases it in a cup using the sun’s energy, even in low humidity where other technologies such as fog harvesting and radiative cooling have struggled.

When most people might be comfortably settling into retirement, 77-year-old Pierre Van Osselaer has returned to the classroom.

RMIT University continues to strengthen its efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, with the release of the Addressing Gender-Based Violence Annual Report 2024.