Enabling Impact Networks

The AEGIS Research Network focuses on cultural responses to global climate change, the social construction of place, and relations between human and non-human animals through interdisciplinary research.

The Advanced Optical Materials (AOM) Network focuses on advancing opto-electronic materials research and connecting researchers with industry partners and investors to address global challenges.

The Australian Maritime Logistics Research (AMLR) Network brings together academics from RMIT and other universities in Australia, as well as industry professionals in the field of maritime logistics, to create a synergised approach to key issues affecting trade and the economy.

The Bioinformatics Network supports RMIT researchers with the advancement of their bioinformatics, through fostering collaborations, providing training and the dissemination of cutting-edge research.

The Circular Economy Hub (CEH) is a cross-disciplinary, industry-engaged network of RMIT experts working on cutting-edge and innovative circular economy research across Australia and internationally.

The Climate Change Research Network (CCR-NET) supports critically engaged researchers in working collectively to address the global challenges of climate change, and the opportunities for regenerative practices.

Collective is Critical (CIC) gathers transdisciplinary practitioners and researchers focused on commons-based and ecological understandings of the built environment.

RMIT’s Computational Research Network (CRN) is a community of RMIT computational researchers and their research partners.

The Cultural Value and Impact Network (CVIN) aims to build strong partnerships between industry and academia. It connects researchers with expertise in cultural value to build interdisciplinary teams.

Designing Entangled Social Innovation in Asia-Pacific (DESIAP) is a network of researchers and change-makers who share design, creative and social innovation practices to support collective capacity building and social impact.

The RMIT Digital Twins Network aims to support growth in research translation and research impact in its activities as it connects across RMIT and the wider community to solve complex problems.

The Digitalisation Network fosters innovation in Industry 4.0 and 5.0, supporting Australian organisations in adopting digital tools for productivity and workforce well-being.

Post-COVID condition or Long-COVID is an emerging global health challenge. Eat, Move, Heal network was formed to create and deploy people-centred solutions.

The Electrochemistry Network (ECN) is an emerging research network that aims to integrate the electrochemistry community, including research students, researchers and industry experts for multidisciplinary research to collective solutions to global challenges.

The Family and Carer Research and Advocacy Network (FaCRAN) comprises family members, carers, academics and supporters who surface and centre the experiences of families and carers through collaborative research and advocacy.

The Food Cultures and Practices Enabling Impact Network is an interdisciplinary nexus at RMIT, uniting food researchers and industry partners in social policy, sustainability, health, and manufacturing.

The project Building and promoting the Australasian Frugal Innovation Network (AFIN) is led by Dr. Gerrit de Waal and Prof. Adela McMurray from the School of Management. It was funded by the Global Business Innovation ECP within the 2019 ECP Capability Development fund (CDF).

The Gamified Research Translation (GREAT) Network is a forum for faculty, specialists and practitioners to develop collective thought leadership on game-based tools and gamification as the means of research translation to achieve societal impact.

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences for Health (HASH) is a transdisciplinary research network seeking insight into individuals’ experiences of health and wellbeing – as embodied, and as part of broader social systems.

The Indigenous Research Network is a transdisciplinary network, bringing together academics, HDRs, community, industry, and practitioners around the theme of excellence in Indigenous research.

The Mapping Future Imaginaries (MFI) Network connects RMIT scholars, creatives and industry who are doing future-focused work to address key social, economic, environmental and political concerns.

The Mental Health Innovation Network (MHIN) brings together researchers across all RMIT Colleges to address the mental health challenges of our post COVID-19 pandemic era.

The Migration, Mobility and Security Research Network (MMSRN) links researchers working on the implications of increasing global mobility and related issues of security and (in)formal migration.

ORCA is a transdisciplinary network focused on human-ocean relationships and climate action, with members from art, design, cultural studies, geography, education, urban research and civil society.

The Pathways to Healthy Ageing network is an interdisciplinary network of collaborators that develops, codesigns, and evaluates projects that prioritise the health and wellbeing of senior Australians.

The RMIT Entrepreneurial Academics Network (REAN) connects academics interested in entrepreneurial outcomes and skills at all stages of their careers to build a community of practice and cultivate an entrepreneurial culture within the RMIT ecosystem.

The Re-Vision: Ethical Futures Moving Image Network brings together stakeholders, industry, practitioners and scholars working at the intersection of the moving image culture to identify gaps and propose actionable solutions when engaging with vulnerable groups and environments.

The Skills, Training, and Industry Research Network (STIRN) is a multidisciplinary group of researchers dedicated to better understanding the current and future direction of work, employment and changing industry skills demand.

The Social Practices and Sustainable Consumption (SPSC) is a transdisciplinary network that aims to co-design and implement sustainable consumption actions and strategies using a social practices approach.

Spatial Capability Cluster (SASCCAR) is dedicated to advancing the use of geospatial technologies to address environmental, urban, transport and business challenges.

Sport Futures Impact Network (SFIN) is an interdisciplinary research network that aims to undertake impactful research to (re)imagine the future of the sport industry and its impact on society.

The Streaming Industries and Genres Network (SIGN) brings together scholars and key industry experts to contribute evidence-based strategy, policy recommendations and public understanding around how streaming entertainment – including streaming video (both subscription and user-generated), gaming, and social media platforms – constructs and frames genre.

The Sustainable Development Goals Research Network (SDGs@RMIT) brings together academics to better support SDG research across RMIT.

RMIT-TEN provides a forum for individuals with a shared interest in technology, innovations (including social) and translating it into products and services useful to people.

Multidisciplinary, data-driven, policy and industry engaged transport research.

The Urban Play Network (UPN) connects people and place with design and cities, making them vibrant and liveable, reflecting their creative, linguistic, cultural, social and urban diversity.

In Australia and around the world most of us live in urban areas; by 2050 70% of the world’s population is predicted to live in cities and townships. More than ever we need to plan and manage green cities that foster our health and wellbeing and contribute to social, cultural and environmental resilience.

The Wearables and Sensing Network (W+SN) brings together over 100 researchers to develop cross-disciplinary research that focuses on health, the ageing population, sustainability, and new technological innovation.