Institute for Sustainable Futures

ISF is an independent research institute within the University of Technology Sydney. We conduct transdisciplinary, project-based research in line with our vision of creating positive change towards sustainable futures. Browse a selection of our projects below.

Nawi Cove in Barangaroo district of Sydney - Australia

Pathways to One Water

Outlining methods to prompt a necessary transformation of the way water services are considered and managed.

Fertiliser sale and man with wheelbarrow in Malawi

Phosphorus: the missing ingredient for food security

The world can’t produce food without phosphorus yet the mineral is scarce. Australian experts have been responsible for alerting the world to a global problem – and coming up with strategies for a sustainable phosphorus future.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.