Collaboration across disciplines
Cities are complex places, so it is critical that policy, design and processes developed for future cities include a range of perspectives. The CAUL Hub brought together researchers from four universities and a wide diversity of fields including atmospheric chemistry, civil engineering, urban planning, urban ecology, urban greening, geospatial data, conservation biology, social environmental science and population health. Our approach was collaborative, and our philosophy recognised the value of working across boundaries to create something bigger than each individual field could achieve on its own.
Stakeholder engagement
In addition to our primary stakeholder, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), the stakeholders of our hub and end-users of our research have comprised a much broader group including all levels of government, urban practitioners, community groups and the general urban-dwelling public of Australia. We have created partnerships with many different agencies and organisations to pursue applied research that has already contributed to making our air cleaner and our cities greener, more biodiverse and more liveable.