Research

James Cook University (JCU) is a leader in research that addresses critical challenges facing societies and the environment in the tropics, world-wide.

JCU was ranked in the top 2% of universities in the pre-eminent global rankings system, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU, 2016), for the sixth  year in a row.

JCU is committed to providing shape and direction to our research by alignment with four major themes:

• Tropical ecosystems, conservation and climate change
• Industries and economies in the tropics
• People and societies in the tropics, and
• Tropical health, medicine and biosecurity

James Cook University Singapore is an important contributor into these four themes and has a particular focus towards the conduct of innovative and impactful research relevant to Singapore and the immediate region.

At our Singapore campus, areas of research strength include aquaculture and marine science, business, education, psychology and tourism. Within these research strengths our highly qualified academics are delving into research interests as diverse as reef fish evolutionary ecology, selective breeding of aquaculture species, vandalism in tourism, machine learning, data mining, behavioural learning theories, social and cross-cultural psychology, healthy ageing, interpersonal attraction, suicidology and mental health interventions.

JCU is committed to conducting research of excellence and high impact, particularly on issues of critical importance. We seek to engage with industry, business and government, commercialise our research findings and achieve critical mass through productive research partnerships with other research organisations. If you have a particular research need, JCU encourages you to engage with the University so we can explore how best to provide a R&D solution that translates into an impactful outcome.