Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Research

The Indigenous Research Unit (IRU) fosters the sharing of Indigenous research and knowledges, organisational engagement with and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, develops the research capacity of academics and research candidates, and educational advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

The IRU works in collaboration with GUMURRII Student Success Unit and Griffith Graduate Research School (GGRS) to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HDR candidates with support and guidance throughout their research journey.

Whether you are studying campus or online, the IRU’s dedicated centre at Nathan campus is here to help. You can access a range of formal and informal supports from our team, and we are flexible and responsive to your individual project and career ambitions.

At GUMURRII the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff assist students in many areas, including providing undergraduate and postgraduate support, including tutorial assistance.

Servicing on each of Griffith's campuses, with officers who also assist online students studying through the digital campus, GUMURRII Student Success Unit offers a safe and culturally appropriate environment to enhance the student experience.

Griffith Graduate School

Provides support to all HDR students across all areas of their candidature.

eResearch Services at Griffith University 
Specialist IT services for researchers including high performance computing, research data storage, data collection tools, and programming workshops.

Griffith University Research Hub 
Recordings of workshops, self-paced tutorials and guides on all aspects of research. 

Hacky Hour
Get online help from eResearch & Library staff with OpenRefine, R, Python, SQL and Bash coding. Practice your new programming skills in a supportive environment.  Learn about HPC or virtual machines, what is available and how to use them, and catch up with other researchers learning to wrangle their data.

Library Researcher Services support you through the entire research lifecycle, from developing the initial proposal through to publication and dissemination of your findings.

Skills training

Griffith Library provides skills training across all stages of the research lifecycle. Tutorials, web guides and videos are provided to complement a suite of Library workshops.  Explore and book upcoming workshops and/or  View past workshop recordings.

Book an online consultation to speak with a research Librarian about your research and your journey towards publication.

Guides to everything Research

The Library has created an extensive online resource of research guides to assist you in your research.

Copyright and intellectual property rights

The Library provides copyright information and can advise you on these issues. Book an online consultation to speak with our copyright expert.

Ask Us provides answers to FAQs about research.