News on sustainabiltiy

UC Research Medal winner Professor Dan Zhao advances clean energy and drone technology with his innovative research in aerodynamics and carbon-free solutions.

After more than a decade trapped in a secret man-made WWII cavern, a unique laser that connects New Zealand and Germany has been rescued and restored.

Canterbury business leaders gathered on Monday to explore UC’s new Engineering strategy and discuss opportunities for innovation and partnership.

A team of UC students are in Japan for the global Heart Hackathon, a competition to build a fully operational artificial heart.

UC Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva will present findings from the largest study of climate adaptation in the Pacific region at COP29 on 11 November. 

Opinion: Dr Dalila Gharbaoui, Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Canterbury forecasts the big issues at COP29. 

A long-running education initiative that has given hundreds of Kiwi teachers the chance to experience life in a Samoan village is now the subject of new research.

Bicultural competency in education is fundamental, but what does that look like when you teach a subject focused on a society nearly 3000 years old? 

UC’s Child Well-being Research Institute Director, Professor Gail Gillon, has been appointed Education Commissioner for the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. 

Sports law, land law and the legal fall-out of natural disasters such as the Canterbury earthquakes are specialty areas for a retiring Emeritus Professor. 

University of Canterbury research developing a new type of high-strength glass that could revolutionise LED lighting and solar energy has won a $941,000 funding boost. 

Using a dog toy, a Master’s student conducted research showing that brushtail possums can learn from their peers.