Enabling Impact Networks

Designing Entangled Social Innovation in Asia-Pacific (DESIAP) is a network of researchers and change-makers who share design, creative and social innovation practices to support collective capacity building and social impact.

Post-COVID condition or Long-COVID is an emerging global health challenge. Eat, Move, Heal network was formed to create and deploy people-centred solutions.

The Family and Carer Research and Advocacy Network (FaCRAN) comprises family members, carers, academics and supporters who surface and centre the experiences of families and carers through collaborative research and advocacy.

Housing@RMIT is a cross-school, interdisciplinary network of more than 250 academic staff across 13 disciplines in 18 schools, committed to housing research. We bring powerful research capabilities to address issues such as housing supply, sustainability and affordability. 

The Indigenous Research Network is a transdisciplinary network, bringing together academics, HDRs, community, industry, and practitioners around the theme of excellence in Indigenous research.

The LGBTIQA+ Research Impact Network connects researchers who identify as LGBTIQA+ and/or whose research is connected to LGBTIQA+ communities. The Network seeks to communicate research findings to the broader public to affect social change for LGBTIQA+ communities in Australia and beyond.

With expertise in humanitarianism, technological innovation and community development, we work in partnership with industry, non-governmental, and governmental organisations to create a community-centred, positive impact locally, nationally, and globally.

The Mortality and Remembrance Impact Network (MORI, 'to die' in Latin) explores the transdisciplinary nature of death, dying, and grief, connecting RMIT with industry and communities to enhance public death literacy.

The News, Technology and Society (NTS) network brings together interdisciplinary researchers who focus on research related to the social impacts of news, journalism and emerging technologies to build internal research capacity and support impactful collaboration with partners across the news and media industry.

The Pathways to Healthy Ageing network is an interdisciplinary network of collaborators that develops, codesigns, and evaluates projects that prioritise the health and wellbeing of senior Australians.

The Re-Vision: Ethical Futures Moving Image Network brings together stakeholders, industry, practitioners and scholars working at the intersection of the moving image culture to identify gaps and propose actionable solutions when engaging with vulnerable groups and environments.

RAGE is a collaborative initiative bringing together RMIT academics and professional staff across Schools, Colleges and portfolios to explore current research and action on gender equity – within and beyond the university.

Social Enterprise Research Network (SERN) is a transdisciplinary research and external engagement network that seeks to unite academics, students, social entrepreneurs, leaders, policy makers, advocates, and ethical consumers to advance social innovation and purpose-led business through connection and collaboration.

The Urban Play Network (UPN) connects people and place with design and cities, making them vibrant and liveable, reflecting their creative, linguistic, cultural, social and urban diversity.

Post-COVID condition or Long-COVID is an emerging global health challenge. Eat, Move, Heal network was formed to create and deploy people-centred solutions.

The Family and Carer Research and Advocacy Network (FaCRAN) comprises family members, carers, academics and supporters who surface and centre the experiences of families and carers through collaborative research and advocacy.

The Food Cultures and Practices Enabling Impact Network is an interdisciplinary nexus at RMIT, uniting food researchers and industry partners in social policy, sustainability, health, and manufacturing.

The LGBTIQA+ Research Impact Network connects researchers who identify as LGBTIQA+ and/or whose research is connected to LGBTIQA+ communities. The Network seeks to communicate research findings to the broader public to affect social change for LGBTIQA+ communities in Australia and beyond.

The Mental Health Innovation Network (MHIN) brings together researchers across all RMIT Colleges to address the mental health challenges of our post COVID-19 pandemic era.

The Mortality and Remembrance Impact Network (MORI, 'to die' in Latin) explores the transdisciplinary nature of death, dying, and grief, connecting RMIT with industry and communities to enhance public death literacy.

ORCA is a transdisciplinary network focused on human-ocean relationships and climate action, with members from art, design, cultural studies, geography, education, urban research and civil society.

The Pathways to Healthy Ageing network is an interdisciplinary network of collaborators that develops, codesigns, and evaluates projects that prioritise the health and wellbeing of senior Australians.

Sport Futures Impact Network (SFIN) is an interdisciplinary research network that aims to undertake impactful research to (re)imagine the future of the sport industry and its impact on society.

The Urban Play Network (UPN) connects people and place with design and cities, making them vibrant and liveable, reflecting their creative, linguistic, cultural, social and urban diversity.

The Vaccines and Pandemic Preparedness Network brings together multiple disciplines to advance vaccine research and pandemic readiness, strengthening global pandemic readiness through cross-disciplinary research, enabling impact by delivering a resilient and adaptable response framework.

The Advanced Optical Materials (AOM) Network focuses on advancing opto-electronic materials research and connecting researchers with industry partners and investors to address global challenges.

The Australian Maritime Logistics Research (AMLR) Network brings together academics from RMIT and other universities in Australia, as well as industry professionals in the field of maritime logistics, to create a synergised approach to key issues affecting trade and the economy.

The Bioinformatics Network supports RMIT researchers with the advancement of their bioinformatics, through fostering collaborations, providing training and the dissemination of cutting-edge research.

The RMIT Circular Economy Hub is an interdisciplinary network of RMIT experts working directly with industry partners and academics on the latest circular economy research, both across Australia and internationally.

The Climate Change Research Network (CCR-NET) supports critically engaged researchers in working collectively to address the global challenges of climate change, and the opportunities for regenerative practices.

Collective is Critical (CIC) gathers transdisciplinary practitioners and researchers focused on commons-based and ecological understandings of the built environment.

RMIT’s Computational Research Network (CRN) is a community of RMIT computational researchers and their research partners.

The Cultural Value and Impact Network (CVIN) aims to build strong partnerships between industry and academia. It connects researchers with expertise in cultural value to build interdisciplinary teams.

The RMIT Digital Twin Network connects and activates interdisciplinary digital twin capability to support collaboration, knowledge exchange and research translation.

The Digitalisation Network fosters innovation in Industry 4.0 and 5.0, supporting Australian organisations in adopting digital tools for productivity and workforce well-being.

Energy@RMIT is an interdisciplinary research network bringing together researcher capabilities to form a team with expertise that spans the complete research space required to understand, lead and support the energy transition.

The Indigenous Research Network is a transdisciplinary network, bringing together academics, HDRs, community, industry, and practitioners around the theme of excellence in Indigenous research.

The LGBTIQA+ Research Impact Network connects researchers who identify as LGBTIQA+ and/or whose research is connected to LGBTIQA+ communities. The Network seeks to communicate research findings to the broader public to affect social change for LGBTIQA+ communities in Australia and beyond.

The Mapping Future Imaginaries (MFI) Network connects RMIT scholars, creatives and industry who are doing future-focused work to address key social, economic, environmental and political concerns.

The Mental Health Innovation Network (MHIN) brings together researchers across all RMIT Colleges to address the mental health challenges of our post COVID-19 pandemic era.

The Nature Positive Enabling Impact Network connects multidisciplinary researchers at RMIT with government and industry leaders to develop innovative solutions for sustainability and ecosystem restoration.

The Entrepreneurial Academics Network at RMIT is an academic and industry-led network connecting academics across disciplines, integrating entrepreneurial thinking and practices to solve real-world problems.

The Re-Vision: Ethical Futures Moving Image Network brings together stakeholders, industry, practitioners and scholars working at the intersection of the moving image culture to identify gaps and propose actionable solutions when engaging with vulnerable groups and environments.

The Streaming Industries and Genres Network (SIGN) brings together scholars and key industry experts to contribute evidence-based strategy, policy recommendations and public understanding around how streaming entertainment – including streaming video (both subscription and user-generated), gaming, and social media platforms – constructs and frames genre.

The Sustainable Development Goals Research Network (SDGs@RMIT) brings together academics to better support SDG research across RMIT.

RMIT-TEN provides a forum for individuals with a shared interest in technology, innovations (including social) and translating it into products and services useful to people.

Transport@RMIT has multidisciplinary expertise on productive, sustainable and inclusive transport systems for informing how policy, industry, data and technology shape transport for improving cities, economies and lives.

The Australian Maritime Logistics Research (AMLR) Network brings together academics from RMIT and other universities in Australia, as well as industry professionals in the field of maritime logistics, to create a synergised approach to key issues affecting trade and the economy.

With expertise in humanitarianism, technological innovation and community development, we work in partnership with industry, non-governmental, and governmental organisations to create a community-centred, positive impact locally, nationally, and globally.

The Nature Positive Enabling Impact Network connects multidisciplinary researchers at RMIT with government and industry leaders to develop innovative solutions for sustainability and ecosystem restoration.

ORCA is a transdisciplinary network focused on human-ocean relationships and climate action, with members from art, design, cultural studies, geography, education, urban research and civil society.

Social Enterprise Research Network (SERN) is a transdisciplinary research and external engagement network that seeks to unite academics, students, social entrepreneurs, leaders, policy makers, advocates, and ethical consumers to advance social innovation and purpose-led business through connection and collaboration.

The Social Practices and Sustainable Consumption (SPSC) is a transdisciplinary network that aims to co-design and implement sustainable consumption actions and strategies using a social practices approach.

Sport Futures Impact Network (SFIN) is an interdisciplinary research network that aims to undertake impactful research to (re)imagine the future of the sport industry and its impact on society.

The Vaccines and Pandemic Preparedness Network brings together multiple disciplines to advance vaccine research and pandemic readiness, strengthening global pandemic readiness through cross-disciplinary research, enabling impact by delivering a resilient and adaptable response framework.

The CO2 Removal Network is a transdisciplinary research network that brings together researchers with expertise in the social, ecological and technological dimensions of carbon dioxide removal.

The RMIT Circular Economy Hub is an interdisciplinary network of RMIT experts working directly with industry partners and academics on the latest circular economy research, both across Australia and internationally.

The Climate Change Research Network (CCR-NET) supports critically engaged researchers in working collectively to address the global challenges of climate change, and the opportunities for regenerative practices.

Collective is Critical (CIC) gathers transdisciplinary practitioners and researchers focused on commons-based and ecological understandings of the built environment.

Energy@RMIT is an interdisciplinary research network bringing together researcher capabilities to form a team with expertise that spans the complete research space required to understand, lead and support the energy transition.

The Food Cultures and Practices Enabling Impact Network is an interdisciplinary nexus at RMIT, uniting food researchers and industry partners in social policy, sustainability, health, and manufacturing.

Housing@RMIT is a cross-school, interdisciplinary network of more than 250 academic staff across 13 disciplines in 18 schools, committed to housing research. We bring powerful research capabilities to address issues such as housing supply, sustainability and affordability. 

The Mapping Future Imaginaries (MFI) Network connects RMIT scholars, creatives and industry who are doing future-focused work to address key social, economic, environmental and political concerns.

The Nature Positive Enabling Impact Network connects multidisciplinary researchers at RMIT with government and industry leaders to develop innovative solutions for sustainability and ecosystem restoration.

ORCA is a transdisciplinary network focused on human-ocean relationships and climate action, with members from art, design, cultural studies, geography, education, urban research and civil society.

The Social Practices and Sustainable Consumption (SPSC) is a transdisciplinary network that aims to co-design and implement sustainable consumption actions and strategies using a social practices approach.

The Sustainable Development Goals Research Network (SDGs@RMIT) brings together academics to better support SDG research across RMIT.

Transport@RMIT has multidisciplinary expertise on productive, sustainable and inclusive transport systems for informing how policy, industry, data and technology shape transport for improving cities, economies and lives.