Cara Beal

Position:

Professor

Department:

Cities Research Institute

Areas of research & interest:

Behaviour change
Built environment
Circular economy
Climate change
Communications
Communities & society
Education
Emissions reduction
Energy & fuels
Environment
First Peoples
Health
Policy & regulation
Social issues
Sustainability
Technology & innovation
Transport
Tourism

Topics:

Agriculture & environment
Communities in transition
Emissions reduction & sequestration
Energy & infrastructure
First Nations
Industry & business solutions
Nature based solutions
Policy & regulation
Technology solutions
Transport

Research Institution:

Griffith University

Profile:

https://experts.griffith.edu.au/7842-cara-beal

Location:

Queensland

Email:

c.beal@griffith.edu.au

BIO

Professor Cara Beal is the Director of GU's Cities Research Institute. Her teaching and research interests include environmental health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples environmental health, Pacific Island community water management, resilient & sustainable water and water-related energy management, behaviour change and community engagement, smart metering and big data, schools water efficiency management. She lectures in the Environmental Health program at the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences and leads research projects at the Cities Research Institute and School of Engineering and Built Environment. Cara also teaches and supervises WASH students in the International WaterCentre's Master of Integrated Water Management.