Research programs
Program 1: Advancing industries and recovery
Advancing Coastal Industries and recovery Providing integrated solutions that fast-track and streamline decision-making across jurisdictions to boost industry development, tourism and economic recovery. Areas of focus: new decision support tools to accelerate recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic and other major disaster events, and [...]
Program 2: Boosting productivity and sustainability
Boosting productivity and sustainability Providing coastal industries with new tools, solutions and technologies to increase their production and catalyse new business opportunities and ventures in sustainable ways. Areas of focus: innovative options for managing constrained space for coastal aquaculture activities in sea and [...]
Program 3: Quantifying and realising value
Quantifying and realising value Quantifying the cumulative benefits of coastal solutions using market-based tools, policy instruments and community engagement to realise the value of environmental stewardship and sustainable growth. Areas of focus: developing a better understanding of consumer demands and values for coastal [...]
Program 4: Building long-term coastal resilience
Building long-term coastal resilience Providing tools, solutions and technologies to better manage and plan for the impacts of extreme weather events and future changes on critical infrastructure and population centres in the coastal zone.Areas of focus: developing innovative tools to better assess and predict the vulnerability [...]

Demonstration Sites
The Thriving Coasts CRC will establish coastal demonstration sites across Australia to act as focal points for our research and development in contested and congested coastal spaces. These sites will enable concentrated effort to be applied to unique challenges, bringing together industry, government and community interests to devise, apply and test integrated and innovative solutions. Applying a rigorous monitoring and evaluation framework, these demonstration sites will enable lessons to be learned and applied more widely across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
If you would like to be a part of a demonstration site, we would love to hear from you.