The list below (last updated May 2009) shows UNSW's current involvement in centres of different types, with contact points for further information. Information about centres is also available through the Centres Secretariat (phone 9385 9736).

Australian Solar Institute (new centre, no website yet)
Director: Dr Bruce Godfrey

Dementia Collaborative Research Centre
Director: Prof Henry Brodaty

International Centre of Excellence in Mathematics Education
Director: Prof Garth Gaudry


National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre
Director: Prof Jan Copeland

National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training(new centre, no website yet)
Director: Prof Criag Simmons

National Centre for Language Training
Director: Mr Rob Wendon

National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Director: Prof David Cooper

National Centre in HIV Social Research
Director: Prof John de Wit

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Director: Prof Richard Mattick

National ICT Australia
Director: Dr David Skellern

Advanced Manufacturing CRC
Director: Dr Mark Trigg

Australian Poultry CRC
Director: Dr Mingan Choct

Bushfire CRC
Acting Director: Mr Gary Morgan

Capital Markets CRC
Director: Prof Alex Frino

CRC for Advanced Composite Structures
Director: Prof Murray Scott

CRC for Cotton Catchments Communities
Director: Dr Guy Roth

CRC for Environmental Biotechnology
Director: Dr David Garman

CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technology
Director: Dr Peter Cook

CRC for Polymers
Director: Dr Ian Dagley

Smart Services CRC
Director: Mr Warren Bradey

CRC for Spatial Information
Director: Mr Peter Woodgate

CRC for Sustainable Tourism
Director: Mr Ian Kean

Centre for Complex Systems
Director: Prof Peter Lindsay

Centre for Kangaroo Genomics
Director: Prof Jenny Graves

Centre for Quantum Computer Technology
Acting Director: Prof Gerard Milburn

Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics
Director: Prof Stuart Wenham

Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems
Chief Executive: Operations Ms Olga Sawtell
Research Director: Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte

Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
Director: Prof Stuart Cunningham

Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals
Director: Prof Barry Muddle

Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials
Director: Prof Max Lu

Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems
Director: Prof Tony Guttman

Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research
Director: Prof John Piggott

Brain Sciences UNSW
Director: Prof Phil Mitchell

Centre for Energy Research and Policy Analysis
Director: Prof Rose Amal

Creative Media Institute
Convenor: A/Prof Dennis Del Favero

Institute of Health Innovation
Director: Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite

Asia-Pacific Ubiquitous Health Research Centre
Director: A/Prof Pradeep Ray

Australian Human Rights Centre
Director: A/Prof Andrea Durbach

Centre for Accounting and Assurance Research
Director: Prof Ken Trotman

Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design
Director: Prof Tom Davis

Centre for Applied Economic Research
Director: Prof Kevin Fox

Centre for Clinical Governance Research in Health
Director: Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite

Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics
Director: Prof Jill Bennett

Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets
Joint Directors: Dr Regina Betz and Dr Iain MacGill

Centre for Health Assets Australasia
Director: Ms Jane Carthey

Centre for Health Informatics
Director: Prof Enrico Coiera

Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research
Director: Prof Andrew Lloyd

Centre for Interactive Cinema Research (i-Cinema)
Director: Prof Jeffrey Shaw

Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law
Joint Directors: Prof Martin Krygier and Prof Adam Czarnota


Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety - CIES
Director: Prof Mark Bradford

Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation
Joint Directors: Prof Staffan Kjelleberg and Prof Peter Steinberg

Centre for Pensions and Superannuation
Director: A/Prof Hazel Bateman

Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity
Director: Prof Mark Harris

Centre for Refugee Research
Director: Dr Eileen Pittaway


Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology
Director: Prof Veena Sahajwalla

City Futures Research Centre
Director: Prof Bill Randolph

Climate Change Research Centre
Joint Directors: Prof Matt England and Prof Andy Pitman

Connected Waters Initiative
Director: Prof Ian Acworth

Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
Executive Director: Mr David Vaile
Academic Director: Prof Graham Greenleaf

Defence and Security Applications Research Centre
Director: Prof Hussein Abbass

Disability Studies and Research Centre
Acting Director: Ms Rosemary Kayess

Evolution and Ecology Research Centre
Director: A/Prof Richard Brooks

Gilbert and Tobin Centre for Public Law
Acting Director: Dr Andrew Lynch

Indigenous Law Centre
Director: Ms Megan Davis

Industrial Relations Research Centre
Director: A/Prof Lucy Taksa

Injury Risk Management Research Centre
Director: Prof Paul Barach

Journalism and Media Research Centre
Director: Prof Catharine Lumby


Korea-Australasia Research Centre
Director: Dr Chung-Sok Suh

Social Policy Research Centre
Director: Prof Ilan Katz

UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology
Director: A/Prof Vicki Chen

UNSW Cancer Research Centre
Director: Prof Phil Hogg

Water Research Centre
Joint Directors: Prof Richard Stuetz and Dr Bill Peirson

Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Director: Mr Chris Witt

Centre for Gender-Related Violence Studies
Director: Dr Jan Breckenridge

Gifted Education, Research, Resources and Information Centre
Director: Prof Miraca Gross

Institute of Environmental Studies
Director: Dr John Merson

Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Centre
Director: A/Prof Sue Green

Australasian Legal Information Institute
Director: Prof Graham Greenleaf

Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
Director: Prof Philip Broadbridge

Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute
Director: Dr John Merson

Centre for Immunology
Director: Prof David Cooper

Centre for Vascular Research
Director: Prof Levon Khachigian

Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis
Director: Prof Ian Dawes

Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific Limited
Director: A/Prof Michael Briers

Sydney Institute of Marine Science
Chief Operating Officer: Mr Paul Hallam

UNSW/UWS AHURI Research Centre
Director: Prof Bill Randolph

Black Dog Institute
Director: Prof Gordon Parker

Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research
Director: Prof Michelle Haber

Garvin Institute of Medical Research
Director: Prof John Shine

Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Director: Prof Peter Schofield

Skin & Cancer Foundation Australia
Director: Dr Lisa O'Brien

Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Director: Prof Robert Graham

Diplomacy Training Program
Director: Mr Patrick Earle

Kingsford Legal Centre
Director: Ms Anna Cody

National Children's and Youth Law Centre
Director: Mr James McDougall

National Pro Bono Resource Centre
Director: Mr John Corker