About Us
The Centre of Excellence for Environmental Research (CEER) at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology is dedicated to advancing scientific understanding and practical solutions to today’s most pressing environmental challenges. Bringing together leading researchers, industry partners, and communities, CEER drives innovative studies in climate resilience, sustainable resource management, biodiversity conservation, and environmental engineering.
Our work supports evidence-based decision-making for Papua New Guinea and the wider Pacific region, empowering stakeholders with research insights that protect the environment and promote sustainable development. Through collaboration, innovation, and academic excellence, CEER remains committed to shaping a healthier and more resilient future for generations to come.
🎯 Our Vision & Mission
Vision
We are addressing critical issues affecting the general environment locally and contributing to regional and global agendas - climate change, food and nutritional insecurity, healthy living, and natural resources depletion.
Mission
The CoEER brings together leaders, practitioners, academics and students from the faculty of natural resources, engineering, built environment, sciences and humanities within the University to address critical issues and provide solutions.
🏆 Milestones
Our vision to become a leading regional multidisciplinary research and development hub for development has promoted and facilitated multidisciplinary problem-based researches that are significant to environmental and climate science, technology and innovation. We have strategized our goals to:
(i) Conduct technology driven innovative research that would lead to broader community publicity and rural livelihood,
(ii) Mentor and inspire students to be equipped with advanced knowledge and skills in environmental and climate sciences and allied fields,
(iii) Provide scientific and technological advisory services to the government and stakeholders, and
(iv) Promote innovative, entrepreneurial, and solution-driven research that would lead to product development.
🔬 Research focus
We are interested in wide areas of research interest:
(a) Environmental and climate sciences,
(b) Rehabilitation and management strategies for contaminated surface environments,
(c) Public policy and awareness initiatives,
(d) Sustainability in natural resources (soil, water, plants, microbes) and the built environment (agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and civic infrastructure), and
(e) Biodiversity conservation and management.