# Connecting people and places

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/2032-games/our-experts/connecting-people-places
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/contact

Our people are using sport to connect people and places on a local, regional and global scale.

The 2032 Games will serve as a powerful platform for connecting regions, cultures and communities and creating a legacy that lasts.

To contact a UQ expert for media comment, email [communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)

## UQ experts

### Connecting people, places and spaces

- [Associate Professor Aude Bernard](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/11037) – School of the Environment
- [Associate Professor Elin Charles-Edwards](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1049) – School of the Environment
- [Professor Lynda Cheshire](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1127) – School of Social Sciences
- [Professor Jonathan Corcoran](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1577) – School of the Environment
- [Professor Paul Memmott AO](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/39) – School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- [Mr Peter Hyland](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterhylandurbis/) (Industry Fellow) - School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- [Professor Mark Hickman](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2972)– School of Civil Engineering
- [Dr Gregore Mielke](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/17360) - School of Public Health
- [Associate Professor Sonia Roitman](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2908) – School of Architecture, Design and Planning and School of the Environment
- [Professor Zuduo Zheng](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/20105) – School of Civil Engineering
- [Dr Richard Buning](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/20570) - School of Business

### Technology enabled services

- [Professor Trevor Russell](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/891) – Recover Injury Research Centre
- [Professor Anthony Smith](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1081) – Centre for Online Health

### Regional economies

- [Dr Andres Bellofatto](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/13326) – School of Economics

## Key organisational units

- [Queensland Commitment](https://about.uq.edu.au/uq-initiatives/initiative/queensland-commitment)
- [UQ Global Development](https://global-partnerships.uq.edu.au/development)

### School of the Environment

- [Queensland Centre for Population Research](https://environment.uq.edu.au/research/research-centres-and-groups/queensland-centre-population-research)

### Faculty of Medicine

- [Centre for Online Health](https://coh.centre.uq.edu.au/)

### School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

- [Centre for Research in Telerehabilitation](https://shrs.uq.edu.au/research/research-centres-and-units/centre-research-telerehabilitation)

### Faculty of Humanities and Social Science

- [Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect](https://appap.group.uq.edu.au/asia-pacific-centre-responsibility-protect)

### **Faculty of Business, Economics and Law**

- [**Micromobility Research Cluster**](https://business.uq.edu.au/research/research-areas/tourism/micromobility-research-cluster)