UNSW initiated the Global Water Institute (UNSW-GWI) in January 2016. The Institute has a membership of over 400 researchers, professional staff and PhD candidates spanning seven faculties and a dozen research centres.
Our team
UNSW-GWI has unparalleled water expertise across multiple disciplines and offers a range of unique skills and leading research facilities. Our water education is taught across disciplines at the undergraduate level and we have a world-leading PhD program with over 160 current participants. .. More
Professor Greg Leslie is both Director of the Global Water Institute and Director of the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology at UNSW. Prior to joining UNSW, he worked in the public and private sector on water treatment, reuse and desalination projects in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States... More
The UNSW-GWI leadership team consists of top experts from across UNSW including Engineering, Medicine and Law... More
UNSW-GWI receives advice from an international panel of renowned global water experts, spanning many sectors and geographies... More
