Research Group
The CSIR is a multidisciplinary organisation with a vast range of science, engineering and technology competences, rooted in the minds of its qualified, experienced and renowned experts. The organisation’s range of expertise include broad fields of science such as mathematics; computer and information science; applied sciences such as urban and town planning; physical sciences; chemical sciences; earth and related environmental science; and biological sciences.
It also includes engineering and technological fields such as civil engineering; architecture; mechatronics; microsystems such as microfluidics; systems engineering; mining engineering; electrical and electronic engineering; mechanical engineering; chemical engineering; materials engineering; industrial engineering; and nanotechnology. The organisation also has expertise in health and medical sciences. In the agricultural sciences, expertise includes agricultural ecology, molecular diagnostics and agroprocessing. Expertise rooted in social sciences includes resource economics.
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The CSIR biodiversity and ecosystem services group is an interdisciplinary, applied research group with expertise in understanding and enhancing the governance of ecosystem services and social-ecol
The negative effects of climate change on a global and national scale needs collection of accurate data on the climate system at various spatial and time scales.
The decadal SOCCO science plan focuses on the hypothesis that fine-scale ocean dynamics are key to understanding the role of the Southern Ocean i
The CSIR undertakes building performance research to inform the development of innovations, best-practice guidelines and implementation support in the built environment.