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New Pilot AURIN Edge Program to Help Urban Research Move Further, Faster

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AURIN Edge has opened its inaugural pilot round, giving eligible Australian researchers time-limited access to hard-to-get data and expert support. The program is designed to help projects with an identified user and a clear path to practical impact move forward.

Federal Investment in Research Infrastructure: Generating $1.5 Billion Value Annually.

AURIN is set to lead major new national research initiatives on urban climate risk and coastal monitoring, boosting Australia’s capacity for climate resilience, evidence-based planning and long-term decision-making.

Building-scale photovoltaic generation potential data available through the AURIN Data Provider

Building-scale photovoltaic data | AURIN

Explore building-scale photovoltaic potential data for Kalgoorlie-Boulder, available through the AURIN Data Provider for renewable energy research and planning.

AURIN announces Nearmap Data Partnership: Unlocking High-Value Geospatial Intelligence for advancing Australia’s Urban Research

The new AURIN and Nearmap Data partnership is giving researchers access to high-resolution aerial imagery and 3D data, helping them better understand Australia’s cities, infrastructure and climate risks.

​AURIN Welcomes Athena Thompson and Dr Nicolò Dalmasso to the Team

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AURIN welcomes Athena Thompson and Dr Nicolò Dalmasso to the team. Their experience in business, research and astrophysics will strengthen data access, collaboration and impact for researchers across Australia.

​AURIN to help deliver two major national research infrastructure projects

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AURIN is set to lead major new national research initiatives on urban climate risk and coastal monitoring, boosting Australia’s capacity for climate resilience, evidence-based planning and long-term decision-making.

AURIN and Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) partner to strengthen sustainable infrastructure research impact

AURIN now offers Healthdirect Australia’s 2025 NHSD through the ADP, giving researchers geocoded health service data to map access, equity, and resilience across Australia.

National Health Services Directory available via the AURIN Data Provider

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AURIN now offers Healthdirect Australia’s 2025 NHSD through the ADP, giving researchers geocoded health service data to map access, equity, and resilience across Australia.

AURIN in the media: Exploring AURIN’s national role in urban research

Read Spatial Source’s two-part interview series with AURIN Director Professor Pascal Perez exploring the future of urban digital research infrastructure, AI, hard-to-access datasets, digital twins, and the national challenges shaping Australia’s cities, housing, climate, and energy transition.

AURIN Data Tales: Us Vrs Them – DSpark Mobility Data Reveals AFL Supporter Location vrs Loyalty

Us versus Them is an interactive AURIN Data Tale exploring how anonymised human mobility data can be used to map the geographic distribution of supporters of Melbourne based AFL teams. Drawing on privacy protected, aggregated mobility data from DSpark and accessed through AURIN’s national digital research infrastructure, this Data Tale analyses location and loyalty of AFL supporters

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