Research at AIT is premised on the application of highly complex fields of technological inquiry towards achieving sustainable development solutions for the region. AIT aims to lead the region as a centre for knowledge, development, research and development activity and is creating specific niche areas for itself.

To achieve this ambition, AIT is consolidating all of its research efforts under a single thematic knowledge umbrella called: “Sustainable Development in the context of Climate Change”. This endeavor will be supported by a critical mass of researchers whose work will focus under six thematic knowledge sub-areas, namely: Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Reduction, Water Resources and Coastal Adaptation , Urban and Rural Sustainability, Low Carbon Society and Renewable Technology, and Cleaner Production and Waste Refinery.