SCIENCE PATHWAYS
Science Pathways 2012: Getting Science on the National Agenda
Canberra, 24-25 September 2012
The Academy’s Early-Mid Career Researcher (EMCR) Forum held its first national meeting Science Pathways: Getting Science on the National Agenda at the Shine Dome in Canberra on 24 and 25 September 2012. Through the Forum, the Academy engaged with EMCRs across multiple disciplines and from around Australia, to exchange views about the challenges they face and possible solutions.
Letters of support for the meeting to the Academy and the Forum were received from Minister Bill Shorten, Minister Tanya Plibersek, Mr Adam Bandt MP, Mr Alan Griffin MP, Ms Amanda Rishworth MP, Ms Karen Andrews MP, Mr Ian Macfarlane MP, Ms Sophie Mirabella MP and Dr Sharman Stone MP
Dr Claire Jessup, Vice-chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Human Physiology Flinders University of South Australia has written to Professor David Day, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) outlining her experience of the event.
Blog series by Dr Pia Lentini, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Quantitative & Applied Ecology Group at the University of Melbourne.
Science Pathways was generously supported by event sponsors Monash University (Platinum), CSIRO (Gold), Elsevier (Bronze)
.
