Australian Science, Australia's Future
Analysing Australia’s science capability to meet national challenges informed by the forces shaping our economy, the ASAF report identifies the eight science capabilities increasing most in demand over the coming decade.
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In summary
- The Australian Academy of Science has launched one of the most ambitious policy efforts in our history: Australian Science, Australia’s Future: Science 2035.
- This initiative analysed Australia’s science capability to meet three national challenges informed by the forces shaping the economy listed in the Australian Government’s 2023 Intergenerational Report.
- The Academy’s report projects capability gaps in eight key science areas that will be most in demand by 2035: agricultural science, AI, biotechnology, climate science, data science, epidemiology, geoscience, and materials science.
This initiative analysed Australia’s science capability to meet three national challenges informed by the forces shaping the economy listed in the Australian Government’s 2023 Intergenerational Report.
Drawing on data dashboards, expert workshops, and foresight techniques, the Academy mapped scientific capability and shortfalls across three major challenge areas – technological transformation; demographic change; and climate change, decarbonisation and environment – all three underpinned by sovereign capability and science literacy.
Based on these challenges, the report identifies the following eight science capabilities increasing most in demand over the coming decade:
- Agricultural science
- Artificial intelligence
- Biotechnology
- Climate science
- Data science
- Epidemiology
- Geoscience
- Materials science
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