Australia must address social injustices and support communities experiencing multiple and intersecting vulnerabilities as we adapt to a changing climate, argues a new report from Future Earth Australia.

Australian Museum Eureka Prizes trophy. Image: Daniel O'Doherty for the Australian Museum.

Two Academy Fellows, Professor Veena Sahajwalla and Professor David Lindenmayer, are among Australia’s top scientists and science teams recognised at the prestigious 2022 Eureka Prizes at the Australian Museum.

Kathleen Folbigg appears via video link during a convictions inquiry at the NSW coroners court in 2019. Photograph: Joel Carrett for AAP.

 

The Australian Academy of Science has been granted leave to appear and be represented by legal counsel at the Second Inquiry into the convictions of Ms Kathleen Folbigg.

The Academy’s role in the Inquiry extends to making submissions addressing:

Her Majesty The Queen with Academy Fellow Leonard Huxley KBE FAA at the opening of the Menzies Library, Canberra, on 13 March 1963.

The Australian Academy of Science pays tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Australian research is deeply enriched through international collaborations. Research collaborations beyond national borders allow the exchange of knowledge to overcome society’s biggest challenges, including creating sustainable energy, feeding the world and improving chronic disease outcomes.

Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FTSE.

Australian Academy of Science President, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FTSE, has been elected an International Fellow of the United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Engineering.

A complex of greenhouses in Hinwell, Switzerland that uses the captured CO2 from a nearby incineration plant for the production of tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers and eggplants. Image: Matjaz Krivic for Climate Visuals Countdown.
Dr Pauline Treble (left) and Dr Carol Tadros in Jenolan Caves collecting water samples (Image: ANSTO). From the Women in STEM Decadal Plan.
Jessica Urwin (left) and Margaret Williams are joint winners of the 2021–22 Mike Smith Student Prize. Images supplied.

Explorations of the history of disease and of nuclear colonisation have earned two researchers the 2021–22 Mike Smith Student Prize for History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History.

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