Following several successful engagements and a growing relationship, the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) and the Aboriginal Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) have announced they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding. This formal collaboration will help improve the recognition and inclusion of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into research-based advice, and ultimately inform better Australian policy considerations.
Australian Academy of Science President and Chair of the ACOLA Board, Professor John Shine, acknowledged that “While Indigenous people are currently underrepresented in the learned academy fellowships, there is a strong desire within ACOLA for better understanding, valuing and incorporating Indigenous knowledge and expertise into our work.”
Mr Craig Ritchie, CEO of AIATSIS, said “The formalisation of this relationship helps to recognise the status and esteem of AIATSIS’s membership, comprising leading experts and professionals, and its function under the AIATSIS Act to provide leadership in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research.”
The Academy is a founding member of ACOLA.
Read more on the ACOLA website.
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