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Inaugural Tri-Academy Partnership fosters Indigenous knowledge sharing across borders -thumbnail

Inaugural Tri-Academy Partnership fosters Indigenous knowledge sharing across borders

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Truth, then reconciliation in the academy

By Frank Deer, Tom Calma and Carwyn Jones* Text originally published by the Royal Society of Canada on 28 October 2024

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Learned academy a first for Pacific Islands scientists

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the establishment of the new academy, which was launched today alongside the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa.

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Respect, include and celebrate: a vision for reconciliation in Australia’s science community

In a gathering of its Fellows, and early- and mid- career researchers from across the nation and the Asia-Pacific region, the Australian Academy of Science has launched its Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) as part of its 70th anniversary celebrations at Science at the Shine Dome 2024.

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Academy Fellows celebrated at 2024 Eureka Prizes

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Academy provides access to science history journal in support of global research

The Australian Academy of Science is providing access to its history of science journal free of charge to researchers in lower income countries.

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Academy endorses S20 Communiqué 2024

The Australian Academy of Science has over the past months contributed to discussions on urgent global challenges via the Science20, a working group comprising national learned academies of the Group of 20 (G20).

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Young Australian scientists learn from Nobel Laureates at 73rd Lindau Meeting

Eleven of Australia’s brightest early-career scientists have attended the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, this year dedicated to physics.

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Academy President now a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

President of the Australian Academy of Science Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC has been inducted into the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as a Foreign Member at a ceremony in Beijing on 23 June 2024.