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Elevating Australia’s contributions to global science efforts, strengthening our homegrown research and enhancing our international standing.
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The Academy connects Australia’s science to global efforts, strengthening our homegrown research and international leadership. We position science as a tool of diplomacy and a means to navigate a complex geopolitical environment.

International engagement and partnerships are critical for addressing complex, cross-border challenges spanning climate, health, and space. The Academy is proud to represent Australian science on the world stage, through global forums such as the International Science Council and the InterAcademy Partnership. We shape global research directions and policy, elevate Australia’s influence and impact, and participate in partnerships that enhance the nation’s reputation as a responsible global citizen.

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Asia-Pacific Academic Mentoring Programme launched with nearly 30 new pairings

This year’s cohort matches early-career researchers from seven countries with established researchers from Australia.
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Historical geology material recently acquired at the Fenner Archives

Field books reveal how pioneering geologist Professor David Green carried out his work in Papua New Guinea in the 1950s.
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Young Australian scientists learn from Nobel Laureates

Nine early-career scientists joined Nobel Prize winners for a week of scientific exchange at the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
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Pacific leaders and researchers unite to strengthen food systems resilience ahead of COP31

The 'Pacific Resilience by Design Symposium' explored practical pathways for strengthening food security in the face of climate change, economic shocks and growing regional challenges.
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Australian Academy of Science announces new Head of International Affairs

Science diplomat Ronit Prawer will lead the international portfolio, as the Academy farewells Nancy Pritchard after 34 years of service.

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Rudi Lemberg Fellowship Lecture

2026 Rudi Lemberg Fellow Professor Katrina Dlugosch will discuss her group's work on the responses of invasive and native plant species to environmental changes across space and time.
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Selby Fellowship lecture: Decoding fibroblast identity and function in vascular pathology

Selby Fellow Professor Dr Judith Sluimer of Maastricht University will present Fellowship lectures across Australia during August.
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2026 Boden Research Conference: Cell cryobanking and the role of museums

The 2026 Boden Research Conference will bring together Australian and international experts on cell culture and cryopreservation to support wildlife conservation and research in Australia.
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The Australian Academy of Science acknowledges and pays respects to the Traditional Owners of all the lands on which the Academy operates, and where its Fellows and employees live and work. The Academy recognises Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first innovators and scientists of this land and honour their enduring connection to Country, from which we are committed to learn. We pay our respects to, and recognise the cultural authority of, their Elders past and present.

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