Convenors

Associate Professor Vicki Huang Co-convenor
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Professor Emma Kowal Co-convenor
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Carina Truyts Coordinator
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Deputy Convenors

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Associate Professor Carolyn Holbrook Deputy Convenor
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Associate Professor Fiona Andrews Deputy Convenor
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Former Convenors and Deputy Convenors

Associate Professor Timothy Neale Convenor
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Professor Radhika Gorur Deputy Convenor
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Associate Professor Neera Bhatia Deputy Convenor
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2026 Stream Leaders

Associate Professor Ameeta Jain Transitioning to a Net Zero Future
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Associate Professor Clare Farmer Building a Secure and Resilient Nation
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Dr Ali Zolfagharian Protecting and Restoring Australia's Environment/ Transitioning to a Net Zero Future
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Dr Aaron Schultz Protecting and Restoring Australia's Environment/ Transitioning to a Net Zero Future
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Dr Georgie Russell Supporting Healthy and Thriving Communities
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Dr Miranda Blake Supporting Healthy and Thriving Communities
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Dr Renee Fiolet Elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems
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Dr Russell Kennedy Elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems
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Dr Kaja Antlej Building a Secure and Resilient Nation
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2025 Stream Leaders

Associate Professor Timothy Neale Convenor
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Dr Aaron Schultz Protecting and Restoring Australia's Environment/ Transitioning to a Net Zero Future
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Professor Emma Kowal Co-convenor
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Professor Samantha Thomas Healthy Futures
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Associate Professor Toija Cinque Data Cultures
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Associate Professor Thuong Hoang Data Cultures
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Professor Tiffany Shellam Indigenous Knowledges
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Professor Gaye Sculthorpe Indigenous Knowledges
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Visiting Scholars

2025

Anushree Gupta SSN Visiting Scholar
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2024

Dr Amit Kumar Visitor
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2023

Dr Anthony K J Smith Visitor
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Ausma Bernot Visitor
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2022

Dr Randi Irwin Visitor
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Visitors

2018

Karen Barad Visitor
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Annika Capelán Visitor
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Arun Saldahna Visitor
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Alex Zahara Visitor
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Research streams

Transitioning to a net zero future

Science and research will help Australia take the technological leaps needed to achieve a net zero economy by 2050, with emissions levels 43% below 2005 levels by 2030.

Building a secure and resilient nation

Through research, Australia will strengthen its democratic institutions and freedoms while addressing challenges from foreign interference, mis- and disinformation, and polarisation.

Elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems

Australia celebrates the deep history and knowledge systems embedded in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and Countries.

Protecting and restoring Australia’s environment

We will harness the potential of Australia’s science and research system to protect our unique environments from the impacts of climate change and other threats.

Supporting healthy and thriving communities

Scientists and researchers will work with communities and individuals to develop the technologies, tools and techniques for more Australians to enjoy healthier lives from birth well into old age.