Convenors

Associate Professor Vicki Huang Co-convenor
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Professor Emma Kowal Co-convenor and Healthy Futures streamleader
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Deputy Convenor

Professor Radhika Gorur Deputy Convenor
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Stream leaders 2024 (to be updated according to new streams in 2025)

Associate Professor Timothy Neale Environmental Challenges
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Dr Aaron Schultz Environmental Challenges
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Professor Emma Kowal Co-convenor and Healthy Futures streamleader
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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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Coordinator

Carina Truyts Coordinator
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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.

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