September 2023: SAVE THE DATE October 17 2023 for the Annual Business meeting

SAVE THE DATE: October 17 2023 for the Annual Business meeting Timing: 10-11am Western Australia 12-1 pm Papua New Guinea and Queensland 1-2 pm NSW, ACT, Victoria and Tasmania 2-3 pm Fiji 3-4 pm New Zealand and Samoa Details will be circulated closer to the date. For information on previous business meetings see: https://nitro-oceania.net/activities/business-meetings/

September 2023: NITRO-Oceania Executive video-conference report

At the September 5 video-conference, the NITRO-Oceania Executive: * Reviewed actions taken and planned * Noted the submission of the working group on informing research and funding policy to the Interim Report of the Australian Universities Accord panel, highlighting that it made no mention of inter- or trans-disciplinarity in education or research * Discussed the […]

July 2023: Response to “Looking at the Future of Transdisciplinary Research”

NITRO-Oceania’s response to the discussion paper “Looking at the Future of Transdisciplinary Research” prepared by the International Science Council Centre for Science Futures was published on their website on July 4, 2023 at https://futures.council.science/publications/transdisciplinary (scroll down to “Open online forum discussion”). More information is about the report and the NITRO-Oceania response is available on the […]

June 2023: Call for comments on “Looking at the Future of Transdisciplinary Research”

NITRO-Oceania (through the Informing research and funding policy working group) will provide comments on the recent discussion paper “Looking at the Future of Transdisciplinary Research” prepared by the International Science Council Centre for Science Futures – see https://futures.council.science/news/call-for-comments for both the call for comments and the link to the report. Comments are due by June […]

May 2023: Reaction to ARC review report

The report of the Review of the Australian Research Council (ARC) has been released and is available at: https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-reviews-and-consultations/resources/trusting-australias-ability-review-australian-research-council-act-2001. Given that the review was focused on the legislative underpinning of the ARC, it is not surprising that interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research are not mentioned. Regrettably only one of the 14 case studies presented (Case study […]