Author: Gabriele Bammer

NITRO-Oceania provided a response to the draft of Australia’s National Science and Research Priorities on September 28, 2023. More information is also available about the activities of the Informing research and funding policy working group.

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/

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 […]

NITRO-Oceania made a submission on August 31, 2023 in response to the interim report released by the Australian Universities Accord. More information is also available about the activities of the Informing research and funding policy working group.

At the July 27 video-conference, the NITRO-Oceania Executive: * Reviewed actions taken and planned * Reviewed the pros and cons of NITRO-Oceania becoming an independent organisation and decided to keep this on hold in the meantime * Noted the NITRO-Oceania response to “Looking at the Future of Transdisciplinary Research” was now published on the International […]

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 […]

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 […]

At the May 29 video-conference, the NITRO-Oceania Executive: * Reviewed actions taken and planned * Reviewed the pros and cons of NITRO-Oceania becoming a company limited by guarantee * Noted that the Informing Research and Funding Policy working group submission to the Australian Universities Accord is now publicly available on the Australian Government Department of […]

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 […]

At the April 19 video-conference, the NITRO-Oceania Executive: * Reviewed actions taken and planned * Agreed to discuss the operational model for NITRO-Oceania and opportunities for recurrent funding at the next meeting, based on a discussion paper being prepared by Iain Gordon * Congratulated the Informing Research and Funding Policy working group on submissions to […]