In this section for submissions by our Fellows, Sir Peter Gluckman ONZ KNZM FRSNZ FMedSci FRS discusses, as President of the International Science Council (ISC), the history, partnerships and current activities of the ISC.
Te Puāwaitanga Research Excellence Award and Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award have had new medals designed for them by artist Ross Hemera, former Professor of Māori Art and Design at Massey University.
This scholarship will support Matthew’s PhD project at the University of Auckland, to evaluate articular cartilage degeneration using polarisation-sensitive optical fourier domain imaging.
Lisiua Havaili at the University of Auckland receives this award to support her Master’s degree project on wellbeing and the precariat, and how it works in everyday life from a Tongan perspective.
Dylan Thomas at the University of Otago has received the 2021 Sir Hugh Kawharu Scholarship for Innovation in Science to support his Masters of Planning, which includes a thesis based upon planning for the night sky in urban areas.
This piece written by Professor Annie Goldson ONZM, FRSNZ reflects on being the recipient of the Aronui Medal for Humanities, recognition of the ‘softer disciplines’, and the next steps for a diverse range of voices to address the very real challenges our society faces.