IPENZ Engineering New Zealand Nanotechnology lecture this Monday!
IPENZ Engineering New Zealand is hosting a lecture in Wellington on Nanotechnology on Monday, 30 November 2020 at the Soundings Theatre, Te Papa. Dr Michelle Dickinson a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, also known as Nanogirl, will be presenting IPENZ Pickering Lecture: Nanogirl and the Incredible World of Nanotechnology. As technology advances, nanotechnology is...
National Statement of Science Investment (NSSI) – Our response
On Monday, 5 October the Minister of Science and Innovation, Hon. Steven Joyce, launched the National Statement of Science Investment 2020-2025 (NSSI). Following the release of the NSSI the Science Media Centre asked me to provide observations on the final document. The four objectives below were in my mind as I reviewed the document (in the tight timeframe provided). These...
Royal Society’s ‘Future of NZ Science’ Issue Published
Today a special issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, which considers the place of science in New Zealand’s future, was published. Among the list of prestigious Kiwis who contributed to this issue is Wendy McGuinness, whose article ‘The future of scientific thought‘ focuses on the connection between science and society and how this relationship...
Sir Paul Callaghan: reflections on New Zealand science
The Institute has recently been reflecting on this 2020 interview with the late Sir Paul Callaghan, one of New Zealand’s most remarkable scientists and a leading public figure. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is currently calling for feedback on its draft National Statement of Science Investment, a document that will shape the...
National Science Challenges
We were pleased to see in the budget yesterday that the Government intends to establish funding ‘for a series of National Science Challenges to find innovative solutions to some of the most fundamental issues New Zealand faces in its future development.’ In our recent report Science Embraced we made a number of observations and recommendations for...
Report 9: Science Embraced: Government-funded Science under the Microscope
We are pleased to announce the publication of Science Embraced: Government-funded Science under the Microscope. It is the first report published under our new name, the McGuinness Institute (previously the Sustainable Future Institute), and is the ninth report of Project 2058. The report seeks to contribute to a deeper discussion on science in society and...
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