Congratulations to Professor Sujatha Raman, who has been appointed for a two-year term as Director of the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS). She takes on the role after the departure of Professor Joan Leach, who has gone on to become the University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic).

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Sujatha is an interdisciplinary social researcher and educator with core expertise in how science, innovation, society and matters of public interest intersect. Her work takes her into the heart of scientific knowledge production, technological systems and the science/policy interface as well as into issues commonly designated as ‘social’ ones, notably, community perspectives, everyday practices and questions of justice. Her partnerships span both global North and global South settings.

Sujatha joined CPAS in 2018, becoming the Associate Director (Research) until 2024. From there, she lead the UNESCO Chair in Science Communication for the Public Good, a flagship program exploring transformative ways of bringing science, technology and innovation to bear on the UN 2030 and post-2030 Agendas.

She and other colleagues in CPAS are also currently involved in the University's partnership with The Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials.

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