As he prepares to graduate with an Honours Certificate, Mike Gore Scholar Thomas Hukahu talks about the value of science communication in raising the new generation.
Team POPSICULE look back at all the colourful projects and explosive activities from the past year, culminating in them becoming the recipients of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning.
"The best part of your day is going to a ci comm course." As we bid our 2025 Honours Students congratulations and farewell, they recount what led them to CPAS, sci comm, and "one of the best years" of their lives.
"Through science, art, and shared curiosity, I found connection ..." Jade Suaesi, a Masters student at CPAS through the Australia Awards Scholarship (AAS), reflects on what brought her from Samoa to Canberra – and what she'll be bringing back.
Calling all PhD candidates with interests in science communication, history of science, history of medicine, (pop) cultural studies and popular entertainment studies. Dr Laura Dawes and Dr Anna-Sophie have developed three PhD projects, and offering these for prospective students. See below for information, and click through for more extensive details for each project.
CPAS's Dr Laura Dawes has been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the State Library of NSW for 2026, for her project "Sunburnt Nation: Herbert Moran and the making of skin cancer as 'Australia's cancer'".
People with environmental expertise in all its forms — not just formal qualifications, but lived experience, community knowledge, and professional practice across sectors — are called to offer feedback on the development of the Nature Relationship Index.