In this section for submissions by our Fellows, Distinguished Professor Paul Moughan FRSNZ, Dr Nick Smith and Professor Warren McNabb discuss the challenges faced by the global food system, the importance of global food security and the role of Aotearoa in a sustainable food system of the future.
In this section for submissions by our Fellows, Dr Kevin Trenberth Hon FRSNZ discusses the important role of oceans in controlling our climate, but how, due to human-induced changes, they have warmed at unprecendented rates, leading to record-breaking annual land temperatures and stronger, more frequent storms.
In this section for submissions from our Fellows, Distinguished Professor Harjinder Singh FRSNZ and Dr Kevin Marshall discuss the crucial role that PhD students play in progressing food science research in Aotearoa. However, this is a discipline typically populated by a large quantity of highly skilled international students, which is no longer possible because of COVID-19. Therefore, there is an apparent gap that now needs to be filled.
In this section for submissions by our Fellows, Digby D. Macdonald FRSNZ discusses how science is a process of conversion from empiricism to determinism, but this process becomes clouded when complexities arise, and the only way to navigate through this is continual scientific advancement, like the development of high-speed, digital computers.
Building upon the successful first edition, this 500 page volume, co-edited by Gillian Brock FRSNZ, outlines how progress towards improving global health relies on understanding its core social, economic, political, environmental and ideological aspects.
The annual event to admit the new cohort of Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows, hear short seminars about their research, and learn about the work of the Academy is taking place this year on Rāpare 29 Paenga-whāwhā Thursday 29 April.
