International scientific unions supported under Catalyst: Influence

On behalf of the New Zealand government, the Society subscribes to the following international unions and supports our national delegates.

International Umbrella Organisations

• The Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) Dr Marc Rands
• International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) - Professor Cather Simpson
• Committee on Data (CODATA)
• Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) - Professor Richard Easther
• The Global Network of Science Academies (IAP) – Dr Marc Rands
• International Science Council (ISC) – Paul Atkins
• Pacific Science Association (PSA) 
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) – Professor Gary Wilson
• World Data System (WDS) – Dr Kristin Stock 

Life Sciences

• International Union of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (IUBMB) – Associate Professor Wayne Patrick
• International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) – Professor Matthew Turnbull
• International Union of Food Science & Technology (IUFST) –Professor Richard Archer
• International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) – Professor Iain Lamont
• International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) – Associate Professor Pamela von Hurst
• International Union for Physiological Sciences (IUPS) –Professor Laura Bennet

Earth Sciences

• International Geographical Union (IGU) – Professor Lynda Johnston
• International Palaeontological Association (IPA) – Professor James Crampton
• International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics (IUGG) – Dr Matt Amos
• International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) – Dr Nick Mortimer, FRSNZ
• International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) – Dr Megan Balks
  
• Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) – Dr Julie Hall
• World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) – Dr Lauren Vargo

Physical Sciences

• Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA) – Professor Kurt Krause
• International Astronomy Union (IAU) – Dr Nicholas James Rattenbury, supported by the Professional Astronomer’s Group of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
• International Commission for Optics (ICO) – Professor John Harvey, FRSNZ
• International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) – Professor Don Cleland and Associate Professor James Carson
• International Mathematical Union (IMU) – Dr Melissa Tacy
  
• International Union for Pure & Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) – Dr David Crossman
• International Union for Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) – Associate Professor Geoffrey Waterhouse
• International Union for Pure & Applied Physics (IUPAP) – Dr Simon Granville
• International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) – Professor Kurt Krause
• International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) – Dr Chris Moy
• International Union of Radio Science (URSI) – Professor Craig Rodger
• International Union of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) – Associate Professor Richard Clarke
• Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) – Dr Annika Seppälä

Social Sciences

• Association of Asian Social Science Research Council (AASSREC) - Professor Robyn Longhurst
  
• International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE) – Dr Steven Sexton

Humanities

• International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST)/ Division of History Science and Technology (DHST) Associate Professor Hugh Slotten
• International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST)/ Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) Dr Stephen Chadwick
• Union Académique Internationale (UAI) - Professor Susy Frankel, FRSNZ