International scientific unions supported under Catalyst: Influence
Supports New Zealand science sector participation in, and membership of, key international scientific unions.
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) - Professor Richard Hartshorn
- 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) – Associate Professor 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 Stephen On
- 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 Sam Carrick
- 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) – 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) – Associate Professor 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 Nancy November