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)
- The Global Network of Science Academies (IAP) – Ms Gill Sutherland
- International Science Council (ISC) – Dr Andrew Cleland, FRSNZ
- Pacific Science Association (PSA) – Ms Jane Lattimore
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) – Professor Gary Wilson
- World Data System (WDS) – Associate Professor Mark Costello
Life Sciences
- International Union of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (IUBMB) – Dr 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 Paul Donaldson
Earth Sciences
- International Mineralogical Association (IMA) – Professor Patrick Browne, FRSNZ
- International Palaeontological Association (IPA) – Dr James Crampton
- International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics (IUGG) – Dr Matt Amos
- International Geographical Union (IGU) – Professor Mike Roche
- 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) – Professor James Renwick
Physical Sciences
- Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA) – Professor Ted Baker, FRSNZ
- 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) – Don Cleland and James Carson
- International Mathematical Union (IMU) – Professor Shaun Hendy
- International Union for Pure & Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) – Dr David Crossman
- International Union for Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) – Dr Suzanne Boniface
- International Union for Pure & Applied Physics (IUPAP) – Professor David Hutchinson
- International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) – Professor Ted Baker, FRSNZ
- International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) – Professor David Lowe, FRSNZ
- International Union of Radio Science (URSI) – Dr Neil Thomson
- International Union of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) – Professor Rosalind Archer
- Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) – Dr Craig Rodger
Social Sciences
- Association of Asian Social Science Research Council (AASSREC) - Professor Stephen May
- International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE) – Dr Steven Sexton