By Inna Osmolovsky Rachael Isphording is a Scientia PhD candidate in the Climate Change Research Center at UNSW (affiliated with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes). She studies climate science and climate adaptation. These fields focus on understanding how and why…
If you’ve read my other blog, you know I love a hands-on craft that dovetails with my interest in nature. I love macabre arts, crafts, and science, so it follows that I also love taxidermy. Several years ago, I read Wild Ones: A…
By Dr. Cristina Martínez-Lombilla Inspired by the “Women in Leadership” lecture from the UNSW Inclusive Science Series, I decided to chat with four great women leaders in science. They talked about what it is like being a top science leader in Australia and…
By Peggy Schoenherr The Women’s Research Engineers Network (WREN) is a recently launched network between Australia and Brazil formed by an all women committee consisting of five early-career researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) and two professors from the University of São…
By Joanne Beames The coronavirus has created a lot of uncertainty in our lives. Each day, as our government tries to keep us safe, there are new rules put in place to regulate what we can do, how many of us can do…
Written on May, 22, 2020
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By Sara Loo Across the globe, May 12th is a day of celebration for women in mathematics. The May 12th initiative was started by several international associations that support and represent women in mathematics. It came as a response to growing awareness of…
Written on Apr, 09, 2020
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By Sara Loo You don’t need me to tell you that things are not as they used to be. Unless you have recently emerged from a 3-month long hike, you should be well aware of the current global atmosphere. Working from home, social…
By Charlotte Beloe At the end of 2019 Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, Astronomer and Women in STEM Ambassador, gave an address at the National Press Club of Australia. The focus of this address was on promoting gender equity in STEM and as the first…
By Lisa Nivison-Smith What do you think when you hear the word thesis? Long? Complicated? Boring? With the average PhD thesis being 150 pages and covering up to 4 years of research, it’s not surprising that those outside the scientific world would think this…
By Dr Poppy Watson A recent study has reported that children are drawing more women than ever when asked to draw a picture of a scientist. In the 1960’s and 1970’s more than 99% of primary-school children in the United States drew a…
