A new report prepared by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia for Australia’s Chief Scientist and the National Science and Technology Council has been released.
The report was commissioned by Government and overseen by an Expert Working Group of Fellows and other leading scholars. It found that cultural and community institutions and structures, including community and national or jurisdictional galleries, libraries, archives and museums play a vital role as ‘civic infrastructure’ and that in many cases they have the social capital, reach and expertise to educate the community and provide credible information to support resilient and cohesive communities.
This report was one of a series of four commissioned by the National Science and Technology Council focusing on different aspects of mis- and dis-information, and they have been instrumental in informing Government’s thinking.
The reports along with a synthesis prepared by the Office of the Chief Scientist are available here.
The Academy thanks members of the Expert Working Group who contributed to this work:
- Professor Kate Darian-Smith FASSA (Academy President and group co-Chair)
- Professor Lynette Russell AM FASSA FAHA (group co-Chair)
- Professor Bronwyn Carlson FAHA
- Mr Seb Chan
- Professor Penny Edmonds FASSA
- Professor Lisa Given FASSA
- Professor Katie Holmes FASSA
- Professor Jolanda Jetten FASSA
- Professor Julia Kindt FAHA
- Professor Michael Platow FASSA
- Dr Mathew Trinca FAHA