Joan is Director of the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science and Chair of the Academic Board at The Australian National University.  She also Chairs the National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science at the Australian Academy of Science.  Her recent books include An Ethics of Science Communication (with Fabien Medvecky) and an edited collection, Science Communication:  A Global Perspective which tells the stories of 39 nations’ and territories’ attempts to raise the profile of science over the last 50 years. While remaining transfixed by science, she advocates for better science communication that critically examines the social impacts of science, technology and biomedicine.

Sujatha is Director of Research of the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science and former Director of the UK-based ‘Making Science Public’ Leverhulme Research Programme. In collaboration with the Australian Academy of Science, she co-convened the 2019 INGSA Australia Dialogue. She convenes the ANU professional graduate series on Science, Technology and Public Policy targeting the Australian Public Service, and co-leads the CSIRO-ANU research collaboration on Responsible Innovation. She is Associate Editor of the Journal of Responsible Innovation and Engaging Science, Technology and Society. Her research explores ways of responding to planetary crises in the face of diverse forms of knowledge and visions of public good. 

Merryn is a senior lecturer at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Merryn's research contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between science, media and publics. She conducts research which explores why publics react and respond to scientific issues the way they do, and to the people who speak about those issues. She is actively building a research program exploring the influence of equity, inclusion and intersectionality in STEM, especially STEM communication.

Chris is a transdisciplinary marine scientist working to improve the relationship between science, policy and practice to enable evidence-informed decision-making for sustainable ocean futures. In doing so Chris draws on almost ten years of experience working at the interface of science and policy for the Australian Government Department of Environment, and then as a Knowledge Broker in CSIROs Climate Adaptation Flagship.

Ehsan is a transdisciplinary researcher and educator, who works with/across a range of disciplinary projects, partners and mediums to make plans and policies more people-centered, just, and sustainable. Ehsan’s work spans across the areas of environmental policy, sustainability, and innovation and technology. He is particularly interested in understanding the notion of ‘responsibility’ in the context of policy innovation and developing new technologies.

John is a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University and a visiting scientist at the Responsible Innovation Future Science Platform of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. His current research examines opportunities and challenges for including people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in various types of precision health research. He has a PhD in Neuroethics and is also interested in ethical and societal issues in dementia care and treatment, psychiatric genomics, novel neurotechnologies, and human brain projects.