The Royal Society of New Zealand has established Panels and Committees to enable Council and Management to respond to, at times, rapidly changing concerns or emerging issues.
Advisory Panels have been established for, and chaired by each of the three disciplinary-based Vice-Presidents i.e. Vice-President (Biological and Life Sciences); Vice-President (Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology); and Vice-President (Social Sciences and Humanities). These Panels comprise the Presidents (or their nominees) of a cross-section of Constituent Organisations that fall within each of the Vice President’s respective portfolios.
Expert Panels have been, and will be, set up for a specific purpose and timeframe to respond to, and initiate contributions by, the Royal Society of New Zealand to critical public issues. Expert Panels are formed for these specific tasks through the relevant Vice-President, Advisory Panel and Chief Executive and will draw on the appropriate expertise of Fellows and non-Fellows.
The Academy Executive Committee and ANZCCART are special Committees of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Advisory Panels
Vice Presidents’ Advisory Panels
Biological and Life Sciences Advisory Panel
Provides advice on matters of concern to the biological and life sciences community, and responds, on request, with advice on biological and life sciences issues to the Society.
Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Technology and Engineering Advisory Panel
Provides advice on matters of concern to the physical sciences, mathematical sciences, technology and engineering community, and responds, on request, with advice on physical sciences, mathematics, technology and engineering issues to the Society.
Social Science Advisory Panel
Provides advice on matters of concern to the social science community, and responds, on request, with advice on social science issues to the Society.
Te Whainga Aronui O Te Aparangi Royal Society of New Zealand Humanties Advisory Panel
Provides advice on matters of concern to the humanities community, and responds, on request, with advice on humanities issues to the Society.
Management Advisory Panel
Royal Society Committee on Science and Technology Education
Provides the Royal Society of New Zealand with advice and comment on issues relating to science and technology education.
Expert Panels
New Zealand Climate Expert Panel
Provides advice to the Society on climate science issues.
Royal Society Expert Panel on Antarctic Sciences
Provides advice to the Society on Antarctic Science matters.
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Participates in the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme’s comprehensive international scientific programme to study human impacts on the earth’s natural, physical and biological environment.
Committees
Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART)
An independent body which provides a focus for consideration of the scientific, ethical and social issues associated with the use of animals in research and teaching.
International Memberships
On behalf of the New Zealand government, the Society subscribes to the following international unions and supports our national delegates:
- Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA) – Professor Ted Baker, FRSNZ
- Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies (FASAS) – Professor Di McCarthy
- International Astronomy Union (IAU) – Professor John Hearnshaw, FRSNZ, 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 Council for Science (ICSU) – Professor Di McCarthy
- International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE) – Bev Cooper
- International Geographical Union (IGU) – Professor Lex Chalmers
- International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) – Dr Julie Hall
- International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) – Dr Mike North
- International Mathematical Union (IMU) – Professor Robert McLachlan
- International Mineralogical Association (IMA) – Dr Jenny Webster-Brown
- International Palaeontological Association (IPA) – James Crampton
- International Social Science Council (ISSC) – Professor David Thorns
- International Union of Food Science & Technology (IUFST) – Professor Laurie Melton
- International Union for Physiological Sciences (IUPS) - Professor Tony MacKnight, FRSNZ
- International Union for Pure & Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) - Professor David Parry, FRSNZ
- International Union for Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) - Professor Richard Hartshorn
- International Union for Pure & Applied Physics (IUPAP) - Professor John Harvey, FRSNZ
- International Union for Quaternary Research (IUQUA) – Professor David Lowe
- International Union of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (IUBMB) – Dr Sigurd Wilbanks
- International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) – Dr Clive Howard-Williams
- International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) - Professor Ted Baker, FRSNZ
- International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics (IUGG) – Dr David Rhoades
- International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) - Dr Ian Graham
- International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) - Professor Ian Lamont
- International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) – Associate Professor Christine Thomson
- International Union of Radio Science (URSI) – Dr Neil Thomson
- International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) – Dr Peter Stephens
- International Union of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) – Dr Graham Weir
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Professor Bryan Storey
- Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) - Professor Terry Healy
- Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) – Dr David Norton
- Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) – Dr Craig Rodger
