About RiAus

Our vision

RiAus exists to:

• Bring the findings of science to the broader community and foster informed debate
• Promote public awareness and understanding of science
• Provide continuing professional development opportunities for education professionals in science-related subjects, as well as outreach to youth
• Encourage the undertaking of research in science-related fields of knowledge, providing a coordinating neutral ground to bring together universities and other research organisations
• Be a leading player at national level in effective science communication
• Facilitate commercialisation pathways for scientific breakthroughs
• Establish a think tank capacity to provide a highly credentialled forum for 'assuring a pluralistic, open and accountable process of policy analysis, research, decision-making and evaluation in the fields of science and technology and their impact on society'.