ANU Institute for Space | InSpace was presented with the Clare Burton Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion last week and our Director Anna Moore FTSE collected the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Contribution to the The Australian National University.
The Clare Burton Award represents so much to us as an institution because when InSpace started in 2018, a founding principle was based around gender and cultural diversity, bringing Indigenous and First Nations voices to the table and leading multidisciplinary research initiatives.
We feel we practise what we preach and since the start we have had over 50% of female representation in our institute and on our Board, which is especially poignant given that the STEM and especially the space sector is predominantly male dominated. Additionally, our InSpace team is multicultural with 11 nationalities represented. We feel that these diverse backgrounds also bring something special to our team and our work and this has driven our success.
InSpace works with 18 multidisciplinary ANU academic researchers with specialties in space research, all of whom come from diverse backgrounds that bring their various experiences and perspectives to the InSpace portfolio.
Internally, our team are collaborative, supportive and we foster an environment based around mutual trust for each other’s work and life and we have found this makes for a positive and innovative team that can work at a high-level.
We would like to thank the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Research Initiatives and Infrastructure Professor Ute Roessner AM FAA and her team for their eternal support and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) Lachlan Blackhall and his team along with the InSpace Board for their time and encouragement.
Here’s to many more wonderful projects and collaborations in 2025.
InSpace
Kate Ferguson / Benjamin Bek / Krysia Derecki / Dr. Cassandra Steer
Christopher Kourloufas / Anupam Kumar Pilli / Natasha Disha
Emily Schuster / Paris Chen
InSpace Mission Specialists
Dr Zena Assaad / Associate Professor Francis Bennet
Dr Ben Bramble / Caitlin Byrt / John Close / Doris Grosse
Junichiro Kawaguchi / Dr. David W. Kim / Penny King
Hanna Kurniawati / Robert Mahony / Kirk McKenzie
Maria Racionero / Professor Tracy Smart AO / Professor Paul Tregoning
Eduardo Trifoni / Dr Emma Tucker / Marta Yebra
InSpace Board
Sue Barrell AO FTSE / Kate Lundy / Helen Sullivan / Kiaran Kirk AM FAHMS
From ANU:
And just like that, another year is coming to an end – which means it's officially time to celebrate the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor awards. 🎉👏
A highlight of the University’s calendar, the awards are an opportunity to acknowledge those who are doing incredible things in their respective fields - from helping to advance research and teaching to contributing to a more inclusive, open and respectful campus community.
Those celebrated in this year’s ceremony included Professors Gabriele Bammer and Philip Pettit, who have been recognised with the Peter Baume Award, the University’s most prestigious accolade, awarded for "eminent achievement and merit of the highest order".
Please join us in celebrating all of the remarkable achievements of our ANU staff.
Click here to see the full list of recipients: https://brnw.ch/21wPdZB