The 2018 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science were awarded at Canberra's Parliament House on October 17. Along with the top prize, life science, physics, innovation and teaching were recognised.
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To become a successful innovator, follow Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi and today's female social entrepreneurs -- focus on ideas and social value, not money.
In a context marked by major ecological, social and economic changes, cities are at the heart of transitions.
New research shows recruiting high-skilled immigrants leads to a 'meaningful' increase in innovation – and even more than spending money on research and development.
In a recent Twitter post, French president Macron reminded the world that the word "entrepreneur" is in fact French.
Tech companies that have been wary to hire anyone over 30 are missing out on skilled workers.
Our 'Tony Stark' image of tech moguls is obscuring the talent and toil of ordinary workers, and inflating the egos of the bosses.
How can a band so slavishly derivative – and sometimes downright plagiaristic – be also considered radically innovative and influential?
Google needs to stop relying on just advertising if it wants to be successful in the next 20 years – but that is proving difficult.
The 2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners include astrophysicist and science communicator Alan Duffy and the citizen science app QuestaGame.
Everyday routines help individuals and organisations work efficiently, but can also be one of the biggest obstacles to innovation. Here's a five-point plan for implementing innovations.
Basic research can be easy to mock as pointless and wasteful of resources. But it's very often the foundation for future innovation – even in ways the original scientists couldn't have imagined.
Many computers built at Bletchley Park were dismantled and progress stalled – it would be a tragedy if the same thing happened with 5G.
The results of a recent study indicate that it’s never too late to get a crowdfunding campaign on a successful track -- provided creators can get a surge in pledges rolling
There is even more research showing open-plan environments can actually have negative impacts on collaboration. Workspaces should provide various options for different work styles and preferences.
The 2018 edition of the EuroScience Open Festival is a great showcase for EU scientific collaboration.
The Viva Tech Fair took place in May 2018 in Paris, showcasing innovation in Africa. The continent’s fablabs, driven by digital tools and collaborative dynamics, are shaking up traditional foundations.
Let's launch Australian satellites on Australian rockets from Australian sites, and operate them from Australian facilities.
More than 320 coworking spaces were identified in the regions studied during the COWORKMed project.
Talk of the post-industrial society is mostly hype without evidence.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Researcher in Innovation Management, University of Brighton
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Professor of Innovation Studies, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director, Risk Innovation Lab, Arizona State University
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Twitter @Calestous, Harvard University
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Winthrop Professor, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing and Strategy, University of Western Australia
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Secretary for Science Policy at the Australian Academy of Science, and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, UNSW
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Visiting Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
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Researcher in Entrepreneurial Creativity, University of Nottingham
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Full Professor of Political Economy, University of Pretoria
