Associate Professor Sujatha Raman joined CPAS in July 2018 as Director of Research and Reader. Trained in science and technology studies (STS), she is exploring the contribution that science communication research and practice can make to science, technology and innovation in the public good.

Raman was previously Co-Director of Research at the Institute for Science and Society (ISS), University of Nottingham (UK) and Director from 2016-18 of the Leverhulme Research Programme, “Making Science Public: Challenges and Opportunities”. In 2014-15, she was Visiting Scholar at the Center for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) and the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University.

With former Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb and the Crawford School of Public Policy, Raman co-convenes the 2019 ANU series of professional graduate workshops on Science, Technology and Public Policy for the Australian Public Service. In collaboration with the Australian Academy of Science, she is co-convening the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) Australia Dialogue in 2019.