2022


The Final Report of the 2022 SRAP Research Forum “A digital world” has been released. You can get it in PDF format (file size: 6.2 Mb). A high-resolution PDF file is also available (file size: 19.4 Mb). This report complements the Booklet of the 2022 SRAP Research Forum (PDF format, file […]

Final report of the 2022 SRAP Research Forum


Our member Dr Sara Marrero Hernández has been interviewed in the newspaper “El Día”, Tenerife (Spain). The full-page article with the interview appears today and also describes that Sara was the winner of the 1st SRAP-frA Early-Career Researcher Award. The full-page article, in Spanish, is available below.

Interview to Sara Marrero in newspaper “El Día”


The 7th Meeting on Scientific, Technological, and Innovation Diplomacy in Spain, organized by the Network of Associations of Spanish Scientists and Researchers Abroad (RAICEX), took place on December 20th and 21st, 2022, at the headquarters of the Ramón Areces Foundation in Madrid. Our partner, honorary president of SRAP and Ambassador […]

7th Meeting of Spanish Scientific, Technological, and Innovation Diplomacy and ...




Our Board Member Inma Conde was awarded the Kercher Scholarship by the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society -ANZLHS -. These scholarships are open to any postgraduate student currently enrolled in an Australian or New Zealand university wishing to attend the annual Australia and New Zealand Law and History […]

Inma Conde is awarded the Kercher Scholarship


During this week (Monday 28th Nov – Friday 2nd Dec) a high-level delegation of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), including the General Director of ESO, Prof Xavier Barcons, has visited Australia. Several members of the Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) association, Nuria Lorente (Macquarie University), Dr Noelia Martínez Rey (Australian National […]

Active participation of SRAP members during an ESO high-level delegation ...



Our member and coordinator of the recently created SRAP Delegation of the South Pacific Islands, Ricardo Domínguez Llosa (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), participated in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum held in Apia, Samoa, on November 28th, 29th, and 30th. Ricardo participated coordinating various sessions, […]

Ricardo Domínguez Llosa participates in the SIDS Solutions Forum in ...


Dr Joaquín Valderrama has been decorated by the Spanish Ambassador in Australia, HE Ms Alicia Moral Revilla, with the Knight’s Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic for his merits in presiding over the association Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) from 2019 to 2021 and for sustaining a productive international research […]

Joaquin Valderrama receives the Knight’s Cross of the Royal Order ...


The president of SRAP, Dr. Ángel R. López-Sánchez (Macquarie University) has been invited to participate in the “IV Jornadas de Promoción Internacional del Sistema Universitario Español” organized by CRUE (Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities) on November 24th and 25th at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Aranjuez Campus). It is a […]

SRAP participates in Conference promoting the internalisation of Spanish universities



The 8th Australia-Spain Research Forum entitled “A Digital World“ was hosted at the Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University (Sydney, NSW) on Friday 25th of November 2022. The full recording of the event is available in our YouTube channel:     OPENING The 2022 SRAP Research Forum commenced at 10:00am with registration […]

Summary of the 8th SRAP Research Forum


Our member Dr Sara Marrero Hernández has been awarded the 1st SRAP-frA Early-Career Researcher Award. The SRAP Forum also hosted the first edition of the SRAP-frA Early-Career Researcher Award 2022. This award was organised by SRAP and was sponsored by the Ramón Areces Foundation (frA). The Award aimed to boost […]

Dr Sara Marrero Hernández: Winner of the 1st SRAP-frA Early-Career ...


An international team of astronomers led by SRAP member Dr Cristina Martínez-Lombilla  (School of Physics at UNSW Science) has used a new technique to study the faint light between galaxies, known as “intra-group light,” shedding light on the stars within it. The researchers successfully detected and characterized the intra-group light, […]

Dr Cristina Martínez-Lombilla contributes to unveil the diffuse light between ...



The 5th Malaspina Award Ceremony took place at the Shine Dome of the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra on Friday 18 November 2022 at 5:30pm. The event counted with the participation of: Prof Luis Salvador-Carulla, University of Canberra and SRAP Honorary President (Master of Ceremony) Ms Anna-Maria Arabia, Chief Executive of the Australian […]

5th Malaspina Award Ceremony


On 17 November 2022 we launched ‘The Longest Voyage’, an exhibit to commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the world completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano and his crew aboard the Victoria in 1522. This exhibition has been organised by the Spanish Embassy in Australia, the Australian National […]

SRAP participates in ‘The Longest Voyage’ exhibition


Our president, Dr Ángel López-Sánchez (Macquarie University), was invited to participate representing SRAP in the European Research Days 2022 – Australia & New Zealand organised by EURAXESS Australia and New Zealand on the week of 7 – 11 November 2022. The European Research Days 2022 – Australia & New Zealand is […]

SRAP participates in EURAXESS’ European Research Days 2022



Renowned scientist and SRAP member, environmentalist, and academic from the University of Sydney, Prof Ana Vila-Concejo, has been interviewed today in SBS radio in Spanish (link and interview in Spanish) to comment about the United Nations Climate Summit held in Egypt, known as COP 27. Prof Ana Vila-Concejo emphasizes the urgent need for […]

Ana Vila-Concejo emphasizes the urgency of global actions at COP ...


(Post and interview only available in Spanish) En la edición de hoy, 8 de noviembre de 2022, del program radiofónico Punto de Enlace (RNE), ha participado nuestro socio Ricardo Domínguez, donde ha expuesto su trabajo de desarrollo sostenible y cambio climático en Vanuatu. Este programa es una colaboración de RNE […]

Ricardo Domínguez interviewed in RNE Punto de Enlace


(Post and talk only available in Spanish) Hoy, lunes 7 de noviembre de 2022, nuestro socio y presidente honorario, Prof Luis Salvador-Carulla (Universidad de Canberra), ha impartido una charla virtual para las familias de ALCE (Aula de Lengua y Cultura Española) en Australia sobre lo que es la salud mental y cómo […]

Talk on mental health for families of ALCE Australia



(Post sólo disponible en inglés) The Malaspina Award is an honour bestowed by the Spanish Embassy in Canberra and the Association of Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP). It is awarded to individuals or organisations who have made a significant contribution to the scientific and/or cultural relationships between Spain and Australia. […]

Announcement of the winner of the 5th Malaspina Award: RMIT-Europe


Today on SBS Spanish radio, we had the opportunity to listen (interview and link in Spanish) to our colleague Marián Vidal-Fernández, who is a Professor of Education Economics at the University of Sydney. The title of the interview was “It’s a consumer product”: Australian education still marked by social and gender […]

Interview to Marián Vidal-Fernández in SBS radio in Spanish


Australia’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October offers a valuable opportunity to raise awareness and address the impact of breast cancer within our community. The Instituto Cervantes Sydney is proud to join forces with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), the Spanish Association of Cancer Research (ASEICA), and SRAP to […]

Australia – Spain Symposium on Breast Cancer



In October 2022 the SRAP member from New Zealand Dr Marta Ribo, marine geologist lecturer of Geosciences at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), conducted some amazing field surveys in Tonga. Dr Ribo was in charge of the bathymetric survey, re-mapping the seafloor in some areas of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai volcano, […]

New seafloor mapping of the Tongan archipelago


On Saturday the 24th of October 2022, the sunrise looked promising: clear skies, a beautiful balmy sun, and the perfect Sydney weather conditions that we haven’t seen in a while. Eleven brave SRAP members and university work colleagues started walking around 9.15 am from Springwood train station through lush and […]

SRAP Bushwalk – Blue Mountains: Sassafras, Glenbrook and Magdala Creek’s ...


Today our member Dr Francisco (Paco) Sánchez Bayo (Sydney University) and SRAP President Dr Ángel López-Sánchez (Macquarie University) have participated in a Business Networking Event with CUPRA Australia. This event was organized by the Spain-Australia Chamber of Commerce (La Cámara) in partnership with CUPRA Australia. It was an excellent opportunity to meet people […]

SRAP participated in Business Networking Event with CUPRA Australia