The Final Report of the 4th Australia-Spain Research Forum: Earth, held at the Australian National University in Canberra on 16 November of 2018, is available here in PDF format.
Activities
SRAP-IEAP is organizing a mathematical promenade in Sydney. In this activity, we will take a walk and try to see the Sydney CBD [Queen Victoria Building, St Mary´s Cathedral, Opera House and Sydney Bridge] with some mathematical eyes, taking a look at some details of the architecture and revising some […]
Mathematical promenade in Sydney
Last Friday, November 16th, we had another social meeting in Melbourne to meet the new SRAP-IEAP members there. We met two new researchers who just moved to Australia, Tomás and Celia, as well other researchers who have been working in Melbourne for several years. We hope to continue growing in […]
Social event in Melbourne
Last October, 24th and 25th, we had the privilege of hosting the visit of the Spanish researcher and architect Borja Frutos Vázquez, who gave talks at teh Instituto Cervantes and at the Australian Graduate School of Urbanism in UNSW (Sydney, NSW). Borja Frutos Vázquez currently works at the Instituto de Ciencias […]
Visit of architect Borja Frutos Vázquez
https://cultura.cervantes.es/sidney/en/Research-Bites-Unión-Europea/121720 Research Bites are periodical meetings organised by the Spanish Researchers Asia-Pacific Association (SRAP). Aiming to facilitate the exchange of local experiences and to transfer knowledge among other researchers based in Australia. These informal gatherings have been previously organised in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart to promote networking in the Spanish […]
Research Bites: European Union
Professor Ayuso-Mateos’ visit was co-sponsored by the Association of “ Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific” (SRAP) and “Instituto Cervantes Sydney” Prof Ayuso-Mateos is Chairman and Director of the Department of Psychiatry of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), and clinically affiliated with the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa. He is Principal Investigator of […]
Visit of Professor Ayuso-Mateos in Sydney
As a part of an Asia-Pacific tour coordinated between our sister associations in Japan and China, Dr Francis Mojica, the pioneer of CRISPR, visited us in Australia. As a former Dr Mojica’s student it has been an absolute pleasure organising and coordinating this events on behalf of @srap_ieap and supported […]
Dr Francis Mojica CRISPR DownUnder Journey
SRAP organized a very special visit to Siding Spring Observatory (Coonabarabran, NSW) during the weekend of Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd April. This visit was coordinated by our member, astrophysicist Ángel López-Sánchez (Australian Astronomical Observatory / Macquarie University). The 32 participants didn’t only visit the telescopes (the largest optical telescopes in […]
SRAP visits Siding Spring Observatory
On the 10thof April 2018, we had a successful research bites event at Sydney’s Instituto Cervantes. The event was organised by the Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific with the support of Instituto Cervantes, and was chaired by A/prof Ana Vila-Concejo (SRAP Vice-president, The University of Sydney). We had full house attendance […]
Research Bites: Ibero-American Researchers in Australia
Last 18th January some of our members met in a pub in Surry Hills (Sydney) to start talking and organizing some of the many activities and event we want to achieve in 2018. Besides enjoying a very nice social evening in the pub, we got some very interesting ideas. From […]
Informal meetings to organize activities in 2018
Dear SRAP Members,
Christmas is almost around the corner! Let's have a Christmas party!
It will be an excellent opportunity for networking.
Hope to see you all.
Sydney:
Cuándo: Viernes 8 de diciembre
Dónde: The Nag's Head Hotel. 162 St Johns Rd, Glebe NSW 2037
Hora: A partir de las 7pm
Melbourne:
Cuándo: Sábado 9 de diciembre
Dónde: Luna Park, en la puerta principal, justo al lado del "boca" de entrada.
The Esplanade. St Kilda.
Hora: 12.30 pm
SRAP Christmas Parties 2017: Sydney (8-Dec) & Melbourne (9-Dec)
The final report of the 3rd Australia-Spain Research Forum: Air can be downloaded in PDF format from this link.
Report of the 3rd Australia-Spain Research Forum: Air
Dear SRAP members, Remember that tomorrow, Friday 3-November-2017, SRAP will host the 3rd Australia-Spain Research Forum: Air [https://airforum2017.srap-ieap.org] in Sydney. Sydney: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/air-forum-2017-sydney-tickets-38719265365?aff=es2 If you miss it, no worries. Monday 6-November-2017, the Air Forum continues in Canberra. Canberra: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/air-forum-2017-canberra-tickets-38719325545?aff=es2 Find more details below. Kind regards, Oscar on behalf of the SRAP Board. Dear SRAP members, It is […]
Announcement of the 3rd Australia-Spain Research Forum: Air
Dear Members,
We are pleased to invite you to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) to be held on Friday 3th November 2017 at 17:30 at the Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University.
We will email you our Annual Report very soon. This Annual Report summarises all activities undertaken by the association during this year (including the President’s report for 2017). We will also send a reminder to pay next year’s membership fee ($40/year). Hard copies of these reports will be available at the AGM meeting.
The AGM will take place at the end of the 3rd Australia-Spain Research Forum: Air. Please check the program and register to attend the forum https://airforum2017.srap-ieap.org/ This year the forum will take place in two cities: Sydney on the 3rd Nov and Canberra on the 6th Nov.
With regard to the AGM and the association in general, we would love to hear from you: any ideas that you have, any activity that you would like the association to get involved or any event that you would like to organise. Feel free to email us your ideas and any items that you want to include in the agenda of the meeting to srap.ieap@gmail.com.
In addition, we would love to have you as part of the board. Feel free to nominate yourself to any of the roles of the association or just pop by and say that you want to help. For example, these are some of the positions of the board:
-Secretary
-Assistance secretary
-Head of communications (website, social media)
-Event organiser (research and social activities)
I encourage you all to attend both the forum and the AGM meeting in person. If this is not possible, please consider joining us by teleconference via Zoom- here are the details:
Topic: 2017 SRAP AGM meeting
Time: Nov 3, 2017 5:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/326171168
Or iPhone one-tap :
Australia: +61280152088,,326171168#
Or Telephone：
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location)：
Australia: +61 (0) 2 8015 2088
Meeting ID: 326 171 168
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=0SeMGfDmxfRGAqCcE5-op976NtUtxewq
We look forward to seeing you at the AGM meeting.
Regards,
Sergio Leon-Saval
President of SRAP
Annual General Meeting 2017
The event The Science of Sydney’s Spanish Researchers took place on the 4th of October at 6.00pm at the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney. A group of Spanish researchers presented their research, with plenty of opportunities for questions and discussion. This event was scheduled initially for the 18 August 2017 during National Science Week. […]
Event for National Science Week 2017
Spanish Tapas to celebrate the beginning of SRAP activities calendar in Melbourne.
Dear researchers in Melbourne,
We would like to invite you to an informal gathering in Melbourne.
This will be a networking social event to get in touch with other researchers, where we will discuss the next activities of our association.
RSVP via MeetUp: Españoles investigadores en Melbourne - SRAP (https://www.meetup.com/Espanoles-investigadores-en-Melbourne-SRAP/)
Confirmation and commitment of assistance is required as table needs to be booked in advance.
You don't need to be a SRAP member for this particular event.
However, future activities will be free for SRAP members ($40 a year).
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
Alenjandro Caro.
PS: How does MeetUp work?
1. Sign up to meet up (it is 2 seconds)
2. Join SRAP. In this case, click on this link (Españoles investigadores en Melbourne - SRAP (https://www.meetup.com/Espanoles-investigadores-en-Melbourne-SRAP/))
3. RSVP for the event
Melbourne Gathering: Spanish Tapas
On August 26th 2017 a group of SRAP-IEAP members enjoyed a bushwalking at the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park at the north of Sydney. SRAP Members and their families did a 10 kilometres bushwalk in Ku-ring-gai National park. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed all the scientific facts that our […]
Bushwalking through Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Dear SRAP Members, We hosted one of our SRAP debates, 24 August 2017, at the Eveleigh Hotel with a special guest, Professor Hernán Míguez (http://mom.icmse.csic.es/group-members/hernan-miguez/). Professor Hernán Míguez is a Research Professor of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and leads the group of Multifunctional Optical Materials (http://mom.icmse.csic.es). The topic was […]
Brain Drain: Urban Myth or Tough Reality?
Prof Montserrat Vilà, research professor at Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC) in Seville (Spain) will give a presentation on the impacts of biological invasions with special emphasis on a global analysis of the ecological effects of alien plants on native species and ecosystems in the introduced range. The talk will also describe how impacts are quantified, as well some ways to conduct risk analysis of invasion in Europe.
Biological invasions occur when species are introduced by humans beyond their natural dispersal ranges, establishing and spreading in the region. Some impacts can affect socioeconomic sectors such as forestry, agriculture or public health. From the management and policy perspective it is important to identify which invasive species are causing, or have the potential to cause, major impacts. A panel of experts, will lead an insightful discussion with Prof Vila on the impacts of biological invasions in the Australian context.
For more information and to register:
http://bit.ly/2uh6EJ7
Impacts of Biological Invasions
(Post only available in Spanish) Como os comentamos el jueves en los vinillos y discusion que tuvimos sobre la diplomacia científica española, aquí va información sobre una excursioncilla guiada por un artista científico de UNSW, Allan Giddy, llamada Earth & Sky. Allan es el director del Environmental Research Initiative for […]
Visit to the artistic EARTH vs SKY
In 2017 the SRAP-IEAP joined the international Science Communication festival Pint of Science. The festival started in the UK and runs every May in over 150 cities across 12 different countries, including Australia. This year Pint of Science took place in 13 cities across Australia (including Sydney) over 15, 16 […]
SRAP in Pint of Science Australia 2017
(Post only available in Spanish) ¡Hola socios de SRAP! En la junta de la SRAP llevamos tiempo buscando excusas para organizar unas copas/tapas/drinks. Ahora creemos que es una buena ocasión, juntarnos para conocernos, hacer contactos, y celebrar/despotricar sobre la “famosa” diplomacia científica del gobierno español. Para los que hayáis seguido […]
Social drinks and Spanish Science Policy
The final report of the “2nd Australia-Spain Research Forum: Light”, that took place at Macquarie University on 12 – 13 December 2016, can be downloaded in PDF format from this link.