Sir Peter Gluckman
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Sir Peter Gluckman is president of the International Science Council, director of Koi Tū: Centre for Informed Futures and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of Auckland.
He is President of the International Science Council, Director of Koi Tū: Centre for Informed Futures and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of Auckland.
He is chief scientific officer the Singapore’s Institute for Human Development and Potential and was foundation chair of the International Network of Government Science Advice (2014-2021).
Sir Peter originally trained as a pediatrician and biomedical scientist. Between 2009-2018 he was first Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
He was made a Knight of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009, a member of the Order of New Zealand and received the Rutherford Medal in 2001.
He has published over 750 scientific papers. He now leads work on social cohesion and how societies respond to new technologies and chaired the NZ government’s reviews of Universities and the Science System. Among international awards, he was awarded Singapore’s Presidential Science and Technology medal in 2021 and the American Association for Advancement of Sciences Science Diplomacy award in 2016.