July 3, 2025
The June 2025 issue of the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of NSW was published online on 1 July and is packed with interesting reading for the winter season.
When the 2024 Annual Forum of the Society and the Learned Academies (“Threats to Democracy”) was being planned, few anticipated that Donald Trump would become the 47th President of the USA, but just before the Forum was held, he was elected. Since then, US policy has been worrying, at least to those of us who value democracy.
The June 2025 issue of the Journal & Proceedings contains papers and addresses from the dozen or so people who addressed last year’s Forum. Read especially the Keynote Address by Professor Philip Pettit of Princeton University. Recordings of the 2024 Forum are also available from this playlist on our YouTube channel.
The issue also contains four papers: on the introduction of standard time, on starting a new university (UNSW), on the development of the electronic e-Nose, and on politics and economics. There are also four abstracts from recent PhD theses.
The Journal is now online, the complete version of which is downloadable from this link, and the print version will be mailed out soon.
Robert Marks
Editor, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of NSW
