How well do we know ourselves as a professional community?

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The AIG Council meeting last weekend discussed conducting an Australian Geoscientist Census, ideally in conjunction with other Australian Geoscience Council member societies, to better understand our profession in Australia.

Is this a gap that needs to be addressed?

The last Australian census determined that there were 9,000 geoscientists in Australia at that time. There’s another census this year. The national census, however, doesn’t delve deeper into the qualifications, disciplines and fields of practice for Australians who identify as geoscientists, which would seem to be fundamental to an understanding of the geoscience profession and a good place to start.

Do you have any thoughts on where there are gaps in our understanding of Australian geoscientists that could assist in the development of questions to include in the census?  Contribute to the discussion with a comment here, via Facebook or via the AIG Linkedin Group.