Royal Society of Tasmania:: Prof. David Adams

Professor David Adams will present the Northern Branch monthly lecture for July, entitled What Counts as Valuable Knowledge Nowadays, and Who Counts It?

In our everyday lives we constantly come into contact with many ‘new’ claims to valuable knowledge and often these challenge existing knowledge assumptions. Some contemporary claims gathering prominence include community or place knowledge, First Nations knowledge, influencer knowledge, lived experience knowledge, and alternative facts knowledge.

This presentation looks at how more recent knowledge claims express themselves and why they are emerging.

David is currently Professor of Management at the University of Tasmania and has held various senior University, public sector and civic roles, including as the inaugural Social Inclusion Commissioner for Tasmania.

He has published in various fields and has a particular interest in the idea of collective knowledge, for example place knowledge. He writes regularly for the local media on public policy issues.

Meeting Room, QVMAG at Inveresk

1.30pm, Sunday 26 July 2026