The Australian Academy of Science has cracked two million Facebook likes

That’s twice what it had this time last year and a light-year lead over the other learned academies (CMM October 8 2018). The Australian Academy of the Humanities did not have a Fb page then and if it has one now CMM did not recognise it in its Halloween costume last night. Ditto the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia is on FB, with 86 likes, no CMM did not leave four noughts off.

Peak social science and humanities bodies lament their disciplines are not sufficiently supported by funding agencies or recognised for what they can contribute to the community. It’s just a guess but perhaps explaining their work to a wider audience might help.