International Innovation, published by Research Media, is a leading global dissemination resource for the wider scientific, technology and research communities. Their publications cover a range of topics and disciplines and in the September 2013 ‘Era of Discovery’ edition IAU General Secretary Thierry Montmerle was among the leading researchers interviewed. Dr Montmerle shared with International Innovation his role at the IAU, the role of the IAU globally in the past and the present, and how this will evolve as we look to the future.

 “The IAU is very much alive, we work with some wonderful people, and we are really very ambitious with our role as a scientific union of astronomers, as well as a contributor to society.” said Thierry Montmerle