Pacific Scholars: The Australian National University

ALLEN, Bryant James, MA Massey, PhD ANU
Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Agricultural systems; Papua New Guinea
Secondary Research Field(s): Rural development; Southeast Asia
ANDERSON, Professor Atholl John, MA Cant., MA Otago, MA PhD Camb.
Division of Archaelogy and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Polynesian archaeology; Maritime Prehistory; Colonization Research
Secondary Research Field(s): Ethnohistory
BALLARD, John Addison, BA Dartmouth, JD Harvard, PhD Tufts
Visiting Fellow, Graduate School
Primary Research Fields: public policy (esp. re HIV/AIDS)
Secondary Research Fields: PNG and other Melanesia, decolonisation
BAYNE, Peter John, LLB Melb., JD Chicago, Barrister & Solicitor NSW, SAust.& ACT
Faculty of Law
Primary Research Field(s): Administrative and constitutional law
Secondary Research Field(s): Evidence law
BELLWOOD, Peter Stafford, MA PhD Camb., FAHA
Archaeology and Anthropology Department, Faculty of Arts
Primary Research Field(s): SE Asian and Oceanic prehistory/archaeology
Secondary Research Field(s): Origins of agriculture; Ethnolinguistic prehistory
BOOTH, Heather, MSc Southampton, BSc(Econ) PhD Lond.
Department of Demography, Research School of Social Sciences
Primary Research Field(s): Developing country demography, especially Oceania
Secondary Research Field(s): Technical demography
CHAPPELL, Professor John Michael Arthur, BSc NZ, MS (Hons I) Auck., PhD ANU, FAA
Division of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Geomorphology; Quaternary geology
Secondary Research Field(s): Palaeoclimatic changes and modelling
DAUVERGNE, Peter, BA MA Carleton, PhD BritCol.
International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Environment; Southeast Asia; Japan
Secondary Research Field(s): Deforestation; Theory
DENOON, Professor Donald John Noble, BA Natal, PhD Camb.
Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Pacific history
Secondary Research Field(s): African history
DUNCAN, Professor Ronald Charles, MAgEc UNE, PhD ANU
National Centre for Development Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Trade; Primary commodities
Secondary Research Field(s): Labour markets in developing countries
DUTTON, Thomas E., MA MEd Qld, PhD ANU, FAHA
Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Languages of PNG; Pidgins and creoles
Secondary Research Field(s): Lexicology
ETHERINGTON, Dan M., BEcon Rhodes, MS Cornell, AM PhD Stanford
Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Agricultural economics
Secondary Research Field(s): Development economics
FRY, Gregory Ernest, BComm NSW, MA ANU
International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): International relations theory; South Pacific international relations and politics
Secondary Research Field(s): Development studies
GARNAUT, Professor Ross Gregory, BA PhD ANU, FASSA
Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): China's economic reforms and internationalisation; Economic policy and
development in PNG; Australian economic relations with the Asia Pacific region and domestic economic
adjustment to Asia Pacific economic development
HESS, Michael, BA ANU, DipEd LaT., BD MCD, MA PNG, PhD NSW
National Centre for Development Studies, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Human resources managemnt and development
Secondary Research Field(s): Labour relations and development
HIDE, Robin Lamond, BA Camb., PhD Columbia
Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Rural society Papua New Guinea; Agricultural change; Subsistence ecology
HOPE, Geoffrey, BSc MSc Melb., PhD ANU
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Palaeoecology; Vegetation history; Palynology; Quaternary environments
Secondary Research Field(s): Wetland ecology
HUNT, Colin, BSc(Agric) Notts., MAgSc Melb., PhD Flinders
National Centre for Development Studies, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Natural resource conservation and utilisation in the Pacific
Secondary Research Field(s): Coastal area conservation, economics and planning
KEEN, Meg, BEc Queen's, PhD ANU
National Centre for Development Studies, Research School of Pacific Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Environmental education/Communication; Community environmental
management
Secondary Research Field(s): Environmental impact assessment/Social impact assessment
LAL, Brij Vilash, BA (USP), MA (UBC), PhD (ANU), FAHA, Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
Primary Fields: Colonial and Contemporary Pacific Islands History, Fijihistory and Politics.
Secondary: Asian Diaspora, history and politics of multicultural societies.
LARMOUR, Peter, BA Sussex, MPhil(Econ) Lond., PhD Macq.
National Centre for Development Studies, , Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): South Pacific politics and governance
Secondary Research Field(s): Customary land tenure
LAWSON, Stephanie, DipTeach ACAE, PhD UNE
International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): International relations; Comparative politics; Southeast Asia
Secondary Research Field(s): Democratic theory; Nationalism; Culture; International ethics; South Pacific
LAWSON, Anthony Richard, BA Exon, BA UCan
NCDS, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Economic Development - Pacific and South East Asia; Economic Performance
Secondary Research Field(s): Computable General Equilibrium modelling and policy analysis
LOY, Thomas Harold, BSc Redlands, MA BritCol.
Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Analysis of ancient proteins and DNA associated with archaeological tools and sites
LUCAS, David, BA(Econ) Manc., MSc PhD Lond.
Graduate Program in Demography, Research School of Social Sciences
Primary Research Field(s): Population change in Africa, Australia and the Pacific Islands; Fertility and
family planning
Secondary Research Field(s): Citizenship; Language in population research
MOUNTAIN, Mary-Jane, BA Exeter, DipArchPrehist Lond., PhD ANU
Archaeology & Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Primary Research Field(s): Melanesian prehistory; Prehistoric hunter-gatherers; Taphonomy
Secondary Research Field(s): European prehistory; Gender in prehistory
NELSON, Professor Hank, BA MEd Melb., PhD PNG
History Program, Research School of Social Sciences
Primary Research Field(s): History: Asian and the PacificI
Secondary Research Field(s): History: Australian medicine
O'COLLINS, Maev, BA Melb., MSSW, DSW Columbia
Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary research Fields: Papua New Guinea; Social Impact Analysis, Social Development Issues - Youth, Gender, Community Development
Secondary Research Field: Southwest Pacific - Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
PAWLEY, Professor Andrew Kenneth, BA NZ, MA PhD Auckland, FRSNZ, FAHA
Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Austronesian and Papuan languages; Discourse structure
RUMSEY, Alan, PhD Chicago
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Papua New Guinea; Anthropology and linguistics
Secondary Research Field(s): Aboriginal Australia; Indigenes and the State
SACK, Peter George, PhD ANU
Law Program, Philosophy and Law, Research School of Social Science
Primary Research Field(s): Legal anthropology; Colonial law; Law and development; Legal theory
SETEL, Philip, PhD Boston
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health/Health Transition Centre, Research School of
Social Sciences
Primary Research Field(s): Anthropology; East Africa; AIDS
Secondary Research Field(s): Papua New Guinea
SPRIGGS, Matthew James Thomas, MA Cantab., PhD ANU
Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Pacific and Southeast Asian archaeology
Secondary Research Field(s): Origins and development of agriculture; Archaeology and nationalism
SUTHERLAND, William, LLM Hull, BCom MA PhD Cant.
Political Science Department, Faculty of Arts
Primary Research Field(s): Pacific Islands politics; Regional co-operation in the South Pacific
TRYON, Darrell Trevor, MA Cant., PhD ANU
Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Austronesian linguistics; sociolinguistics; Pidgens and Creoles
Secondary Research Field(s): Modern European languages
WARD, Professor R. Gerard, MA NZ, PhD Lond., FASSA
Human Geography Department, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Human geography
Secondary Research Field(s): Pacific Islands
YOUNG, Elspeth Anne, MA DipEd Edin., MA PNG, PhD ANU
National Centre for Development Studies, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Rural development policy and practice; Land management; Indigenous
minorities; (Australian and Canada); Developing countries Pacific, S.Africa, SEASCA
Secondary Research Field(s): Community planning
YOUNG, Michael Willis, MA Cantab, PhD ANU, FASSA
Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Primary Research Field(s): Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu ethnography and social change
Secondary Research Field(s): Biography of B. Malinowski
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