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State Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM)
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
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SSGM Personnel

Program Fellows

Dinnen, Dr Sinclair

Sinclair.Dinnen@anu.edu.au
LLB (Hons) (Strath), MA (Sheff), PhD (ANU)
Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Conflict and peacemaking in Melanesia; cultural criminology; restorative justice; the politics of new states.

Eves, Dr Richard

richard.eves@anu.edu.au
BA Hons (Adelaide), PhD (ANU)
ARC QE II Fellow
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Interests: Melanesian ethnography (especially religion and social/cultural change); medical anthropology (especially international public health and HIV/AIDS); gender (especially masculinity); and gender-based violence.

Fraenkel, Dr Jon

jon.fraenkel@anu.edu.au
BA, MA, D Phil (University of Sussex)
Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Fiji, Solomon Islands, conflict, constitutional design, economic history of Oceania, electoral systems.

Haley, Dr Nicole

nicole.haley@anu.edu.au
BA (UQ), BA(Hons) (Macquarie University), PhD (ANU)
Postdoctoral Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Ipakana Yakaiya: mapping landscapes, mapping lives - contemporary land politics among the Duna.

Regan, Mr Anthony

anthony.regan@anu.edu.au
LLB (Adelaide)
Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Conflict reconciliation and peace processes in Melanesia, law and politics in developing countries, especially Papua New Guinea and Uganda; decentralisation policy in developing countries.

Visiting Fellows

Elder, Dr Peter

peter.elder@anu.edu.au
BA(Hons 2a)(ANU), PhD (NTU)
Visiting Fellow, State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program

Luker, Dr Vicki

Vicki.Luker@anu.edu.au
BA Hons (Melb), BA Hons (Syd), PhD (ANU)
Editor, Journal of Pacific History
Distributed by Taylor & Francis Group
Visiting Fellow, State Society and Governance in Melanesia
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May, Dr Ron

Ron.May@anu.edu.au
MEc (Sydney), DPhil (Oxon)
Emeritus Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia; Convenor, Centre for Conflict and Post-conflict Studies, Asia Pacific
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Interests: Comparative politics, particularly ethnicity and ethnic conflict, decentralisation, parties and elections, and civil-military relations. Country focus: Papua New Guinea and the Philippines (especially Muslim Mindanao).

Program Convenor

Hegarty, Mr David

david.hegarty@anu.edu.au
BA, DipEd (Melb), MA (SOAS)
Convenor, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Governance and political change; small state diplomacy and security; conflict and conflict-resolution strategies in the Pacific Islands.

Executive Officer

Rider, Ms Sue

sue.rider@anu.edu.au
Executive Officer
Sue Rider joined the State Society and Governance in Melanesia the program in July 2003 as Executive Officer. Ms Rider is responsible for organising conferences, workshops and seminars in Australia and the region, day-to-day administration of the program fellows and facilitating arrangements for Fellows and program fellows visitors to the ANU from the Melanesian/Pacific regions and elsewhere.

Program Staff

Hardy, Ms Jean

jean.hardy@anu.edu.au
Assistant Administrator
Jean Hardy commenced work with the Program in 2004 following a long career at the ANU beginning in 1974. Jean provides support services for the head of area and academic staff. She is involved in the organising of conferences, workshops and the SSGM and ANU Seminar Series and provides occasional administrative support to the Pacific Centre.

Krause, Ms Nancy

nancy.krause@anu.edu.au
Research Officer
Nancy Krause commenced in January 2007 as a Research Officer. Nancy holds a Master's Degree in Public Policy and has worked in a variety of research and policy roles. She is responsible for undertaking research into governance indicators for Pacific island countries, assisting SSGM Fellows on other research activities, and preparing SSGM Policy Briefing Notes and e-Newsletters.

Nguyen, Ms Trang

t.nguyen@anu.edu.au
Research Officer
Trang Nguyen commenced in December 2007 as a Research Officer. She is currently completing her MA (IR) in the Graduate Studies in International Affairs Program, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Trang is responsible for administrative tasks, copy-editing SSGM publications, organizing conferences and research duties for program fellows.

SSGM Council

Chair

Nelson, Professor Hank

Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow of the Division of Pacific and Asian History, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Members

Allen, Dr Bryant

Department of Human Geography, Land Management Group, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Charlesworth, Professor Hilary

Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Filer, Professor Colin

Resource Management in Asia Pacific Program, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Firth, Professor Stewart

The Pacific Centre, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Fry, Mr Greg

Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Gyngell, Mr Allan

Executive Director, The Lowy Institute for International Policy.

Jeffrey, Professor Robin

Director, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

MacIntyre, Professor Andrew

Crawford School of Economics and Government, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Robinson, Ms Judith

Assistant Director General, Pacific Branch, AusAID.

Wendt, Ms Neva

Senior Policy Advisor, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID).

Associates

Dillon, Michael

A former senior AusAID executive who has made a significant contribution to public policy work in development and governance in Papua New Guinea.

Ingram, Sue

Director of the Machinery of Government Program under RAMSI and senior official with the United Nations mission to East Timor.

Irwin, Greg

Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.

Kwitko, Ludmilla

McLeod, Abby

Rowland, Daniel

Law and Justice Advisor to AusAID.

Scales, Ian

Private consultant in international development with an anthropological focus on local state-society relations in Melanesia and rural development research.

Program Visitor

Greenwell, Mr Harry

Former Economic Analyst for RAMSI and the Solomon Islands Economic Reform Unit and officer of the Australian Treasury.
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