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

Program Fellows

Ball, Dr Rochelle

rochelle.ball@anu.edu.au
BA (Hons) (Newcastle), PhD (Sydney),
State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Project leader of the International Labour Mobility in the Pacific Project. This project will evaluate the Labour Mobility Pilot Program from Pacific Island Countries to Australia beginning summer, 2008-2009.

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)
Fellow, State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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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)
Senior 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)
Interim Convenor and Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Contemporary Land Politics; Elections and Electoral Politics in PNG; Social Identity; Governance; Conflict and Armed Violence; Peace Building; Small Arms; Human Security; Security and Development; Women and Conflict; Gender; HIV/AIDS; and Contemporary Masculinity in Melanesia.

Liki, Dr Asenati

Asenati.Liki.Chan.Tung@anu.edu.au
BA (Canterbury); BSocSci (Hons) (Waikato); MA (USP); PhD (Hawai'i)
Pacific Research Fellow
State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
Interests: Research interests: Gender and development, women and leadership, Pacific islander mobility, labour trade in Melanesia, social theory in human geography.

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
Research Fellow and Visiting Fellow, State Society and Governance in Melanesia
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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.

Resident 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

Hegarty, Mr David

david.hegarty@anu.edu.au
BA, DipEd (Melb), MA (SOAS)
Visiting Fellow, 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.

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
Research Fellow and 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).

Reid, Dr Elizabeth

elizabeth.reid@anu.edu.au
OA, FASSA
Visiting Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Papua New Guinea, South and Southeast Asia, Africa, social development, social capital, social justice, especially gender, the HIV epidemic and ethics

Smith, Dr Graeme

graeme.smith@anu.edu.au
Bsc (Hons), PhD (Sydney); BA (UNSW), PhD (ANU,
State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: State–society interactions, rural politics in China, bureaucratic contestation, resource projects in PNG, mining in PNG, and agribusiness.

Postgraduate Student

Anderson, Jane

jane.anderson@anu.edu.au

Baledrokadroka, Jone

jone.baledrokadroka@anu.edu.au

Whimp, Ms Kathleen

kathleen.whimp@anu.edu.au

Program Convenor

Haley, Dr Nicole

nicole.haley@anu.edu.au
BA (UQ), BA(Hons) (Macquarie University), PhD (ANU)
Interim Convenor and Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
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Interests: Contemporary Land Politics; Elections and Electoral Politics in PNG; Social Identity; Governance; Conflict and Armed Violence; Peace Building; Small Arms; Human Security; Security and Development; Women and Conflict; Gender; HIV/AIDS; and Contemporary Masculinity in Melanesia.

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.

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.

Wendt, Ms Neva

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

Associates

Allen, Matthew

BA, Grad Dip, MSc, PhD (ANU)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program
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Bourke, Mike

BAgrSci (Qld), MAg (PNG), PhD (ANU)
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Department of Human Geography
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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.

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.
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