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Rodolfo MAGGIO
Contractual researcher, Anthropology at University of Helsinki, Finland

Administrative areas: Solomon Islands
Keywords: Anthropology, Values, China, Solomon Islands, Intercultural Relationships

Amanda KEARNEY
Professor, Department of Anthropology at San Diego State University, United States

Administrative areas: Australia
Places: Australia (area)
Keywords: Anthropological Fieldwork, Anthropology Of Knowing, Anthropology of Ontology, Applied Anthropology, Colonial Process, Cultural Change, Decolonisation, Indigeneity, Indigenous Knowledge, Politics Of Knowing And Not Knowing

Alpha MAIAVA
Independent researcher, Samoa

Places: Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, New Zealand, Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, West Papua
Keywords: Anthropology Of Belonging, Anthropology of Knoweldge, Applied Linguistics, Austronesian Languages, Austronesian Prehistory, Climate Change Migration, Climate Change Adaptation, Colonial Politic

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Diego MUÑOZ
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich at Social and Cultural Anthropology, Germany

Administrative areas: Rapanui - Easter Island (Chile), French Polynesia
Places: Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia, Chili, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Society Islands
Keywords: Kinship, Land Dispute, Law and Culture, Migration, Regional History, Social Change, Social Organization, Tourism, Cultural Change, Diasporas

Tom BRATRUD
Associate Professor, Department of Social Anthropology at University of Bergen, Norway

Administrative areas: Malampa (Vanuatu), Shefa (Vanuatu), Vanuatu
Places: Melanesia, Vanuatu
Keywords: Morality, Social Change, Social Organization, Complexity, Politics, Climate Change, Cosmology, Christianity, Sorcery

Alice SERVY
Associate Professor, SAGE Sociétés, Acteurs, Gouvernement en Europe at University of Strasbourg, France

Administrative areas: Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, French Polynesia
Places: Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Health, Sexuality, Gender, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Family Planning, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Sex Workers, Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Sexual Assaults

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Some figures...

The database of experts counts today 1332 profiles, of which 634 are publicly accessible, while 698 have chosen to remain private.

These persons have defined 814 unique keywords in which they situate their research interests and expertise.

They have also defined and described 695 'experiences' (research and teaching activities, consulting work, or applied projects) in which they have contributed.