Network Convenor:

Professor Louise Edwards, University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

Network Communications:

Nicki Davies

Goals and Objectives

The ARC Asia Pacific Futures Network's broad goals are to provide stimulus for innovative research that makes links across disciplinary and area boundaries to enhance Australia's interactions with and knowledge of the Asia Pacific region.

• The Network brings experienced researchers into collaboration with government and industry with a view to stimulating new research directions, partnerships and training opportunities.
• In its five-year plan the Network will focus on Governance and Security, Culture and Religion, Media and Communications, Health and Population, and Trade and Industry.
• A significant component of the Network is to ensure that new generations of expert Asia Pacific researchers are nurtured through collaboration with experienced researchers.

Management Committee

The ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network Management Committee comprises:

• Dr Shahram Akbarzadeh: University of Melbourne [Islam]
• Prof Colin Brown: Curtin University [Southeast Asia]
• Prof Stephanie Hemelryk Donald: University of Technology Sydney [China]
• Prof Purnendra Jain: Adelaide University [Japan & Korea]
• Professor Sisira Jayasuriya: La Trobe University [South Asia]
• Prof Margaret Jolly: Australian National University [Pacific]
• Prof Michael Wesley: Griffith University [Australia and Asia]

Each member of the Management Committee leads a research node focussing on the region/country noted in the square brackets.

The ARC Asia Pacific Futures Network was submitted to the ARC from the ANU as a competitive grant application in March 2004 with Louise Edwards as Convenor. The Management Committee members were instrumental in the writing of the grant and in the construction of the website's data. Academics from around Australia and the world also generously participated in this grant writing process. The network invites participation from as broad a range of Asia Pacific researchers as possible. Follow the link on the side bar to register as a member.

Full list of registered Network Participants in pdf

Advisory Committee

A number of industry and government leaders have generously agreed to serve on the Network's Advisory Council. Their expertise will ensure that the Network's academic program interacts with broad social needs in a mutually beneficial partnership.

Advisory Committee composition

• Mr Bruce Davis, Director-General, AusAid
• Mr Geoff Heriot, Chief, Corporate Planning & Governance, Australian Broadcasting Commission
• Mr Mick Keelty, Commissioner, Australian Federal Police
• Ms Pieta Laut, Executive Director, Public Health Association of Australia
• Professor Michael Kidd, Head, Immediate Past President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
• Ms Janet Neville, Secretary-General, LAWASIA
• Mr Michael L'Estrange, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs
• Mr Ric Smith: Immediate Past Secretary, Department of Defence

Website

This website has been sponsored by the Australian Research Council. The site embodies some of the goals of networking that it sets for itself. It brings together the work of four different teams, initially each funded individually by the ARC under its Research Networks "seed money" scheme. Websites associated with this joint effort are located at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/politics/research/arcnetwork.html

The Asian Studies Association of Australia, Inc. (ASAA), a professional association primarily of scholars, has sought to provide a mechanism to enable various institutions and regional groups to cooperate in a consolidated effort. This is in line with recommendations of the ASAA's report on the state of "study of Asia," Maximizing Australia's Asia Knowledge: Repositioning and Renewal of a National Assets (2002).

'Suez to Suva' Research Network acknowledges the funding assistance provided by ARC.

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