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Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Charlotte Kate Weatherill
University of Manchester
2
Priyatma Singh
University of Fiji
3
Radisti A. Praptiwi
Universitas Esa Unggul
4
Chloe Yap
Monash University Malaysia
5
Renato Cruz De Castro
De La Salle University
6
Radilaite Cammock
Auckland University of Technology
7
Patrick Thomsen
University of Auckland
8
Sergio Jarillo
The University of Melbourne
9
Guangyi Pan
UNSW Sydney
10
Victoria Syddall
University of Auckland

Rising Stars Papers

1
Perspectives on Indigenous well‐being and climate change adaptation
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change|2024
18 cit.
2
Colonial fantasies of invulnerability to climate change
International Feminist Journal of Politics|2024
13 cit.
3
Exploring the Philippines’ Evolving Grand Strategy in the Face of China's Maritime Expansion: From the Aquino Administration to the Marcos Administration
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs|2024
9 cit.
4
Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations|2025
9 cit.
5
Migration, belonging, and the sustainability of atoll islands through a changing climate
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
7 cit.
6
The political economy of the social constraints to adaptation
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability|2024
6 cit.
7
Marine spatial planning and ocean governance in Small Island Developing States
Regional Environmental Change|2025
6 cit.
8
Asymmetric relations and systemic misperceptions: Why and how Australia and China talk past each other
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific|2024
3 cit.
9
Reconceptualizing vaccine nationalism: A multi-perspective analysis on security, technology, and global competition
Technological Forecasting and Social Change|2025
3 cit.
10
Reflections on using Talanoa methodology to engage with Pacific youth in Aotearoa New Zealand about their sexual and reproductive health
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters|2024
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
R. E. Brainard
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
2
Alvin Chandra
The University of Queensland
3
Lisa Benjamin
Lewis & Clark College
4
Mereoni Camailakeba
Fiji Museum
5
Matthew Dornan
Australian National University
6
Elizabeth Terk
Micronesia Conservation Trust
7
Jason Paul Mika
Massey University
8
Taukiei Kitara
Griffith University
9
Caroline E. Ferguson
Stanford University
10
Teperman Kate
University of Melbourne

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Local practices and production confer resilience to rural Pacific food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic
Marine Policy|2022
55 cit.
2
Manahau: Toward an Indigenous Māori theory of value
Philosophy of Management|2022
32 cit.
3
Indigenous entrepreneurial ecosystems: a comparison of Mapuche entrepreneurship in Chile and Māori entrepreneurship in Aotearoa New Zealand
Journal of Management & Organization|2022
28 cit.
4
The tragedy of the commodity is not inevitable: Indigenous resistance prevents high-value fisheries collapse in the Pacific islands
Global Environmental Change|2022
27 cit.
5
Indigenous food sovereignty is constrained by “time imperialism”
Geoforum|2022
26 cit.
6
Indigenous environmental defenders in Aotearoa New Zealand: Ihumātao and Ōroua River
AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples|2022
22 cit.
7
Digital Tuvalu: state sovereignty in a world of climate loss
International Affairs|2024
20 cit.
8
Climate justice and loss and damage: Hurricane Dorian, Haitians and human rights
Geographical Journal|2022
13 cit.
9
Climate-Induced Non-Economic Loss and Damage: Understanding Policy Responses, Challenges, and Future Directions in Pacific Small Island Developing States
Climate|2023
9 cit.
10
<i>Fale Pili</i> : a Tuvaluan perspective on mobility justice
Applied Mobilities|2024
9 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Nicholas Thomas
Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital
2
Robert Read
Lancaster University
3
Patrick Vinton Kirch
University of California, Berkeley
4
Juha I. Uitto
Environmental Law Institute
5
Patrick D. Nunn
University of the Sunshine Coast
6
Paul S. Kench
National University of Singapore
7
Heather Lazrus
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
8
Jon Barnett
The University of Melbourne
9
Robert R. Redfield
University of California, Irvine
10
Aart Kraay
World Bank Group

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Consistent Covariance Matrix Estimation with Spatially Dependent Panel Data
The Review of Economics and Statistics|1998
6.3k cit.
2
Institutions, trade, and growth
Journal of Monetary Economics|2003
1.3k cit.
3
Climate change, human security and violent conflict
Political Geography|2007
1.1k cit.
4
Magic, Science, and Religion and Other Essays.
The Philosophical Review|1948
1k cit.
5
Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History|1993
950 cit.
6
Maladaptation
Global Environmental Change|2009
945 cit.
7
Colonialism's Culture: Anthropology, Travel and Government.
The American Historical Review|1996
810 cit.
8
World development report 2002 - building institutions for markets
Unknown Journal|2001
711 cit.
9
Magic, Science and Religion.
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research|1949
678 cit.
10
The first climate refugees? Contesting global narratives of climate change in Tuvalu
Global Environmental Change|2011
602 cit.

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