Professor Johan P J Pottier Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo: rural development, food security, ethnic conflict, post-conflict rehabilitation
Professor Alfredo Saad Filho Latin America; political economy of development; industrial policy; pro-poor economic policy; neoliberalism; value theory
Professor Timon Screech History of Japanese art; Edo painting; contacts between Japan and Europe in the 18th century; history of science in Japan; the theory of art history
Dr Tadeusz Skorupski Buddhist Studies; philosophical and religious doctrines; literature; iconography Buddhist iconography; Buddhist rituals; Buddhist doctrines; Buddhist history
Professor Leslie Vinjamuri International Organisation; International Politics of International and Transitional Justice; Religion, Human Rights and International Relations Theory; International Diplomacy and the Use of Force; International Diplomacy and Transitional States.
Professor Laurence Smith Research: Natural resource management, water resources, rural development and poverty reduction.
Mr John Gittings John Gittings was foreign leader-writer and East Asia editor at The Guardian for many years, retiring in 2003, and covered major events in the area from the late 1970s onwards.
Dr Monica Janowski SE Asia, in particular Borneo; environmental anthropology; food, particularly rice, and the use of food as an ‘ethnic marker’ in the context of migration; kinship and ‘relatedness’ through food.