by Vinay Sharma | Feb 1, 2018
Finalist 2018 Research Ian Wilson has brought new insights to the understanding of highly contentious political issues that can be all too easily reduced to simplistic and polarizing accounts. He has penetrated well beyond appearances and orthodoxies, undertaking...
by Vinay Sharma | Feb 1, 2018
Finalist 2018 Research Margaret Kartomi is Professor of Music at Monash University, an ethnomusicologist specialising in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and the world authority on the music of Sumatra. She is the world authority on the music of Sumatra and has pioneered...
by Vinay Sharma | Feb 1, 2018
Finalist 2018 Research Michael Dibley is a medical doctor and professor at the University of Sydney, and an internationally renowned expert in public health. He trained as a paediatrician but early in his career changed direction and undertook further study at the US...