The Inclusive Museum Research Network

Leadership

The Advisory Board offers strategic counsel on themes and standards, ensuring rigorous, practice-informed scholarship.

Sixth International Conference on The Inclusive Museum, National Art Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark (2013)
Sixth International Conference on The Inclusive Museum, National Art Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark (2013)

Network Chair

Amareswar Galla - An unhyphenated IndoAustralian - was the former Vice President of Executive Board; President Asia Pacific Alliance; & Chairperson, Cross Cultural Task Force – International Council of Museums, Paris. He has a 40-year record in both Global South & North on Indigenous driven affirmative action programmes, Cultural Policies, Creativity, Urbanism, Intangible Heritage, World Heritage, Intercultural Dialogue, Heritage Tourism and SDGs. (https://inclusivemuseums.org/). Emeritus Faculty at the Australian National University in Canberra, he held full professorial positions at the Australian National University & the University of Queensland in Australia; the University of Split in Croatia; School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada & Kalinga Institute of Social sciences/Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneshwar, India. UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development, ANU, India (2021- April 2025). Founding Chair & Editor of the International Research Network on the Inclusive Museum (https://onmuseums.com/).

CGSCHOLAR PROFILE

Advisory Board

  • Corazon S. Alvina, Former Director, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
  • Dr. Laishun An, School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management, Shanghai University; and Former Vice President of ICOM
  • Lcda Lucía Astudillo Loor, Directora, Museo de los Metales, Cuenca, Ecuador
  • Prof. Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge; and Senior Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL).
  • Alissandra Cummins, Director, Barbados Museums and Historical Society, Barbados; President, International Coalition for Sites of Conscience; former President of the UNESCO Executive Board; and former President of ICOM
  • Dr. Ann Davis, Former Director, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Prof. Dr. Nevra Ertürk Güngör, Head of Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mlle Christine Hemmet, Responsable de l’unité patrimoniale des collections Asie, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France (Retired)
  • Prof. Dr. Marc Jacobs, UNESCO Chair in Critical Heritage Studies and the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage; Professor of Heritage Studies; Vice-Dean for Education, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Prof. Dr. Rohit Jigyasu, Project Manager, Urban Heritage, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Programme Unit, ICCROM; and former UNESCO Chair Professor, Research Centre for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Dr. Nick Merriman, Former Chief Executive, English Heritage; former Chief Executive and Director of Content at the Horniman Museum and Gardens; and former Director, Manchester Museum, UK
  • Dr. Sushree Sangita Mohanty, Heritage Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Director (R&D), International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, USA/Australia/India; and UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab Expert
  • Prof. Dr. Ir. Wiendu Nuryanti, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jogjakarta; and Former Vice-Minister of Education and Culture, Indonesia
  • Prof. Dr. Aude Porcedda, Department of Leisure, Culture and Tourism Studies, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
  • Prof. Dr. A.R. (Ana) Pereira Roders, UNESCO Chair on Heritage and the Reshaping of Urban Conservation for Sustainability; and Professor in Heritage and Values at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands
  • Prof. Dr. Carmen María Ramos, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Tourism (UNTREF–AAMNBA), Argentina; and Founding Member of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Culture, Tourism and Development (Sorbonne University), France.
  • Adi Meretui Ratunabuabua, Traditional Chief; and Former Director, Fiji Museum, Suva, Fiji Islands
  • Prof. Dr. Mirjam Shatanawi, UNESCO Chair Museum in Collections, Repatriation and Interculturality, Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Dr Andrew Simpson, Office of the University Librarian (Art Gallery), Macquarie University; Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney; and Former President ICOM UMAC
  • Dr. Samuel Sidibe, Director General of the National Park; Former Director, National Museum of Mali; Former President, ICOM Mali, Bamako, Mali
  • Lina Tahan, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
  • Dr. Shahid Vawda, Former Archie Mafeje Chair in Critical Humanities and Decoloniality, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Dr. Jørgen Wadum, Former Keeper of Conservation & Director of CATS, Statens Museum for Kunst/National Gallery of Denmark; and Chairman of the Department of Conservation & Restoration at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • W. Richard ‘Rick’ West, Jr., Former President and CEO, Autry National Center for the American West, Los Angeles; Founding Director and Director Emeritus, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA

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