Research Network Chair

Amareswar Galla, Pro-Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Indigeneity and Inclusive Museum & Heritage Studies, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, India; UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums & Sustainable Heritage Development, AnantU, India; Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University, Canberra; Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India/USA; Founding Member, UNITWIN-UNESCO Network – Tourism, Culture and Development, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; and Former Vice President, ICOM, Paris, and former President, ICOM of the Asia Pacific, Paris; formerly full Professor of World Heritage and Sustainable Development at the University of Split located in the World Heritage City of Split; first full Professor of Museum Studies in Australia at the University of Queensland, Brisbane; and prior to that full Professor and Director of Sustainable Heritage Development Programs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra; extensive publication record includes the flagship project and publication, World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders, Cambridge University Press & UNESCO Publishing , for the 40th Anniversary of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention launched in Kyoto, Japan, 2012 (English, Korean & French). (https://inclusivemuseums.org/executive-director/)

The Inclusive Museum Research Network Advisory Board

  • Corazon S. Alvina, Former Director, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
  • Dr. Laishun An, Vice President of ICOM, Deputy Director of the International Friendship Museum of China; Secretary General of Chinese Society of Museums, Beijing, China
  • Lcda Lucía Astudillo Loor, Directora, Museo de los Metales, Cuenca, Ecuador
  • Dr. Tzu-I Chung, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Alissandra Cummins, Director, Barbados Museums and Historical Society, Barbados
  • Dr. Ann Davis, Former Director, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Associate Professor Dr. Nevra Ertürk, 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)
  • Dr. Hans-Martin Hinz, Immediate Past President of the International Council of Museums, Berlin and Deputy Minister of Culture for Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Dr. Rohit Jigyasu, UNESCO Chair Professor, Research Centre for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Dr. Nick Merriman, 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, Director of the Centre for Indigenous Languages & Narratives, Education & Multilingual Programming Lead, and Co-Director, Project K-MUSE, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar, India
  • Professor Dr. Tereza C. Moletta Scheiner, Former Vice President of ICOM; and Former Coordinator, Postgraduate Program in Museology and Heritage, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Coordinator, Postgraduate Program in Museology and Heritage, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro –UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Adi Meretui Ratunabuabua, Traditional Chief; and Director, Fiji Museum; Suva, Fiji Islands
  • Dr. Samuel Sidibe, Director, National Museum of Mali; President, ICOM Mali, Bamako, Mali
  • Lina Tahan, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
  • Dr. Mónica Viñarás Abad, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
  • Dr. Shahid Vawda, School of Social Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Dr. Jørgen Wadum, Keeper of Conservation & Director of CATS, Statens Museum for Kunst/National Gallery of Denmark & Chairman of the Department of Conservation & Restoration at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • W. Richard ‘Rick’ West, Jr., 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

The Inclusive Museum Research Network is grateful for the foundational contributions, ongoing support, and continued service of our Advisory Board.