Ron May's information
Ron May is an Emeritus Professorial Fellow in the State, Society & Governance in Melanesia Program; and a Convenor for the Centre for Conflict & Post-conflict Studies at The Australian National University.
Dr May retired from the Department of Political & Social Change – of which he was a foundation member – in December 2004 and took up the position of Emeritus Professorial Fellow in the State, Society & Governance Project.
His research interests include comparative politics, particularly ethnicity and ethnic conflict, decentralisation, parties and elections, and civil-military relations, with a country focus on Papua New Guinea and the Philippines (especially Muslim Mindanao).
