SOCPacific2R is based on a partnership between The University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fiji, the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Research (IRD) in France and New Caledonia, and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Germany.
It therefore relies on the joint work of three crews:
Kelly Brown
USP
Discipline of Marine Studies
Jasha Dehm
USP
PaCE-SD
Simon Harding
Marine Consultant
Currently based in the UK
Malakai Waqa-Kaitani
USP
School of Law & Social Sciences
Andreas Kopf
USP
School of Law & Social Sciences
Isoa Korovulavula
USP
Institute of Applied Sciences
Cherie Morris
USP
Institute of Marine Resources
Brian Stockwell
USP
Discipline of Marine Studies
PI: Elodie Fache
Stéphanie M. Carrière
IRD, UMR SENS, Montpellier
Ethnobiologist
Chantal Crenn
UPVM, UMR SENS, Montpellier
Anthropologist
Pierre-Yves Le Meur
IRD, UMR SENS, Noumea
Socio-Anthropologist
Simonne Pauwels
Retired researcher at CNRS
Anthropologist
Dominique Pelletier
Ifremer, UMR DECOD, Lorient
Ecologist
Auréa Pottier
IRD, UMR SENS, Montpellier
Expert in Geospatial analysis
Estienne Rodary
IRD, UMR SENS, Montpellier
Geographer
Catherine Sabinot
IRD, UMR ESPACE-DEV, Noumea
Anthropologist
PI: Annette Breckwoldt
Sebastian Ferse
ZMT
Philipp Gies
ZMT
Marion Glaser
ZMT
Salanieta Kitolelei
ZMT
Rebecca Lahl
ZMT
Nils Moosdorf
ZMT
Alexandra Nozik
ZMT
Arno Pascht
LMU
Patrick Christie
University of Washington, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs & Jackson School of International Studies, Lowell A. and Frankie L. Wakefield Endowed Professor in Marine Policy
SOCPacific2R is supported by an amazing advisory group:
Sandrine Job
Marine Biologist, CORTEX manager, founder of Pala Dalik association
New Caledonia
Sangeeta Mangubhai
Principal Consultant & Research Scientist, Talanoa Consulting
Fiji
Ron Vave
Department of Pacific Islands Studies
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Caroline Vieux
Consultant
New Caledonia
Jean Wencélius
CNRS, Chaire Professeur Junior – CRIOBE UAR 3278
Mo’orea, French Polynesia
SOCPacific2R will also involve many students, including to date:
Interns
Amandine Aiglehoux-Bornet
University of New Caledonia
Dates of internship: 19/05/2025 – 25/07/2025
Subject of internship: New Caledonian children’s views on the land-sea continuum
Other student contributions
Reine Wadieno, Elijah Tenene, Amandine Aiglehoux-Bornet
University of New Caledonia
Participation in school activities in New Caledonia in March 2025
Nathan Lafont & Samuel Martin
Paul-Valéry Montpellier University
Inventory and characterization of reef passes in the South Pacific region
Other fantastic colleagues associated to the project:
Jean-François Girres
Paul-Valéry Montpellier University
Supervision of the inventory and characterization of reef passes
Laure Vaitiare André
Freelance marine ecologist
Coordination of the scientific valorization of the inventory and characterization of reef passes
Shritika Prakash & her team
Ika Bula Consultants
Support for the organization of the TIDES summer school
