Dr Barnaby Dixson is an anthropologist with the Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research (ACPIR). He has a career working in social sciences, evolutionary ecology, and social psychology departments, including 15 years’ experience leading research projects in the Pacific, spanning gender and sexuality, partner preferences and health, and family life and child development. Barnaby conducted field research in Samoa during his doctoral research (2006-2010) on body image and gender, then established field research sites in Vanuatu (Efate, Santo, and Tanna) where he conducted research on social networks, health, and child cognition (2012-present). He has also collaborated on research projects in Papua New Guinea (2008-2010) and the Solomon Islands (2018) on family health and social networks.