Dr Anouk Ride is a sociologist with an interest in peace and conflict in the Pacific Islands region. She was based in Solomon Islands for over two decades doing policy orientated research and has managed over 20 projects with Pacific governments, media, police and correctional services, regional organisations and universities. Current academic roles include Fellow with the Department of Pacific Affairs at Australian National University and Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Solomon Islands National University.

She has numerous journal articles, 4 books and 12 reports, including the first regional report on riots in the Pacific (Ride, 2022). Her most cited work is a book on community resilience in natural disasters (Ride & Bretherton, 2011). She was awarded the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Theses from University of Queensland for her PhD dissertation on narratives of conflict and peace in Solomon Islands (Ride, 2014).