Vietnam, Thailand, ASEAN and Mekong River issues; conflict resolution; public diplomacy/affairs; women in conflict environments.

Land-use/land-cover change, geospatial analysis, biodiversity and conservation, climate change adaptation, environmental vulnerability, dynamic systems modeling

Infectious disease modeling and policy analysis with an emphasis on strengthening national HIV responses, reducing HIV impacts and maximizing the returns on HIV investments; risk behaviors and epidemiology of HIV in Asia and the Pacific; public policy for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment; International collaboration on health issues; responses to COVID-19 in Hawaii.

Performing and visual arts of Asia and the Pacific; East Asian music and culture

Quantitative methods and measurement; intergenerational transfers; economic consequences of population aging; gender and economic activity; women's economic empowerment; time use 

American political structures; U.S. Electoral College; First Amendment rights; religion in the public sphere; women’s entrepreneurship and leadership development; and building knowledge capacity and networks among journalists

China’s industrial and innovation policies and their impact on the U.S. economy; Global production networks and R&D internationalization in high-tech industries and Asia’s emerging knowledge economies; Comparative study of intellectual property rights regimes and standardization policies in Asia (especially China) and the United States

Performing and visual arts of Asia and the Pacific Islands; Music in social and cultural context

Cognitive, emotional, and socio-psychological factors affecting human judgment and decision making; Cultural values and the perception of environmental and health risks; Climate change risk perception and communication

geospatial analysis, climate variability, extreme climate events, rainfall patterns, vegetation response

Asia Pacific regional security and political economy, Japanese politics and foreign policy, economic-security linkages, trade agreements, foreign direct investment, multinational corporations, regional institutional architecture.

Politics, economies and foreign relations of Micronesia (RMI, FSM, Palau); China in the Pacific; Southeast Asian macroeconomics

China’s political and economic transformation; China’s foreign trade and foreign investment policy; China’s automobile industry development and telecom policy, China-Japan economic relations.