• Anthropomorphism in animal behaviour literature
• Historical, cultural and international influences on Japanese primate studies
• The idea of 'nature' in Japan
• Intellectual biography of Imanishi Kinji
• Debates over perceived marginalisation of scholarship in arts and sciences from non Euroamerican centres.

  Professional Affiliations

• Association for Asian Studies
• European Association for Japanese studies
• Japan Anthropology Workshop
• Japan Studies Association of Canada
• International Primatological Society
• Society for Social Studies of Science