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The Doubters' Dilemma

Acknowledgements

This monograph is based on a collaborative research project undertaken at The Australian National University from 2008 to 2014. As noted in Chapter 1, section 1.2, one of the project’s unique features was its collaborative nature across many internal institutional boundaries. A large number of staff participated in and helped to carry out the project. We wish to thank them for their commitment and generous contribution of their sparse time. Without them, the project would not have been successful.

During Phase I, the project was located in the Centre for Educational Development & Academic Methods (CEDAM), with Dr Gerlese Åkerlind as principal investigator. After administrative changes in CEDAM, the project was transferred to the College of Arts and Social Sciences School of Language Studies, with Dr Louise Jansen as principal investigator. Without the contribution of the many individuals involved, the project would not have been possible, and thanks are due to all of them. We acknowledge here:

Project team
**	Gerlese Åkerlind, CEDAM (Project Leader, Phase I)
*	Louise Jansen, School of Language Studies (Project Leader, Phase II)
*	Mario Daniel Martín, School of Language Studies
*	Roald Maliangkaij, China and Korea Centre
*	David Marr, ANU Planning and Statistical Services Division
Wider project team
Research assistance
	Elizabeth Beckmann, CEDAM
*	Loan Dao, CEDAM
*	Sujatha Kalimili, CEDAM
	Maurice Nevile, CEDAM
	Nepali Sah, School of Language Studies
Consultation on Statistics
	Emlyn Williams, ANU Statistical Consulting Unit
Consultation on Languages and Cultures
	Ghassan Al Shatter, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
	Piera Carroli, School of Language Studies
	Louise Maurer, School of Language Studies
	Gabriele Schmidt, School of Language Studies
	Yanyan Wang, Southeast Asia Centre
Data Collection
	Ali Aldahesh, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
*	Ghassan Al Shatter, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
	Huda Al-Tamimi, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
*	Monica Aznarez, School of Language Studies
*	Richard Barz, Southeast Asia Centre
*	Peter Brown, School of Language Studies
*	Piera Carroli, School of Language Studies
	Chantal Crozet, School of Language Studies
*	Tim Hassall, Southeast Asia Centre
*	Hossein Heirani-Moghaddam, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
*	Shunichi Ikeda, Southeast Asia Centre
*	Mehmet Mehdi Ilhan, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
*	Louise Maurer, School of Language Studies
*	Elizabeth Minchin, School of Cultural Inquiry
*	Chintana Sandilands, Southeast Asia Centre
*	Gabriele Schmidt, School of Language Studies
*	McComas Taylor, Southeast Asia Centre
*	Bao Duy Thai, Southeast Asia Centre
*	Yanyan Wang, Southeast Asia Centre
*	Yogendra Yadav, Southeast Asia Centre
** Primary investigator in Human Research Ethics Protocol * Co-investigator in Human Research Ethics Protocol
University authorities that funded, or supported funding requests, for different stages of the research
2008–2010
	Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor
	Kent Anderson, Director, Faculty of Asian Studies, CAP
	Andrew Hopkins, Acting Dean, CASS
2011–2014
	Howard Morphy, Director, Research School of Humanities & the Arts
	Jane Simpson, Head of School of Language Studies
2015–2016
	ANU Press Publication Subsidy Fund

We are extremely grateful to all the students in ANU Language and Culture programs who participated in the surveys and focus groups for this research. Without their co-operation and engagement, the work could not have happened.

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