General linguistics; linguistic diversity and linguistic typology; language change; Uralic, Altaic and Palaeosiberian languages and linguistics; documentation and description of endangered languages
Elected 2019
Phonology and phonetics, and the relation between them ("laboratory phonology"); intonation and prosody, including focus, emotion, pitch perception, tone languages, and links between language and music
Art, photography, museums and material culture of Tibet, the Tibetan diaspora and India. Anthropological, art historical and curatorial research on the representation of Tibet internationally in the past and present
The history and politics of modern China, with special attention to traditions of rebellion and revolution and their influence on contemporary patterns of protest and governance
