I Wayan Arka

Professor I Wayan Arka is a leading academic at the School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University (ANU), with a focus on Austronesian and Papuan languages. He has held leadership roles including Head of Linguistics Program (2014-2021, 2024-present) and Convenor of the Indonesian Language Program (2021-2023). His career spans theoretical linguistics, typology, and language documentation, supported by funding from the ARC, ELDP, and UK AHRC grants.

• PhD and MPhil in Linguistics (University of Sydney)
• MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Sydney)

His research integrates Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) with fieldwork on Indonesia's diverse languages, emphasizing community collaboration and digital archiving. Recent projects include the Barrier Islands Project (2023-2027) and Enggano language studies (2019-2024).

Key publication themes include:

• Corpus-based typology and syntactic analysis
• Computational grammar implementation
• Orthography development for endangered languages

Scientific recognitions:

• Elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2021)
• Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2022)

He supervises research students and contributes to interdisciplinary linguistics teaching, covering syntax, morphology, and Austronesian languages.