Akka Rimon is an I-Kiribati PhD scholar with the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University. She is one of four inaugural recipients of the Australia-Pacific Security College (APSC) PhD Awards. Her research adopts an indigenous methodology to explore the complex drivers of mobility in Kiribati. The project is titled Te Waa of future mobilities: a Kiribati model for social, economic, and climate resilience. Akka previously served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Immigration with the Government of Kiribati, and Head of the World Bank Kiribati Office.