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Research on Family Protection Orders in Papua New Guinea
The Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) is conducting research on how Family Protection Orders are being used in Papua New Guinea. Family Protections Orders were introduced by the Family Protection...
DPA hosts the most diverse Pacific Research Colloquium ever
The Pacific Research Colloquium (PRC) is a two-week intensive research training program managed by the Australian National University’s Department of Pacific Affairs. This year, the PRC took place...
DPA congratulates two graduating PhD students
On 12 December two DPA students, Claire Cronin and Ellen Kulumbu were awarded PhDs at a ceremony at Llewellyn Hall, ANU. Claire started her PhD candidacy with DPA at the end of July 2011 and her...
Meet DPA PhD candidate Eliorah Malifa
The Department of Pacific Affairs’ PhD students come from across Australia and the region. Meet Eliorah Malifa who is doing a thesis on filmmaking in the Pacific. Tell us a little about your...
Scholarships available for the State of the Pacific conference and Oceanic Conference on International Studies
From Monday 29 June to Wednesday 1 July 2020 ANU’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs will host the 9th Biennial Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS). This event will be directly...
Supporting democratic values and institutions in Southeast Asia
The Department of Political and Social Change (PSC) has received a doubled level of funding from the Australian Government for a wide-ranging research project on Southeast Asia. This supports the...
Vanuatu Minister of Internal Affairs discusses security issues
On 6 November 2019 Vanuatu’s Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. Andrew Napuat spoke about Vanuatu’s first National Security Strategy at a seminar hosted by the ANU Department of Pacific Affairs....
Dual-degree official opening ceremony in Japan
Last month, Ritsumeikan University celebrated the launch of the dual degree program between ANU Coral Bell School and Ritsumeikan’s College of Global Liberal Arts. The event welcomed the first full...
Shedding light on the Vietnamese LGBTIQ+ movement
As a recipient of the Ben and Melinda Tria Kerkvliet Southeast Asia Research Award, Huyen Truong has been able to further her research into the LGBTIQ+ community in Vietnam. Huyen hopes to explain...
Terrorist financing: Pakistan is sort of off the hook for the moment
By Honorary Associate Professor Claude Rakisits At this week’s meeting of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which was established by the G-7 in 1989 to set measures for combating...
