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Australia sends expert teams to Fiji as Chinese state-backed hackers attack Pacific Islands Forum
A/Prof Graeme Smith quoted in ABC News

Pacific states are setting the terms of diplomatic engagement
Dr Henrietta McNeill and Maualaivao Maima Koro write in Development Policy Blog

Transformative and resilient: reflections from the 2024 Pacific Islands Forum
Dr Henrietta McNeill speaks in The National Security Podcast

Long-range leaders in Melanesia: Why you need to know about them
Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth write in The Interpreter

Long-range leaders in Melanesia: Why you need to know about them
Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth write in Samoa Observer

The Great Game in the Pacific Islands
Dr Meg Keen writes in Lowy Institute

The down-low on deportations and drugs in Tonga
Henrietta McNeill writes in The Interpreter

Forum Leaders meeting sees numerous agendas up for discussion
Dr George Carter speaks in Pacific Beat

Upcoming & past events
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Mon, 5 Aug 2024

Post-conflict resource development and state formation in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

Please join PhD candidate Martin Syder as he provides an update during his research journey on the institutional formation of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG).
Fri, 5 Jul 2024

France dans le Pacifique

French territories in the Pacific Ocean are often under-analysed in Anglophone settings.
Fri, 14 Jun 2024

Agency and Ownership in Reconciliation: Youth and the Practice of Transitional Justice

Dr Caitlin Mollica (University of Newcastle) will be sharing her recently-released book, Agency and Ownership in Reconciliation: Youth and the Practice of Transitional Justice (SUNY Press)
Fri, 14 Jun 2024

History of Ignorance: A History of the Belittling of Modern Pacific Knowledge

Please join PhD candidate Opeta Alefaio as he provides an update during his research journey.
Fri, 31 May 2024

Approaches to Engaging Men in Women's Leadership in the Pacific

Join Dr Mercy Masta as she will explore strategies for involving men in supporting women's leadership in the Pacific.
Thu, 30 May 2024

Bougainville, Papua New Guinea and the Partial Implementation of the Bougainville Peace Agreement

Join DPA Doctoral Candidate Kevin Pullen as he presents his Thesis Proposal Review on the partial implementation of the BPA.
Wed, 29 May 2024

The Pacific Plunge: America in the Pacific

Join us to explore the ongoing evolution of America's engagement in the Pacific.
Thu, 21 Mar 2024

International Politics and Construction of Climate Security by Small Island Developing States: Maldives and Samoa

Please join PhD candidate Athaulla Rasheed as he presents his pre-submission seminar.
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Walk to Savo polling station 2
An election observer walking to the Savo polling station (photo credit Stephanie Russo)

Observing the 2024 elections in Solomon Islands
Small boats, 4WDs and walking long distances to reach remote communities is all part of the job for the 15 teams of ANU-SINU election observers in Solomon Islands’ 12th general elections in April 2024
  • Pacific
PNGDB

Revitalizing the PNG Dictionary of Biography – applications now opened
DPA is looking for submissions to participate in the PNG Dictionary of Biography Project. Applications close on 30 April.
  • Pacific
ISA 2024

Relationality from the Pacific Perspective: Two DPA scholars attended ISA 2024
DPA members Dr George Carter and Henrietta McNeill attended the 2024 conference of the oldest interdisciplinary association dedicated to understanding international, transnational and global affairs.
  • Pacific
Transform

SINU Vice Chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau visits DPA
SINU Vice Chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau visits DPA to discuss ongoing research collaboration between the two national universities.
  • Pacific
  • Development
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Boyer Prize 2022 goes to Dr Denghua Zhang
Zhang's article ‘China’s influence and local perceptions: the case of Pacific island countries’ has won the revered Boyer Prize for 2022.
  • Pacific
  • Security
Cover of 'Islands of Hope'
by DPA

Book Review and launch details — Islands of Hope: Pan-Pacific Indigenous Resource Management in a Changing Pacific
Dr Stewart Firth's review of 'Islands of Hope' (co-edited by Paul D'Arcy) and book launch details.
Family Protection Orders

A study on the use and efficacy of protection orders as a key response to domestic and family violence in Papua New Guinea
Although domestic violence legislation has been enacted in many middle and low income countries, there is very little evidence of how they have worked in diverse socio-cultural and political settings.
Workshop participants at Pasifika House, Brisbane, 9 December 2022.
by DPA

Workshops on safety and wellbeing of Pacific workers in Australia
Researchers from DPA held workshops to discuss the preliminary findings of research on the safety and wellbeing experiences of people who are working in Australia with the PALM scheme.
  • Welfare
  • Labour Migration
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender